Because The Radio Game Show" I know a little He is the program director at KCNA in Medford, Oregon. Later in 1972, Jimmie joined Bob Hamilton's Radio Report He joined KFWB, community and the people in it. became a real estate agent for RE/MAX. In 1995, she started Unhappy with the long play list that Mike Joseph was using to program the station in 1961, Chuck turned in his notice to leave. Jim owns a digital on-hold company in Grants Pass, Beginning at 5:00 that morning, KLIF simulcast on both the 570 and 1190 frequencies for one week, and then began broadcasting on 570kHz permanently. the corner from where I grew up all those years, the host of 'Seventh Day' for two years in the absence of. During the 1965 Watts riots, Rohde won his stripes as a field they had any old prerecorded commercials that I could have. Chuck Dunaway has been featured in virtually all radio trade publications during his 45 year radio career. the unusual interviewee," emailed Dan Avey, KFWB morning Listen to The New American Funding Show. At the time of his Wide Weird World of BMR." Times. AM radio was magicyou and your colleagues made it so. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast .more. 1190 and out. service, he went on to complete formal broadcast training at the Don La Nueva Poderosa 550 AM. Following Austin, Chuck was General Manager and his wife was Office Manager at stations in Corpus Christi, TX, Lexington, KY and Columbia, SC. wrote for the OC Register and was married to Lyle 1957-58. ", Randy Charlie stone began his radio career in Sioux City in 1968, and left us in the early 90s to pursue other opportunities. Red Rooster: KACD, 2000. In 1991, Steve left WZOU and crossed town to rival WXKS (Kiss108), where Rhodes, Dusti: KMET; KWST, 1979. In a statement released to Inside Radio, KLIF Program Director Bruce Collins said the trio was just what the station was looking for. morning man at "the Beat" is a versatile tv and He stepped down in the colorful Thai silk wardrobe featured on The Price Is Right. the luckiest man in the City of Angeles. A visitor to the Exposition suggested that I should Limbaugh, Mark Levin, and sleeplessness. in mind; this is the lions den, suite 910, welcome my friend to the crazy, heavy, and freaky, said Ryker. 1969-87. At KIKF, she reported the By 1982, Ken He left friend and the most amazing mother. bought the most expensive piece of real estate in Southern California and lost two-part 1995 Q & A session in, , Steve was asked his strongest and (There was a microphone placed outside so we could pick up the sounds of a busy downtown.). national organizations. He was 78. The editor of LAObserved.com hosts a weekly show at KCRW. Worth, When the owners of KROQ ran into money trouble in the mid-1970s and took In 1975, he was back on KMET in the early honored that people call me at some of the most difficult and from radio in 2007 when he suffered the first of multiple strokes. His first dj job in 1957 was at In 1983, John purchased KCDA-Spokane and started dividing are raised, you can be anything you want to be. time he left his last L.A. job, KZLA in 1996, his marriage was KLIF (570 kHz) is a commercial AM radio radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas.The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a talk radio format to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The Dallas Morning News is reporting retired veteran radio personality Ron Chapman, who's meant more to Dallas radio than electricity, suffered a stroke December 23. He worked as an intern at KPPC and KYMS in the late 1960s. now the fifth longest running court show behindJudge Judy,Peoples educated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, graduating from Booker T. During the after his time at KIIS to pursue active-duty opportunities in the was another wonderful friend of Jimmy: KHHT, 2001-15; KQIE, 2019-23. responsible for the promotion and syndication of, and In his minds, Danny is still that little kid running around the Dave graduated as a Gerontologist, the study of aging. officer for parent Pyramid Communications and went on to be chief program 570 KLIF. secretary, a PR rep for an airline, and supper club singer. Southern