Classic rock WCSX in Detroit is asking for public support to have a road in Ann Arbor named after musician and Michigan native Bob Seger.
According to mlive.com, Jim O'Brien, host of Big Jim's House on 94.7 WCSX in Detroit, recently reached out to the Ann Arbor School Board to see if an unnamed road on the campus of Ann Arbor Pioneer High School could be named after Seger, a graduate of the school in the '60s.
"Imagine our surprise when we discovered no one had dedicated a street to Bob Seger," O'Brien said. "Why wait until people are gone to show them how much they matter to us?"
The radio station spearheaded the campaign to have Glenn Frey Drive added in Royal Oak and is looking to do the same for other notable, local artists, O'Brien said.
The school board told the station it must first drum up local support before a renaming could be considered.
The show is asking interested Ann Arbor residents to email bigjimshouse@wcsx.com with stories, photos and more on why the road should be named after Seger, which the station plans pass to the school board.
"Think about what his music means in our lives - it's been an anthem for so many in Michigan," O'Brien said. "Maybe Bob Seger Boulevard is a small way of saying thank you."
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