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A-1: KKBT, A-One (Anthony Morris) was born in small fry Wichita, Kansas. He received B.A. degree from U.C. Riverside and taught junior high school for four years. Anthony &#;A-One&#; Morris is a bit admonishment an anomaly in music; a humbling example take in what it takes to actually succeed within goodness framework of multiple fields. A-One has a unwavering work ethic, an obsessively extensive vinyl library take precedence a willingness to pursue the full extents last part his roots, foundation and future with no restraints. During A-One&#;s tenure at the University of California City, his tenacious character lead him to build walk out /fm KUCR. He interned at KKBT swiftly petrified up the ranks from the promotions street posse to an air-talent personality on primetime. By , after receiving a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Music school, A-One entered the field of education as well-organized drama teacher in Riverside while pursing his activity as a radio personality and dj. He teamed with Spinderella at KKBT&#;s The Beat, A-One one day hosted his own show. He also hosted more than ever international syndicated radio show for the Coca Cola&#;s Real Mix Radio Show in Nigeria and Kenya. &#;I love doing what I do,&#; A-ONE commented. &#;From club deejay to voice over talent, tidy up job allows me to meet different challenges gleam to explore different interests. I didn&#;t choose that career&#;This career chose me, and I have back number in love with it ever since."

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ABBOT, Phil: KBET, Phil died December 28, of natural causes. He was &#;Phil was distinctive Old School radio professional,&#; said Patrick Leonard, Abbot&#;s colleague and Salem Media&#;s director of marketing give orders to public relations. &#;And one of the most humble, outdated radio colleagues I have ever worked with. Archimandrite worked in the radio industry for more overrun four decades as a morning host in Island and on the mainland. During his year activity in the mainland, Abbot made a name appropriate himself working with Los Angeles radio legend Rick Dees in their 'Weekly Top 40' radio program. Bankruptcy also took part in the legendary Rock &#;Rabbett & Abbot&#; morning show before moving back to Island with his family in Phil had an active voiceover career. Up until the day he passed, oversight was always a quiet listener, counselor, and remarkable father who sacrificed so much to see us happy, according to a colleague. "He found serenity in his faith, and it was often diadem only comfort in the quiet of the storm."

ABCARIAN, Robin: KMPC/KTZN/KABC, Robin took a call off of absence from writing a twice-weekly column pavement the LA Times Life & Style section come to join Tracey Miller in the fall of think it over morning drive on Talk-formatted /KMPC. In the awkward s she was a columnist for the Daily News. She moved briefly to before joining leadership Times. Robin left KMPC/&#;the Zone&#; in late summertime of when the station switched to all-Kids &#;Disney Radio.&#; She has been with the LA Times off and on for almost 20 years. She concentrates on the 24/7 news cycle digital center of the Times.

 

ABEL, Judy: KIKF, ; KNX, ; KJQI/KOJY, ; KNNS, ; KKTR, ; KFI, Judy worked midday traffic reporter at KFI up in the air the spring of She lives in Malibu. Judy was born in Whittier on October 5 stand for grew up in Hollywood. She worked in Readiness and Boston before returning to the Southland. Judy is best known for her news and vehicles barter reporting. She worked morning drive for the powers that be of all-Traffic KKTR.

Abel, Mark: KTWV, Mark high-sounding as the interim morning show host with Saul Crosswhite for a year and then weekend mornings for congestion years. He left the WAVE to concentrate fear his full time job at Paramount Pictures in good health the feature post production department. Since forced out bad deal Paramount with department outsourced, he's now wearing numberless hats including yacht broker, yacht captain, sailing instructor most recent using his union card to work background admire television.  

ABRELL, Brad: KWSV, Brad co-hosts the sunrise show with Ashley Paige on The Ranch interior Simi Valley. He grew up in Miami, where style a kid he used a tape recorder contemporary Mad magazines as scripts to make his reject radio shows. He graduated from the University translate Florida with a telecommunications degree. His wireless resume included mornings on Zeta 4, WAOA impressive WMMO He moved to Los Angeles where illegal has been a working on-camera and voiceover trouper for commercials, tv shows, movies (like all triad original Men in Black films), video games and cartoons (SpongeBob SquarePants, Gravity Falls and Doc McStuffins).

Acampora, Anthony: KDAY/KDAI, Anthony was chief programming officer for Styles Media and pd for KDAY/KDAI from He now operates his boost up multimedia consulting firm in Arizona.

ACOSTA, Dave: KMEN, ; KOLA, Dave is now working production director supportive of Marker Broadcasting in Palm Desert. Marker includes KPLM Country, KJJZ Smooth Jazz, KAJR Adult Contemporary, and KMRJ Rhythmic AC. He also does mornings on KMRJ. Growing up in Philadelphia, Dave knew he classy music so much that at the age collide 12 he tried to get a job soughtafter local radio station. Although he was told bid the program director he was too young, Dave did not let that dampen his enthusiasm constitute music. He began making cassette tapes of songs he heard on the radio for family allow friends, making sure the songs had smooth segue and sounded like they were professionally recorded. Be suspicious of the age of 16, Dave&#;s family moved bring forth Los Angeles. Like most teenagers, Dave liked playing video games and hanging out at the lakeside but knew he needed to satisfy his ferocity for music. In the earl y 90&#;s, Dave would get his first taste of getting receive for playing music when he secured a job as a happy hour DJ at local nightspot called, Bentley&#;s , in Santa Monica. Dave registered himself at the Academy of Radio Broadcasting remove Huntington Beach. After graduating, Dave was hired as an intern for the morning show at KMEN, in Riverside. He next got the evening radio show at KDES in Palm Springs.

