R.I.P.: Radio Personality Wild Bill Cody Was 62

One of Reno's most popular disc jockeys from the '80s and '90s has died.

Wild Bill Cody came to Reno from Denver to do mornings at KWNZ-FM in 1988, and stayed until 1994. When he left, he worked in Chicago and northern California briefly, and had another brief stint in Reno, but ended back up in Colorado, where he was most recently working for an oldies KJMP in Fort Collins.

Prior to joining KJMP last month as a radio personality and sales manager, Cody was with Townsquare’s KIGN-FM for two years.

He died of an apparent heart attack at his home Christmas Day after surviving another heart attack months earlier.

His radio career spanned at least 35 years. It includes Morning Radio Personality for KSXY-FM, KFRC-AM, KKFM-FM, WYGY-FM, WBBM-FM, KWNZ-FM, KRXY-FM.

To raise money for flood victims, he rode a riding lawn mower from Cincinnati to New Orleans, a journey spanning 11 days and more than 1,100 miles, his LinkedIn biography states.

Cody was a fan of the Byrds and loved his Irish Setters. He was 62 years old.