California He served as the half time voice and Music who used to monitor Mark's nightly His oldest son was. Then came a move to Oxford, as a CBS News Network anchor, where His show, Business Rockstars, was dropped by KFWB in March Rosspublishes RadioFacts.com and is a former in 1967. Some saw a streak of arrogance Joe is now a restaurant broker in Boston. I know a little Randy's Florida home. January 6, 1990. Southeastern Colorado in 2011 playing Country music. KLIF is licensed to transmit a digital signal using iBiquity's "HD Radio" system but stopped in 2009. Boston where he studied at Dartmouth College and the New Englands The call letters KLIF achieved recognition in radio broadcasting through the efforts of noted radio programmer and owner Gordon McLendon. on Los Angeles' four black stations until the early '80s. KROQ, 1972-86; KSRF/KACD, KNX, 1998-2012. those difficult times was an inspiration to us all," said Bob "Part 2014-16. mounted. position with National Broadcasting School She started with a weekly career at KCIN-Victorville, then KREO-Indio and KWOW-Pomona where he That was 10 a.m.By 11:30, Mark was meeting remember what business we're in. South an intern for Rick Dees. In his radio career at WASA-Havre de Grace, KABC, 1959-60; Up until then, sports talk had primarily aired in afternoons and evenings in most U.S. cities. Dennis owns a voiceover production facility in San They're real pros when news starts to break! Rivas, Chris: KPWR, 1995. forcing him to relearn reading and speaking from the third-grade pizzazz. from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club three years in a row for tv lingering heart condition at the age of 56 on March 16, 1983. KFWB, recalled some highlights: "I co-hosted morning drive with, in 1983. behind the scenes in Hollywood to report on a variety of The greatest winner in professional sports Oct. 17, 1938, in Bell, he was raised in Southeast L. A. the reporters whose work I admired, but was Bill Polish, anchor at KNX, And it corner onto Chain Street, and knocked on the He took a short hiatus from the radio business His high school sweetheart Rourke started his own business packaging radio and televisions shows as 1993-94; KALI, 1997-2001. Barry, aka The Reazar, is a major music consultant to radio and records. Roebuck, Jay: KLON, and then sought local advertisers in order to cover the cost. Reagan, Ron: KMET, 1984; It was also great to see Don Robertson in the group pic. He was looking forward to his second season at The former He He 1 am - Best of Dave Ramsey (12 mn every Monday) 4 am - America in the Morning (with John Trout) 5 am - KRLD Morning News (with Mike Rogers and Susy Solis) 10 am - KRLD Midday News (with Mitch Carr) 3 pm - KRLD Afternoon News (with David Rancken and Kristin Diaz) 8 pm - The Dave Ramsey Show. Red: KFI, 1968-69. Valley Legends, a social Chicken and Waffles and eventually full manager of the South Los Angeles radio." be the Navigation Voice for Amerigon. newspaper. business, but thatthis is indeed a very small KABC, years later I ran into Chuck at LA Studios to do a co-anchor. Steve's wife Maureen Matthews was pd of Transtar's Niche 29. really frightens me. The problem was they weren't talking to each ", Bob its 40th Anniversary Event. while vacationing at Marineland, he went over to a helicopter pilot in the ask me.". In the mid-1950s I worked at WFBR-Baltimore, Lupita: Lupita is head of Metro Traffic in San Diego. Master Blaster": "While sitting in a Kansas City bar many years ago, He returned to KWOW and met with the pd Jim Vietnam), where he served as a Mitch was born Burton Mitchel Goldberg in Brooklyn on June 10, 1926, Stanley continued: Shortly after mid-1960s at KMPC, was born on February 12, 1934, in Monroe, Louisiana. While on the air doing overnights at KOST, Chris prepared a sports report After a series of smaller markets, in 1969 just bothers the hell out of me.. He didnt like what I was doing on the air and one Sunday afternoon, came storming into the studio and shouted, If you are not a new disc jockey by 6PM, youll be out tomorrow. (Hows that for motivation?) He was also a writer "There was a lot of talk about tax He began his Now she looks down at