- One of the founding members of WPGH (now WPTS-FM) at the University of Pittsburgh in 1957.
- Was a member of Mensa.
- The depiction of him in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) is a fictionalized portrayal. A number of Robin Williams's monologues in the movie would have gotten Cronauer court-martialed in real life. Also, the movie depicts Cronauer as left-leaning. In reality, he was a registered Republican who supported Bob Dole and George W. Bush for US President.
- Legendary radio DJ who was portrayed by Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987).
- He was a brother of Pi Kappa Phi national fraternity.
- Touring with a mobile Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and helping bring POWs/MIAs home as part of the Pentagon's POW/MIA program. When he's not touring, he works in the program's headquarters in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. (2003)
- He voiced TV and radio commercials, owned his own ad agency, managed a radio station, was program director of a TV station, and was a TV news anchorman. He taught broadcasting at the university level and wrote a textbook on radio & TV announcing.
- He attended the University of Pittsburgh and American University, then enlisted in the Air Force as a radio-TV production specialist. Later in life, he studied media law at the University of Pennsylvania law school and had a second career as an attorney and Pentagon advisor.
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