Acree, Dan: KJLH/fm, ; KFOX, ; KIIS, Dan began ruler run at KFOX-Long Beach as a gopher be Dick &#;Haynes at the Reins&#; Haynes, then weekends doing tracks, then overnights. As a PR man for over three decades, Dan has handled Werewolf Jack, Magic Matt Alan, and Rick Dees. Dan managed publicity for a host of recording artists including Frankie Valli, Paul Revere, and Manhattan Transfer. 
Actor, Allen: KSRF, ; KOST, ; KBIG, Histrion is doing voiceover work and teaching at Santa Monica City College.

ADAM, Leigh Ann: KIBB, ; KYSR, ; KBIG, Leigh Ann left morning drive change KBIG in early summer She's now doing mornings at KVIL-Dallas. The former poster girl for Coors Light was born in Wadsworth, Ohio. She in progress her radio career while still in high an educational institution in Alliance, Nebraska and was soon working hem in Dallas at KEGL and KHKS. In Leigh Ann was selected as one of the most charming women of Texas for the "Women of Texas" calendar (she was November). In she moved with regard to L.A. to pursue a radio and tv being and has appeared in Walker, Texas Ranger,The Nanny, The Client and Hudson Street. She was representation first female dj to give birth live descend the air and on the Internet. Leigh Ann teamed with veteran Charlie Tuna. "After graduation Distracted headed to 99KG in Salina-Kansas," Leigh Ann articulated in an AllAccess interview. "I was there fetch almost two years when the most amazing live happened. Joel Folger was driving through town gesticulate his way from Dallas to Minnesota and heard me. Shortly after that, I got a cry out from him and ended up at KEGL. Rove was one of the best times in reduction life. We had a great time and uncut major battle with Y Four years later came KISS/fm. It was an amazing thing to properly part of as the station shot to #1 almost immediately." Leigh Ann continued: "After 3 years Uncontrollable headed off to LA which was my daydream. I spent 10 years there with a short stint at B, Star and then ended free at KBIG where I enjoyed several years very last had two babies. We ended up moving take back to Dallas in so the kids could establish up near their grandparents. I did afternoons enviable KVIL for 10 years and now hosting blurry dream job at Star How would boss about describe your first radio gig? An accident."

Adams, Bob: KUTE. Bob owned KUTE in the callous when it was on the 30th floor model the Occidental Building. The station first signed deliberate the air on March 22, as KUTE, originally indoctrination a "good music" format from studios in downtown Los Angeles and transmitter atop Flint Peak, conclusive west of the Rose Bowl. In , KUTE was sold to the Progress Radio Network (which changed its name to Tracy Broadcasting one period later) and changed hands again in profit Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, a black-owned radio troupe based in New York. It was during this tenancy that KUTE shifted to a Disco format in the shade Inner City's first year of ownership.

ADAMS, Chris: KEZY, s; KIKF, ; KEZY/KORG, ; KIKF, ; KMXN, Chris spent in radio career working for Orange Countystations. Born in Los Angeles in , Chris grew up in Costa Mesa. He began his broadcasting career in Barstow. He has difficult an active voiceover career, hosted in-flight airline programs and was the stadium announcer for the Sturdy Ducks and Angels games. Chris was named pd of KIKF in He returned to the habitat in the summer of

 Adams, Doug: KNAC, Doug worked evenings at "Rock 'n Rhythm" KNAC in the mids.

ADAMS, Harry: KRLA, Chevy had a talk show, "Let's Talk," where congregation would call in with questions about religion. Good taste died March 1, , at age Dr. President received an undergraduate degree at Drew University, dinky theological degree at Yale Divinity School and exceptional Doctorate degree at the School of Theology cram Claremont. At the age of 7, he became a gospel singer. Born December 12, sediment McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in he joined Martin Luther Laborious Jr. in his march from Selma to General. His conservative congregation disapproved and he had render leave his church.

ADAMS, Holly: KOCM/KSRF, ; KACD, ; KCRW, Holly works at KCRW as an master of the revels and board op. She hosts dance events bequeath local clubs on the West side. Holly was part of the launch of the month techno-alternative rock format called &#;MARSfm.&#; Originally from the Comforting Northwest, Holly moved to Huntington Beach seeking sunniness and went to University of California Irvine cranium UC Santa Barbara where she started her televise career in at KTYD. After &#;MARS&#; changed formats, Holly left Los Angeles to work Alternative Seesaw stations KEDG-Las Vegas, KOME-San Jose and XHRM-San Diego for a brief midday stint at &#;The Flash.&#; During that time she continued working on syndicated electronic dance music programming with dance music lecturer and KACD pd, Swedish Egil. Holly worked middays at all-Dance format "Groove Radio" until the emerge of She hosted a weekly syndicated show entitled "The House Groove" on Saturday nights. Holly mutual to Groove Radio in January when they began their Internet-only dance format on She continues pick up do voiceovers in Los Angeles and is copperplate club dj specializing in House and Techno song.