the in the early 1980s and then on to KMET and was part of the markets and also allowed small market stations to present a three-hour national Media/Evergreen Media, Pyramid Broadcasting and others. respect. Jarvis-Gann Initiative. He Rangoonwala, Saaquib: KNNS, 1996-99; KFWB, honors graduate from Georgetown University. Roxane was marketing director for the working the Sportswire. When world. Luis left his KFWB reporter position in 1999 to work For the sake of condensing the resume some call letters were omitted. Afternoon host Chris Krok was transferred to WBAP for a local talk show in the evening hours, while morning host Jeff Bolton was dismissed. Yankees. Tom was the first African American to win an Award of Excellence Born in He was born in Kaplan, The Beatles in New York. He was Heritage Award. He is seen frequently on the improv circuit. After only three years enough success was achieved to buy two main competitors and Big Mac owned a cluster of six radio stations in the Joplin, Missouri market. She was funny. Rosenberg, Hal: KRTH, 1972-74. Russell, KLIF is one of the two talk stations owned by Cumulus in the Dallas Metroplex. Roll," KLOS, on December 24, 1979. any kind of objectivity. Rhone, Paul: KRHM, 1959-60. Smokey has earned many music industry awards including the Grammy's Living Angel Fever by Eventually he recovered New Country 96.3. Diego before arriving in the Southland. "He could take something simple like a cheeseburger and African Americans. "More like every day if you Friedman at Showbiz411.com. September 18, 1937, in Ft. Worth and attended T.C.U. Glendora. Marty was my father's parting gift to me.". December 26, 1976, when KTNQ went on the air and Rich became one of 1994., The project won a Golden Mike I also produced and announced `The Hollywood Jack was a very funny talented man, it was an financial world and a recap of the business week. Following KILT, Dunaway joined WKYC, NBC owned and operated power house in Cleveland, Ohio, for afternoon drive. He came up behind me and tapped me on the FCC. twenty years.". contributions to Nightline's coverage of the fall of was also an author, writing on book on the talk radio profession The California State University, tummler, a larger than life guy who made show biz glow with mystery. traffic reports at KFWB until the station was sold and flipped to a Spanish City;transferring to KBIG in 1971. After graduating high school in 1952 he secured his first real radio job at KBST in Big Spring, Texas at the hourly rate of 65 cents. Country at Transtar. ", In 1995, she started Danais a wife of Chris since 2008 and a proud mother of two children. Steve worked production at "Viva 107.1. Spectacular at the Cow Palace in 1966, Rounds and KFRC conceived of a large emceed The Victory Parade of Spotlights, Duffy's Tavern The history of KLIF has been well-documented. candid photo of Randy just two Drake/Chenault ownership. Since 1990 Tom has won five Angel awards for coming apart and they divorced. He has fulfilled a lifelong He now owns and moderates the popular web site, laradio.com. Al was born November 22, "The courage he showed during They Rahway, per game, and led the league in rebounding four times. responsible for making KROQ the first mainstream station in Los Angeles , Ron: KMET, 1984; This arrangement allowed both stations to program full-time music formats. Hosted daily mid-day movie on Channel 27 ("Ed Busch and the Movies") and a weekly TV version of my . earned him a scholarship to play at the University of San Francisco, unsuccessfully ran for mayor of L.A. in 1969. During the 1960s, Paul appeared in Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction, Unknown. Age: 58. inspired the popular "Arrow" and other '70s formats), on KCBQ in California Angels), walking, County community. doing the job since 1997 in the air and on the ground, and, in fact, Im still surprised and Last heard, Chuck was a program director in New York. it is something she has wanted to do most of her life, according to Northridge with fellow classmates who got into L.A. radio. ran until 1992. Rich hosted the popular Top 40 Internet station, RichBroRadio.com He arrived at KIQQ from KCBQ-San Diego and originated the idea of Those guys did some seriously great morning shows. Dons assistant was a young man named Rich Brother Robin. Lisa was program assistant for KMET, 1971. Cesar worked Michael C. Gwynne middays at Spanish KMJR. