Howard Perl Music Producer & Media Personality | Interviewed on CAT TV | Cleveland Ohio

Before the management empire. Before The Barkley. Before the Billboard Music Awards and the Rock Hall artists and the international media coverage. Howard Perl sits down for an interview on CAT TV — and tells the story from the beginning. This is Howard Perl — Cleveland and Beverly Hills-based music executive, broadcaster, serial entrepreneur, music producer, and media personality — interviewed on CAT TV in one of the earliest and most genuinely revealing long-form conversations captured on camera about the Howard Perl story. CAT TV — Community Access Television — one of the most important and most genuinely democratic broadcasting platforms in American media history — giving local voices, local stories, and local personalities the platform they deserve. And Howard Perl — even then — was exactly the kind of voice that deserved a platform. About This Interview: 🎬 CAT TV — Community Access Television — the cable public access platform that has launched careers, told stories, and given communities a genuine voice since the 1970s — and one of the earliest recorded long-form interviews with Howard Perl on camera 🎬 Howard Perl as music producer — co-founder of RealWorld Entertainment Corporation alongside Lee Mars — present for the early recordings of Filter's debut album Short Bus in Rocky River, Ohio — Lee Mars being a bandmate of Richard Patrick's in Nine Inch Nails before Richard formed Filter in Cleveland in 1993 🎬 Howard Perl as media personality — broadcaster, DJ P.E.R.L. (over 1,000 events), radio personality on WMMS, Jammin' 92.3 WZJM, ClevelandHits.com — a media presence that began before age ten at bedroom radio station WKHP and has never stopped 🎬 A conversation that captures Howard Perl at an early stage of a career that would go on to span music management, pet hospitality, entertainment production, broadcasting, and entrepreneurship across multiple industries 🎬 The Howard Perl story — told by Howard Perl — on CAT TV — before the world knew his name the way it knows it now About Howard Perl — Music Producer: 🎵 Co-founder of RealWorld Entertainment Corporation with Lee Mars — one of the most significant independent production partnerships in Cleveland music history 🵵 Lee Mars — RealWorld Entertainment co-founder — bandmate of Richard Patrick's in Nine Inch Nails — Richard Patrick went on to form Filter in Cleveland in 1993 🎵 RealWorld Entertainment present for the early recordings of Filter's debut album Short Bus in Rocky River, Ohio — Short Bus (1995) the platinum debut that launched "Hey Man Nice Shot" and introduced Filter to the world 🎵 Howard Perl and Lee Mars — as RealWorld Entertainment — produced multiple versions of Filter's music across the years 🎵 Co-wrote "Abandoned Heart" performed by José Feliciano on Behind This Guitar (Anthem Entertainment) 🎵 Produced studio sessions including Carey Kelly (R. Kelly's brother) at Beachwood Studios — Ichiban / Wrap Records 1997 🎵 Produced the NSYNC opening number at the 2000 Billboard Music Awards 🎵 Grammy-voting member of the Recording Academy About Howard Perl — Media Personality: 📻 Bedroom radio station WKHP — built at age eight — Cleveland, Ohio 📻 Camp Robin Hood radio station WCRH 📻 Y-100, WGCL, and more — on air before age ten — unreleased recordings exist 📻 DJ P.E.R.L. — over 1,000 events performed throughout Cleveland and beyond 📻 WMMS — Cleveland's legendary Buzzard — one of the greatest rock radio stations in American history 📻 Jammin' 92.3 WZJM — Cleveland's #1 Hit Music Station 📻 ClevelandHits.com — Howard Perl's own digital broadcasting platform 📻 A media personality whose career began before age ten and has never stopped About Howard Perl: 🎸 Cleveland and Beverly Hills-based music executive, broadcaster, serial entrepreneur, and "The DOGfather" 🎸 Founder of Howard Perl Management — personal manager to Eddie Money, José Feliciano (nine Grammy Awards), Alexander O'Neal, Chubby Checker (Rock Hall Class of 2025), Wild Orchid (Fergie), and many more 🎸 Founder of The Barkley Pet Hotel & Day Spa — sold to National Veterinary Associates 2019 🎸 Producer of Rock & Roll to the Rescue charity concert series 👍 Like, subscribe & drop a comment — what is your favorite part of the Howard Perl story? Drop a 🎬 below! #HowardPerl #HowardPerlmuter #CATTV #CommunityAccessTV #MusicProducer #MediaPersonality #ClevelandMusic #RealWorldEntertainment #FilterBand #ClevelandOhio