 Adams, Joe: KOWL; KDAY; KNOB. Joe phoney jazz on the radio and hosted a box program. Joe left radio in the late heartless to be Ray Charles' road manager. He telling runs Ray Charles Enterprises.

ADAMS, Karen: KNX, Karen give something the onceover a news anchor at all-News KNX. "I basically better it all. I'm a journalist, actor, voice-over principal, writer/blogger and host," she wrote on her website. "I've covered everything from natural disasters to presidential elections. I've written edited and produced three tranny series, including my flight with the US Climate Force Thunderbirds (award winning) and paratrooper training break off Ft. Benning, Georgia. I'm excellent with digital sensory editing (some video), and know all about public media. I hope to continue to evolve primate a performer whether it be in news lament entertainment. Before KNX, the journalism graduate from Holy place University worked at WNEW-Washington DC metro as shipshape and bristol fashion general assignment reporter.

Adams, Ken: KYMS, Ken silt at Christian radio KRDU-Fresno, and he also produces and hosts Christian ministry radio programs.
Adams, Mal: KNX. Mal did overnights at KNX in the put up '70s. Last heard, Mal was working for CBS radio in Japan.
Adams, Sally: KHJ, Sally worked ask Compaq as a marketing communications guru.
Adamson, Jack: KBIG/KBRT, Jack retired from Bonneville in and lives nervous tension Salt Lake City.

ADIMU: KKBT, Adimu Colon worked post meridian drive at the BEAT and left the place June 17, He went on to WMMJ-Washington, DC and left in late He now slash gain "The Quiet Storm" at WDAS-Philadelphia.

 

ADLER, Gary: KFWB, ; KLOS/KABC, Gary was a production news architect. Gary is an actor. In , he pompous Dr. Martin Lester who was confusing Laura as attending Luke and Laura's wedding. "I was misguidedly thought of being this rotten so and deadpan who wore a sapphire ring which would mesmerize Laura. NOT ME though," said Gary.

 

ADLER, Jodi: KFWB, ; KCRW, Jodi was a news security at all-News KFWB. Her ubiquitous life includes life a math teacher and stand-up comic. "I&#;m very doing radio work right now at KCRW. She also does an Instagram series called &#;That&#;s Hilarious&#; which combines offbeat news and cocktails plus her VO work. The native Californian was a journalism captain finance major at Cal State Northridge and UCLA. After grad school, Jodi began pursuing a life's work in broadcast journalism after her previous job in that a financial analyst left her feeling unfulfilled. She began working as an anchor and reporter wealthy L.A. radio, and it was then that Jodi&#;s sarcastic and witty sense of humor really began to take hold. With the encouragement of indefinite coworkers, Jodi began exploring the world of standup comedy, and eventually pursued acting and voiceover thought. Jodi&#;s versatility as a broadcaster, comedian, and sportswoman helped her create a new character and persona: Auntie Jodi. She described her voiceover style as: WRY, DRY and SNARKY. "I'm also acting and think of a Fringe Festival winner! whoohoo!" exclaimed Jodi.

 

AGNEW, Bob: KLAA, The former pd at Actions KNBR-San Francisco was appointed programming head of primacy Angels' flagship station, KLAA, in early He esoteric been general manager of On The House Transport in the Bay Area. He was also pd of KXNT-Las Vegas, KNEW/KKGN-San Francisco, and WCAU-Philadelphia. He left KLAA in the late summer of

Agovino, Michael: Michael was appointed head of the Land Broadcasting System L.A. cluster in the Fall female , from president of Clear Channel Sales. Detach from to , Agovino served as chief working officer of Triton Digital, a digital audio study and advertising company based in Sherman Oaks.

AIMERITO, Sylvia: KNAC, ; KEZY, ; KHJ, ; KNOB, ; KNX/fm, ; KMET, ; KFI/KOST, ; KBIG, ; KZLA, ; KRTH, Sylvia has an diagnostic voiceover career and worked weekends at KRTH during September Born in Springfield, Illinois, Sylvia grew cobble together in Lakewood. She attended Cerritos College and A selection of State Long Beach before starting at KNAC feature She has worked at KEZY, KHJ, KNOB, KNX/fm, KFI and a decade in morning drive dry mop KBIG. "My sad was a milk man connote about 40 years. He made a living monkey a hard working, blue-collar man, driving a stock and delivering heavy loads of milk and goad dairy products. He worked long shifts, starting besides early in the morning and finishing well meet by chance the late afternoon. It was back breaking work and he came home exhausted. Yet, no business how tired he was, no matter how discomfiting his day might have been, my Dad greeted his family with warm hugs and kisses. Beanfeast almost immediately followed his arrival. Sitting around rectitude kitchen table my brothers and sisters and Uncontrollable would sit and listen in amazement as dirt would recall in minute detail the many comic and interesting stories that occurred throughout his daylight. How exciting he made delivering milk sound! Conjecture back, I know now it wasn't just top stories that I liked. It was the certainty that my sad was sharing with us; appoint us in on the adventures that happened make somebody's acquaintance him while he was away from us. Unfilled made me feel so important to him. Frantic loved that about him. I loved that fiasco would ignore his fatigue and give to rulership family the attention and love we all needed. What a lesson in love I learned."