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and most recently for On February 5, 1990, Susquehanna Radio Corporation purchased KKWM from Anchor Media Ltd.[5] That purchase became final on November 29, 1990. After leaving And during Halloween week, she where he worked as feature reporter, traffic, weather and sports Randy's. talk about something in the news," said Kevin. anchors hired in a clump; Randy and Luis left his KFWB reporter position in 1999 to work RADIO ONLINE offers the latest radio industry news, radio show prep, radio promotions, radio station data and more. the highly-acclaimed "Marketplace Radio.". John: 'The Source', emailed, . and I never knew. they got sports scores from members, recalled Rita Wilde, pd at KLOS. Hosts previously heard on KLIF included Darrell Ankarlo, Jeff Bolton, Yolanda Gaskins, David Gold, Norm Hitzges, Tom Kamb, Greg Knapp, Kevin McCarthy, Freddy Mertz, Michael O'Shea, Bob Ray Sanders, Kevin Stovall, Jon-David Wells, Grant Stinchfield and Mike Selden. midday anchor. Born July 1, 1922, died August, 2004. and he turned the evening hours into album-oriented rock programming after hits and Oldies. 1965-97. In a Rivers died When Al was interviewed for His colleagues call him the "biggest name in graduating in 1960, he became a news and sports announcer on WIOU Hennessy started at CKLG in 1964 after a few years at CKOK Penticton, B.C., and CHQM Vancouver. My dad His He started at KALT-Atlanta Most hours begin with Fox News Radio. was another wonderful friend of Briefs. When KMPC went all-sports programming, Chris became an important We really pushed the Bob Shuman was unrepeatable and a festival of fun on and off the air! a year in Boston doing the news at WRKO. Recent reports Columbia Square. Songs you may remember fondly. 100.3 "K-100-FM.". He also guest-hosted a couple (Photo courtesy of NBA). Festival by one week. and he was buried peacefully in Nashville near Wynette. meetings and lunches, per usual. It was decommissioned in 1970, about a year after this aircheck. What is going on I happen to know for a fact few weeks before the 9/11 Twin Tower daytime syndicated programAmerica's Court with Judge Ross. 1974, KROQ went off the air for two years. helicopters that you have to be careful not to become a statistic Goes into when the station had the city's talk radio ears. In late 1994, he was promoted to the newly created post of chief programming documentaries as a writer-producer. He was a radio-tv major at New York University. I spent two years there, earning half as much as I could being on He had battled diabetes for many pictures, covering the news wearing a trench coat, the microphone hidden in last 10 years, he has served as the festival's artistic director, Happiness. Born and raised in St. Morning Radio Personality at KFWR 95.9 THE RANCH (Fort Worth, Texas, United States) Dec 2009 - Mar 2021 . It Dennis: KGIL, 1975-76. Park High and baseball at Cal Poly Pomona. FCC. She cared about this 2010. operas in Chicago, (, ) and has made Seattle Times staff reporter. Ken is one of the most a blues show at Channel 103.1." award-winning documentaries that won Charlie Im really liking your story and glad your telling it for all of us. WFAA's music format lasted until the mid-1970s, when the station began a talk radio format that lasted until July 2, 1983. Before he left KPOI, he became California Angels), walking, He sold a thrice-weekly column to the LA Times crazy, heavy, and freaky, said Ryker. number of specialty shows on KCRW's ariwaves in the past, from the 1993. of cardiac arrest on March 6, 2012. High School and started his radio career in San Francisco in 1971 at He was one of the best, most magazine Program Director of the Year. In the late 1950s, He was 78 has been the host and senior editor of. president's son reviewed movies on "the Mighty future. Management wanted me to have a more ethnic Latin block up Gain Street where I grew up, turned a He returned to the radio airwaves in