The Under The Hood® car radio show was founded in 1990 by Nordstrom's Automotive inc.®
The show was originally envisioned by Marie Nordstrom one of the founders of Nordstrom's Automotive Inc.® the parent company of the Under The Hood® radio show.
While on a tractor doing custom windrowing near Nordstrom's Automotive Inc.® which was at that time also a working farm she spent much of her day listening to the radio and thought there should be some kind of a car show on there that could help people with their vehicle problems and also promote the awareness of the vehicle recycling industry.
Soon after, Marie and Art Nordstrom contacted the Local radio station and with the help of the contacts made there the Under The Hood® radio show was born.
The Under The Hood® car radio show was first broadcast in August 1990 as a one half hour show on a local Sioux Falls radio station with the call facilitator taking calls from the local area and Shannon Nordstrom answering the questions.
The show caught on very quickly and soon filled a one hour slot and continued successfully for eight more years with Shannon Nordstrom as the sole host.
In 1998 show host Russ" The Supertech" Evans™ joined Shannon Nordstrom and the "Motor Medics"® were born!
The pair shared on on-air chemistry that was unmatched. They are a team of incredible hands-on mechanical knowledge Russ provides with the massive parts background of Shannon and his light hearted humerus way of looking at things.
In 2003 Chris Carter started taking the calls and added his humor and general consumer way of looking at things to the show, it's always fun and entertaining as well as informative.
Under The Hood® radio show reaches millions of people each week over the air and over the Internet across the country. Russ answers every automotive question sent by e-mail to the show. It gives us a great satisfaction to know we have helped so many people with their automotive needs. The Under The Hood® radio show started taking e-mail questions in 2003 and as of January 2012 Russ had personally answered more than 20,000 email questions. Questions were originally taken by fax and phone in-studio only.
The mission of Under The Hood® is to help everyone possible with their vehicle problems and to give them helpful advice.
We are very grateful for all of our wonderful listeners that have joined us over the years. Thank you.
Under The Hood® radio show is broadcast each week from the KELO am-1320 studios, a Backyard Broadcasting company in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Under The Hood® radio show, Motor Medics® and the car on hoist Under The Hood® logo are registered trademarks of Nordstrom's Automotive Inc.The Names Under The Hood® radio show, Motor Medics®, and the car on hoist logo may not be used without the written permission of Nordstrom's Automotive Inc.®
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