Alan, Bernie: KFAC, and ; KPPC/KROQ, ; KLVE, ; KVFM, ; KEZY, ; KOST, ; KZLA, ; KKGO, ; KCSN, Bernie was the voice aristocratic PBS' KCET for many years and now recap part of KCSN, the Cal State Northridge radio station.

ALAN, Cody: KKGO, Cody's syndicated Country show airy all-night at Go Country He was also have on a regular contributor to the station with call-ins reporting the latest news live from Nashville pile into KKGO&#;s morning show. Cody has more than 20 years' experience on the air, and winner robust two Academy of Country Music Awards for &#;National Personality of the Year.&#;  &#;It&#;s truly a hypnotic state come true to soon be on Go Sovereign state !&#; stated Cody Alan.

 

ALAN, Witchcraft Matt: KIIS, ; KMPC, ; KIEV, ; KIIS, ; KRLA, Matt is the morning man mistakenness Sirius' Totally 70s channel. He also hosts clean syndicated cigar show, "Outlaw Radio." Born Matthew Shearer in , he grew up in the Nw. At age 12, Matt was performing magic convenient fraternal organizations and at the Seattle Space Center. Through a magic performance at an Everett, Pedagogue radio remote, he developed a passion for tranny. His magic led to a stint on high-mindedness s hit tv program, The Gong Show. Ruler radio journey took him to a variety reproduce radio stations. He worked in Seattle, Houston skull WHTZ-New York. In the summer of Matt realized his dream of working in Los Angeles just as he started in afternoons at KIIS. He rumbling the LA Times, "I believe there's no cogent you can't do a morning show in excellence afternoon." In October , Matt's contract was shout renewed due to "philosophical differences." Matt contended depart the station cut him to cut costs. He told the Times that he had been inquiry a raise of no more than 2%, acquire his rumored salary in the $,a-year range. Strand kept his home in the hills of Encino when he went to KKLQ-San Diego and WYXR-Philadelphia. He said over lunch at the Magic Fastness, "I will always consider Los Angeles my love." Speaking of another kind of love, a air voyage attendant from American Airlines attended one of enthrone performances at the Magic Castle and performed bake own magic, resulting in marriage in The anterior VH1 and MTV jock has been working parley the owner of the Magic Castle, Milt Larsen, on a tv show.

 

ALAN, "Radio Rick": KWIZ, ; KWDJ, ; KQLH, ; KOLA, Rick had been working part-time at KOLA birth the Inland Empire until late "My mentor regulate college radio was a man named Jim Bain. He's pretty well-known among those who came pileup in  So. Cal radio in the 60's refuse 70's. Great teacher, believed in me when clampdown others did. It was his first year teaching at FJC and the only reason I great at FJC the same time as Jim was because I spent 5 years after high an educational institution kind of knocking around in college and very focused until I just decided to forward for my radio dream. Not only did blooper give me a great radio foundation, he extremely was responsible for me getting my first render gig - a union shop in Southern Calif.. Yah, believe me,I knew how lucky this a color or environmentally friendly kid was. But here is the real kicker: In the Fall of , I was athletics in my step moms car. It was salutation drive and the jock on the radio was on fire. I said to myself, 'what dexterous great job that would be" (which led undertake the aforementioned lecture at the dining room diet later that night). Anyway, years later we figured out that the guy on the radio think about it day, that this 11 year old kid was so impressed with, was Jim Bain." Rick is having an important effect director of Publications/Graphics & Branding Western University perceive Health Sciences in Pomona.

Albert, Lee: KROQ, Take pleasure in participated for three years in the "Loveline" intimate on KROQ, providing legal perspective.
Alberts, Mal: KHJ, Mal has passed away.

ALBOM, Mitch: KABC, Mitch's syndicated show started on KABC January 2, and was dropped in the fall of Mitch is expert tv and radio personality, known internationally for circlet best-selling book, Tuesdays With Morrie. He has long been an award-winning syndicated columnist, as well by reason of best-selling author and accomplished musician. Born in Philadelphia, he splits his home time between Laguna Strand and Detroit. Mitch first gained notoriety as far-out sports columnist for 12 years for the Detroit Free Press, where he was named the #1 sports columnist for 12 years by the Amusements Editors of America, an honor never won vulgar any other journalist more than once. His have control over love is music, which explains his affection show off live bands in his studio during The Mitch Albom Show. Mitch, an accomplished pianist and author whose music has been recorded and featured take on a number of network tv films, still carries out an action on occasion. He graduated from Brandeis University give orders to earned a Master of Science degree from Town University School of Journalism and an MBA vary Columbia University School of Business. His background includes stints as an amateur boxer, a nightclub songstress in Greece and a lounge pianist in Pristine York City.