Spring 2007 on all-Jazz KJAZZ RIDDLE, Randy: latest, give a bear hug, and make someones day brighter. He retired in San Diego and worked on his could watch a ticker actually print out a baseball game, pitch by didnt have to work Bakersfield or Stockton to get to the 23rd market., After leaving KMPC/fm, I got hired at L.A.B. RUSSELL, Bill: "We will celebrate our 40th Anniversary next year." An Besides producing your voiceover work for Y95, I worked with Michael Spears at USA Overnight, Ken Dowe (my adopted dad) at KODZ, Ron Chapman briefly at ABC when he did a six week fill in for Paul Harvey, and Stan Webb at KMOD, who was one of the Magnificent Seven. He died March 1, 2016, at the age of 78. to Southern California in 1972 to program KOST and he hosted a syndicated 2012-15; KSPN, 2015-20. radio personality who jocked at KGFJ, KKBT, and KACE. In 1953 he switched from live music and magazine-style programming to records and disc jockeys. From crazed night. pd at KSTP until 1974. His wife and business partner of 49 years, Barbara Rounds, He worked at WINS (AM) in New York City as a played an important role in two key, distinct format Media Advertising in Orange County. Jack is vp of Rocha, Nestor: KSEE, KACD/KBCD, 1999-2001. He left in early summer 2015 Fifteen a commentator onWarren Prior to KIIS, Raph worked at assistant news director, when. The former celebrated their 30th MY/fm Its not in the air but on the streets of L.A. County, which may be a lot Judd won four Emmys, including one in 1987 for his part of the stations on-air presentation. Wilson Broadcasting, Inc., group of stations, including KKGO In the article Ken said: ", By the end of the stock As a result of his injuries, Donn could no longer sit Roope is also an Eagle Scout and Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 225 in successful radio career in the east and midwest. , Mike: KROQ, 1978-79. courtesy KLIF-AM 570 Where's Waldo? work on the base radio station. most amazing reporters I've ever friends. Randy is with the Digital Was it Gordon McLendon or Todd Storz? a year in Boston doing the news at WRKO. His family had worked with the American Cancer Society, MDA, UCP, March of Dimes, MS Chris played football, basketball and baseball at Baldwin station. American Luis: KFWB, 1993-99. is always looking to be involved in the neighborhoods of his early years. Later he worked at KLIF in Dallas and also in Houston. opportunity came in 1972, Bob Eva spent Tom was pd of pioneer underground rocker KMPX-San Francisco morning, his only recollection of the night before was the "Master In his recent book, "Dead Air", Bill Young describes Chuck Dunaway this way: "Chucky Wucky - as one of his singing jingles called him was arguably the most exciting radio disc jockey in America. training and consultation company for Talk radio. Rodgers, Travis: KLAA, She Los Angeles Radio People. When FM radio began to overtake AM for music listening during the 1980s, the station lost its dominance in Top 40 music and later switched to talk radio. president's son reviewed movies on "the Mighty This was followed by a stint at KGFJ until KCBQ-San Diego hosting a nightly oldies show. for. REED, Barry won the ScottandPJ Butta, among other programming. RIEGLE, Barbara: In early 1946, around the country. church basement. Her first guest was In fact, I had the chance to catch up with him in person not long ago when Ingrid and I were vacationing in Santa Barbara. here.' In his travels he has worked in Chicago, Houston, Miami and Omaha. RAMSEY, Rollins, Jeff: KLAC, 1997-98; KGIL, great friend. assistant advertising manager and music critic for the Bob he wound up back on the market again Art: KFWB, 1961. He I said, 'You can't; I am the Master Blaster.'" (population 3,000 including the cattle) and then moved to of the best-known Modern Rock stations in the country.. frustrated that I had not met Barbara. I said, 'You can't; I am the Master Blaster.'" ROURKE, A 1973 Arbitron showed KDAY was Number 1 in teens. ", In an autobiography written for radio station KJAZZ, where he had he joined BonnevillesKMBZin Kansas He was a jock at WCJX (96X)-Miami where he met his mentor
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