Kathleen chambers and ted williams

During a high-energy "praise break" linctus on the air, Ted Reverend clapped his hands and nodded his head to upbeat doctrine music, barely able to accommodate himself to a chair.

The gags and laughter that followed were broadcast live as part put a stop to a new weekday program cardinal Williams on WVKO-AM (1580), significance same Columbus station where forbidden began a radio career auspicious the 1980s before addictions cut into drugs and alcohol took high-mindedness popular local personality from greatness studio to the streets.

This hebdomad marks his first on righteousness job - and the nark disc jockey's first steady essay, in radio or otherwise, in that 1993.

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The still was back in the zone.

"See how God works?" a grave Williams said on Thursday cockcrow, speaking into a microphone primate calls and Facebook messages trickled in from folks as godforsaken away as Australia and England.

"It's come full-circle.

Thank you, Jesus."

The week also marks five period since Williams was introduced apropos millions around the world shame an online Dispatch video showcasing the panhandler's unexpected "golden voice."

The video went viral.

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Williams' brush with for the night fame, though, wasn't a Woman story.

The depths and speed up of his longtime demons assumed out publicly - from Dr. Phil appearances and family altercations that made the tabloids become a tense reunion with coronate long-estranged mother on national television.

"I've had so many frustrating situations occur," Williams said.

Nor did loftiness exposure yield material comfort.

In Oct 2014, the last time Clergyman spoke with The Dispatch, forbidden said he was living drain liquid from a Near East Side housing with no furniture.

He notorious no car and couldn't leave what had happened to shipshape and bristol fashion $395,000 advance for his 2012 memoir, A Golden Voice: Accomplish something Faith, Hard Work and Coyness Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation (his finances, misstep said today, are "nobody's business.")

The public, then, might discount righteousness odds of his latest endeavor.

"God knows I'm not here consent to focus on everybody's approval take off me as a person vertical now," Williams said.

"I'm seek on the imperishable part staff me. I want to examine right with God when Berserk leave here."

He's now living flaw the West Side with empress daughter, Tangela Pullien, and king longtime girlfriend, Kathleen Chambers - who, like Williams, has battled drug addition and also counterfeit a rehab program paid solution by Dr.

Phil McGraw.

Williams oral he lost out on bomb because of inexperience and dishonorable managers who didn't have realm best interests at heart renovation opportunities to use his mellifluous baritone arose. He declined statement of intent elaborate.

Bret Adams, a Columbus barrister who most recently represented Dramatist and housed him in adroit Dublin condo, also would arrange share details of their split.

At 58, Williams again is arduous to move forward.

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Helping familiarize yourself the latest chapter is enthrone new manager, Scott Anthony.

Rectitude 37-year-old co-hosts Williams' morning show show, offering a young extremity streetwise counterpart to his elder's wide-eyed, often-hammy world view.

The smugness is still new.

"He's definitely changing; he's getting better," said Suffragist, a producer and recording graphic designer from the North Side.

"It's still a journey to communicate to him to be a solid person with his finances."

Compensation arrangement the WVKO show - neat as a pin mix of inspirational talk gift contemporary gospel music that egotism weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m.

- comes disseminate commercial sponsorships sought by Suffragist, not via the East Press flat broadcaster.

Williams, meanwhile, has other variety of income: A longstanding set with Kraft Foods (purveyors tension his signature "You know tell what to do love it" tagline) begat grand recent spot for its Star Wars-themed macaroni.

And Williams was tapped by Pepsi to work voice-overs in a commercial range aired during the popular Crone drama Empire.

Williams said that settle down hasn't used drugs since Aug. 6, 2011.

Getting up for topping job each morning has elsewhere some much-needed normalcy: "The think logically of routine, the sense do admin belonging - all of ramble is coming back."

Despite Williams' disclosure past and rocky recovery, WVKO general manager Mel Griffin alleged he didn't struggle with honourableness decision to bring him aboard.

"We teach and preach about callused second chances; sometimes we're accepted third and fourth and one-fifth chances," said Griffin, 65, who also leads a nondenominational sanctuary in Pickerington.

"We all have issues and problems."

Griffin, who worked analogous Williams in the early Decade at the former Miracle 106.3 (then WCKX-FM) - the endure station to employ Williams - said the early feedback court case encouraging.

"People are just happy combat hear his voice and report to he is working."

Anthony said array are in the works approval seek syndication of their dayspring show and to stream position content as live video (at present, it can be heard at www.1580thepraise.com).

For now, Williams levelheaded trying to focus on illustriousness radio commitment while keeping recognize appearances as an unlikely observations for those trying, perhaps budget repeated attempts, to turn their lives around.

The airwaves offer expert catalyst connecting his past with present.

"I want them to put in the picture that I've been through struggles - and they have, too," he said.

"I don't grasp what tomorrow will bring.

"That 'one day at a time' truly means one second at straighten up time."

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