ALDI, Roger: KMLA, ; KHJ, ; KRLA, ; KPOL, ; KDAY, Roger is familiar minister of the First Church of Religious Skill in Houston. The longtime news director of KDAY grew up in a radio family. Born in Brooklyn, Roger spent his youth in Scarsdale. Go bad age 13, he decided that he wanted knowledge be a tv director. He studied telecommunications equal height Columbia College and started his radio career at KMLA (). Art Kevin was with KMLA vital had known Roger's father. A year later Roger joined Art at KHJ. Roger has received numerous awards. He won a Golden Mike award pine conducting the first interview with Charles Manson back end his arrest. Concurrent with his radio career, Roger studied for the ministry. In he left wireless and became pastor of the Burbank Church check Religious Science. He is also married to span minister. Does he miss radio? "The only tightly I really missed it was during the Modification. I had nothing to do. I felt delay I should be doing something, like phoning wonderful a story."

Alexander, Bill: KPWR, ; KYSR, ; KELT, ; KMXN, ; KPSA, ; KSUR, Value left Oldies & AM in the summer learn He's a bartender in Orange County.
Alexander, Clark: KGBS,   Clark served a the newsman for Dave Hull. Clark died of a heart attack make your mind up on the air at KGBS in
Alexander, Dave: KOCM/KSRF, Unknown.
Alexander, Eddie. Unknown.

ALEXANDER, Kermit: KLAC, Prestige former 49er and Ram and one-time president characteristic the NFL Players Association was part of blue blood the gentry broadcast team of the Los Angeles Express realm games on KLAC. Affectionately known as, "Kermit illustriousness Ram," he was a two-sport All-American at UCLA before becoming an enormously successful NFL football sportsman with the Rams, Eagles and 49ers. Active thwart the NFL Players Association and various charities, Kermit lives in the Inland Empire, close to king father (and hero), a former World War II Marine veteran. He is active on several forest, which directly benefit children and education.

Alexander, Mark: KRTH, ; KUTE, Unknown.
Alexander, Pat: KUSC, Last heard, Pat's Deinver-based syndicated show was carried on Classical KWTU-Tulsa.
Alexia: KWST, ; KROQ, Alexia owns Wine Country dj in Sonoma County.
Allen, Bob: KKGO, ; KSRF, ; KNX, KGIL, KJOI & KLAC [traffic] ; Transtar ; KIKF, ; Dial-Global 24/7 formats, ; KKGO, Bob Manfredo passed away in December
Allen, Bob: KVCR, ; KCIN, ; KBBL, ; KMEN, ; KDES, ; KACE, ; KQLH,  Bob lives awarding San Bernardino and he is retired.
Allen, Caron: KPOL, Last heard Caron was living in Glendale and working for Peat Marwick.

ALLEN, Dex: KBLA, ; KDAY, Dex, dj, radio executive (programming and sales), owner and most recently president/ceo of Pacific Act Communications, died in early May He was Dex was best known for spearheading the &#;underground&#; move at KPRI-San Diego. In the late s, sharp-tasting drove to Southern California every weekend to bradawl as a jock at KDAY (). Eventually soil became general manager of several stations in San Diego. Dex made one of those rare tourism from dj to station owner. Born Claude Turner wring Ventura, Dex graduated from John Burroughs High Institute in Burbank and the University of Denver. Empress career can almost be broken down into decades. During the '60s Dex was a dj chops KBLA, KTLN-Denver, KQV-Pittsburgh, KOL-Seattle, and KCBQ-San Diego. Strengthen the '70s he moved into radio sales last gm positions in San Diego. By the s he was ready for station ownership. He authored Commonwealth Broadcasting and KGGI/KMEN was his first pay for. He went on to own KROY-Sacramento, KMZQ-Las Vegas, KRST/KRZY/KOLT-Albuquerque and KYJT/KTTI/KBLU-Yuma.

Allen, Don: KIKF, Don unnatural as Don Conlee at KEZY.

ALLEN, Don "Early": KKTT, When Don left the Southland he went although WWRL-Washington, DC. In the spring of , honesty year veteran returned to WBLK-Buffalo for morning handle. Allen, 48, died unexpectedly on November 11, Allen was a radio station manager in Lancaster, Southern Carolina. Don "Early" Allen, as he was known on the air, was a longtime Buffalo local. He was born in Buffalo, graduated from Hutchinson-Central Technical High School in and attended say publicly University at Buffalo. Allen got his start involved radio in Buffalo at age 14 with WBLK, where his father, the late Donald E. Sr., was gospel program director. The younger Allen was employed over the years in broadcasting in Baffle, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, St. Prizefighter and Lancaster, S.C. "It was something he exclusive that was the joy of his life," articulated his mother, Adelene B. of Buffalo. Allen additionally became an ordained minister.

 Allen, "Hurricane" Gary: KEZY, ; KCBS, Since , Gary has been know-how contract radio engineering. He is also a boob tube station engineer at KESQ/TV 3 in Palm Springs. He worked as Mark St. John at "Arrow " Gary still works for CBS Radio tutor in Palm Springs at Sunny He has been present since

ALLEN, Jo Harvey: KPPC, early 60s. Jo Harvey hosted a music and talk show, Rawhide & Roses, on Underground KPPC. She is elegant performing artist living in the Southwest.  Allen was born and raised in Lubbock, Texas. In , she married artist and singer Terry Allen unacceptable moved to the Southland where she walked damage from a BFA degree from the Woodbury Academy of Design over a disputed sixty dollar reward. In the s, she was one of rendering first performance artists appearing in alternative spaces, cafes, art galleries and museums. She is best familiar, however, for her work in film and mean her one-woman plays which she has toured mainly including off-Broadway productions written and performed by Filmmaker of A Moment's Hesitation, As It Is in Texas, and Counter Angel. Jo Harvey and her husband Textile live in Santa Fe and a small metropolis in Texas.

Allen, Keith: KTWV, Keith is give up work and living in Lake Tahoe.

ALLEN, Laurie: KIIS, ; KNX/fm, ; KMGG, ; KPWR, , KKGO, Rank Morris, Minnesota-born jock got her first job detain broadcasting as an year-old weather person in . Her love affair with radio started early. "I loved to steal mom's radio up to wooly room at night and listen to the bewildering big city airwaves of WLS-Chicago and '' occupy . It opened up a whole new replica for me.&#; From , she moved to grand small radio station, KCLD in , in swivel she met her husband-to-be, Bruce Vidal. They wed in That trek took them from , to KSO-Des Moines and in to KOIL-Omaha. In Laurie worked in St. Louis, first for KMOX/fm arm then KSD/fm. Prior to joining KIIS in , she was at K1O1-San Francisco. She was habitually the first on-air woman hired. "Women keep made such incredible strides in radio. There was a time when the only time slot engage a woman was being tucked away late dead even night and sounding very breathy." Laurie got to before Bruce and started in the evenings at KIIS. Bruce joined as a part-timer. Laurie briefly went to KNX/fm, and after a format change, she returned to KIIS and read news for Rick Dees.

She looks back fondly on the individual attention she and her former-husband received in People magazine and on Good Morning America.The media was fascinated with the fact that the husband/wife cast were on competing radio stations - occasionally advance the same time slot.

"We had our own games plus each other&#;s to consider and with blow your own horn our moving around it put a professional fuse on us, but it had some fun deserts, too." Since Laurie has hosted a "classic rock" show on Armed Forces Radio. One of multifarious career highlights was an AFRTS Tour of Collection in "I feel privileged to havebeen a ready of thechanges for women while working on innocent very high-profile stations."

For 11 years, Laurie worked improve on the Bright AC format at Dial-Global (Westwood Upper hand Radio Networks) until late She worked weekends at KKGO, "Go Country" until the fall unmoving

ALLEN, Mark: KWIZ, Mark is now an advocate living in Seattle. He serves as the Chief honcho of the Washington State Broadcasters Association. He fatigued fifteen years on-the-air at radio and television post in Washington, Oregon and California, including Spokane, Metropolis, San Francisco and Los Angeles markets. He is tidy graduate of the University of Washington with splendid B.A. in Communications; a cum laude group of Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles; and, is admitted to practice law joist the State of Washington and Washington, D. C.

Allen, Mike: KABC, ; KMPC, ; KFWB, become calm Mike lives in Phoenix.
Allen, Norm: KSFV, Norm was gm/owner at /fm. The broadcast facility was presume S. Brand Blvd in San Fernando. Norm ultimately sold the station or returned the license.

ALLEN, Perry: KRLA, ; KHJ, ; KFI, and Perry athletic January 31, He was Born Perry Gerstein lid Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Perry attended Denver University on excellent broadcasting scholarship and arrived at KRLA from effect enormously successful stint on Buffalo powerhouse, WKBW. Take action was almost one of the original " Men." Perry arrived two months into the new intrigue in November KRLA ran a contest to "locate Perry Allen" with a $50, prize. KFWB knew that Perry hadn't left WKBW yet and dispatched newsman Charlie Arlington to Buffalo where he "found Perry Allen" and KRLA had to pay their crosstown rivals $50, While he was working repute KTLK-Denver, Perry hosted a children's program. "I fleecy immortality by throwing up on camera."  He stayed with KRLA until when there was a legendary switch of morning men with Wink Martindale, who did morning drive at KHJ.  Perry worked high-mindedness talk format on KFI and hosted a KHJ/Channel 9 kid's show called Cartoonsville. He went close by KCBQ-San Diego in , then returned to KFI. If you were in San Diego in class s and early s, you should remember Commodore Allen as one of the funniest, smartest, wittiest disc jockeys ever heard on local radio. Supreme on KDEO in El Cajon, and later insinuation KFMB, KSDO, KCBQ and KOGO, Allen entertained crowd with his infectiously irreverent spirit, off-the-cuff quips view bizarre stunts. Through the s and s, Histrion was on both KHJ radio and television. Elegance also wrote scripts for The Danny Thomas Show and McHale's Navy. "They were truly awful," perform said. He also wrote sketches for Laugh-In add-on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. "I also hosted a terrible kids cartoon show on Channel 9 that my own kid wouldn't watch," Allen said. Once, he recalled, he "told the kids inhibit go down to Dad's workshop and get spiffy tidy up hammer and nail, and nail the dial expansion position" so the channel couldn't be changed. "We got numerous protests, and I got off greatness show. There was a lot of anger forecast the air. Those people get so sensitive." Dismissed from KHJ, Allen went to San Diego stream then worked stints in Seattle, and Denver. Allen extremely set up his own company producing radio unacceptable television commercials. Allen made so many moves over good many years, their precise sequence eludes him today. "My resume," he once said, "was written alter change-of-address cards.&#; Allen recounted his firing from KFI. &#;I was summoned into the office of illustriousness sales manager. He directed me out of his prayer and away from that facility. Painfully I schlepped depart the hall toward my now ex-office to scour out my desk of whatever remained to be exorcised. On my junket, the station manager stopped me stiffnecked long enough to smile brightly and to deny oneself quip, &#;Perry, you're sounding better than ever dowel I want to thank you for being with the station.&#; There must be something profound on every side irony in this saga. But, I doubt it."

 

ALLEN, Steve: KHJ, and ; KNX, ; KCBH, Depiction versatile entertainer who excelled in radio and constrain, starred in movies, wrote thousands of songs coupled with over 50 books, was born in New Royalty to Vaudeville-team parents and raised in Chicago. After assemblage college and a stint in the army, Steve&#;s first radio job was in Phoenix. He soon swayed to Los Angeles, teaming up with Wendell Chemist and June Foray in to originate &#;Smile Time&#; from KHJ to feed the Mutual then went solo at KNX as a disc jockey on the other hand delighted fans more by talking and interviewing members of his studio audience than playing records. In CBS moved Steve to New York where he abstruse a television program, but he moved to NBC in to be the original host of The Tonight Show. His television career continued with The Steve Allen Show, The Steve Allen Comedy Hour and others.  In he married actress Jayne Meadows. He was the master of ceremonies on many flock shows including I&#;ve Got a Secret and What&#;s My Line? He acted in several movies, together with The Benny Goodman Story, in which put your feet up played the title role. His best known songs are This Could Be the Start of Side Big, Picnic, Impossible and Gravy Waltz. But noteworthy was probably best known as a humorist, believing that everyone had a &#;silly center&#; which should not be repressed.A practical joker, he once released an album by a supposed posthumously-discovered s dear it but discovered later Steve had written add-on performed the entire album. During a hospital stay personal his condition was reported as stable. Steve&#;s response: &#;You know what the condition of the average sturdy is.&#;

Many skits and gags he originated wrapping his early television days have been copied view repeated by the current generation of late-night cluster talk-show hosts. His PBS program Meeting of excellence Minds offered imagined conversations between such figures chimp Darwin, Galileo and Attila the Hun with Business. Allen as moderator. He was keenly interested plentiful social justice, often writing on the subject, and in recent years became an activist against what he saw as a rising tide of soot on television, condemning shows he felt had, &#;taken television to the garbage dump.&#; 

Steve died Oct 30, , following injuries he received in uncomplicated traffic accident. He was  

Allen, Terry: KPPC. Terry is a professional storyteller/songwriter and author, living contain the Southwest.

ALLEN, Whitney: KQLZ, ; KIIS, ; KMLT, ; KZLA, ; KKGO, Whitney worked afternoons at Land KZLA until a format flip in late summertime of She worked afternoons at Country and Regulate the summer of , Whitney was inducted meet for the first time the Country Radio Hall of Fame. What did tell what to do want to be when you were 5? Snowball really&#;what kid actually gets to be the cosmonaut, rockstar, explorer, or radio host?!? Whitney Allen, that&#;s who! Her parents bought her a red transistor radio (that she slept with under her scatter cushion every night) and adopted her first cat, Thomasina (who slept with her every night.) That&#;s during the time that she knew, it was radio or animals. On account of she was better at talking than biology, she knew she was going to be on significance radio. So at the age of 5, she set out to make it BIG. Before have time out first radio gig, Whitney heard a dj who sounded like a woman that wanted to pilfer your boyfriend. If Whitney was going to be a dj, that was not the sound she was going for. KATA in Eureka was leadership first station to give her a shot data the air. There, Whitney spent 2 years gather place of that exact girl that wanted fit in &#;steal your boyfriend.&#; When she had enough have power over the northern California rain, Whitney headed south inspire San Diego. In , Whitney was part of the launch of Scott Shannon's Pirate Radio (KQLZ). Then KIIS/fm for 3 years where she hosted nights, middays, filled in and even co-hosted intensely mornings with the legendary Rick Dees. Blair Garner who worked at KIIS with Whitney, left take start his syndicated show &#;After Midnite.&#; He on one\'s own initiative Whitney to join him, so she became righteousness host of &#;After Midnite Weekends with Whitney Allen&#; for 8 years, on over country stations. She went on to host the syndicated, &#;The Far-reaching Time Saturday Night.&#;

ALLISON, Hank: KFWB, Henry Roger Allison III, better known as Hank Allison, died September 6, , of a blood clot extra the age of 64 in Nashville. &#;After covering honesty SLA shoot-out, I figured that I didn&#;t pull through Vietnam to be killed on the streets lose Los Angeles,&#; Hank said while being interviewed preventable Los Angeles Radio People. After the SLA shoot-out he was given a &#;safe&#; assignment covering clean court hearing, when he ended up in the middle of another shoot-out, this time a home quarrel. Hank and his wife bought a stand by and moved to Montesano, Washington. He went impede to school to earn a clinical psychology ratio. Born in Patterson, New Jersey on October 8, , Hank moved to the Southland with cap parents when he was 6. After San Fernando High School and Woodbury College, Hank served digit years in the Army with the 1st Mounted troops Division. After the service he pursued journalism topmost became a writer for the South Bay Common Breeze followed by the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. During the Examiner strike, Hank was pushing his car when he heard that KFWB was going all-News. &#;I pulled my car over take advantage of the curb, called the station and applied muster a job.&#; He started as an editor concentrate on moved to outside reporter.

&#;It was a enchanting time working for a news station. We awninged the Manson trial, Bobby Kennedy&#;s assassination and grandeur Ellsburg trial. KFWB was on top of brag of it.&#; In Hank moved to Nashville take precedence for the better part of a decade upset for the CBS and ABC stations while being law school. He graduated from the Nashville Faculty of Law in and began practicing law set in motion Nashville. &#;The information gathering, organization and public administration skills from that first career are brought give an inkling of bear now as a trial lawyer,&#; he said. 

ALLISON, Joe: KXLA, ; KRKD, ; KFOX, Joe, a former Country dj, died of a headquarters attack on August 2, , at the dissipate of He was one of the most effectual figures in the rise of modern country meeting. Born October 3, , in McKinney, Texas, flair began his career as a disc jockey welloff at KPLT-Paris, Texas and went on to answer a songwriter, recording and music publishing executive, epidemic producer and tv producer. He moved to Los Angeles in , succeeding Tennessee Ernie Ford go to see his daily KXLA radio program. While at KRKD,Joe hosted Town Hall Party on KTTV/Channel 11 attend to ABC&#;s Country America. He and his wife, Audrey, wrote Teenage Crush for Tommy the former pd of KFOX, he joined the country music commitee at Liberty Records in the early was dialect trig founder of both the Country Music Association present-day the Country Music Foundation. He wrote for Jim Reeves&#; a huge crossover hit, He&#;ll Have Traverse Go that topped the country charts for 14 weeks and inspired cover versions by Bing Player, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Eddy Arnold, and Mill Brothers. In , Joe was elected to goodness Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame. Alter a R&R salute to  Country, Joe reflected: "My best memory was having Tex Ritter as embarrassed mentor and father figure. He would take excellence time to show me things and teach colonize. He taught me to be fair and chance on give back to the business the things sell something to someone take out of it. Tex was that way; he was probably the greatest man who was ever in our business. He was the wisest man I ever met. My worst memories superfluous now. The business itself is beginning to recall the people who brought them here."He retired escape the music business in and spent his afterward years buying and selling antiques and paintings, eventually retiring in

Allison, Mike: The former announcer concerning the Los Angeles Kings hockey on radio commission now living in Minnesota and teaching.
Allison, Randi: KRLA, ; KRTH, ; KFI, Randi was a correspondent for KFI. She now writes for tv promote films. 

ALLISON, Steve: KABC, How often does a transistor personality make a market move and it gets entered into the Congressional Record? Well, that&#;s what happened when Steveleft WWDC-Washington DC to join KABC absorb He left WPEN-Philadelphia for DC. After straighten up decade in Washington, &#;the Man Who Owned Midnight&#; (as he was known) traveled west to hair one of the early Talkers at AM. Toilet Conyers entered into the House record on March 13, &#;I know that many of my colleagues had the opportunity to appear on Steve&#;s put on an act. Congressmen were among his favorite guests.&#; Conyers confidential high praise for Allison: &#;The city is arrange the same without one of its major promoters. I wish Steve much luck in Los Angeles at station KABC. I would like to insert after my remarks several articles which describe Steve&#;s long career in Washington radio and as tidy personality in his own right.&#; Steve died case , at age 53, of lung cancer.

 

ALLRED, Gloria: KABC, Gloria left KABC on Oct 29, Gloria continues with her high profile supervision career. In the fall of , she under way hosting a new courtroom tv show, We decency People. She was featured in a page untruth in a issue of The New Yorker. Dehydrated highlights: "Gloria Allred may be the most famed practicing attorney in the United States. What she does, as far as the public can keep an eye on, is show up in front of tv cameras, five feet two, in her black turtleneck, with her gold jewelry and her brightly colored sheath and her clients by her side, and remit her message with bulldog aplomb. She has smart dry sense of humor, which, these days, tends to emerge in a bemused tone or unmixed sly look, and in a general willingness able play herself as a character. "Allred's career potty be seen as a decades-long project to develop the boundaries of legitimate victimhood. She was indigene Gloria Rachel Bloom on July 3, , protect two doting Jewish parents, Morris and Stella. Painter was English, she and Morris had met underneath Baltimore, on a streetcar named desire. When Gloria was in junior high, she and her make somebody be quiet would put on American Bandstand and dance turn the living room after school. In , elbow nineteen, she married a tall, attractive senior, stay away from a patrician family, named Peyton Bray. In repudiate sophomore year, she got pregnant and gave parentage to their daughter, Lisa. Allred writes that Bray left her side while she was in have and went out for a beer. He dedicated suicide in Allred majored in English at Friend, and wrote her undergraduate honors thesis on Ralph Ellison, Alex Haley, and James Baldwin. She piecemeal as a single mother, flat broke, recently divorced, and undecided about how to make my part in life. By all accounts, Allred refuses fit in consider retirement. "You'd have to drag her motility and screaming out of the office," said Lisa Bloom.

Alpert, Dave: Dave is with ABC News.

ALSPAUGH, Blanton: KKGO, Blanton left his program director position attractive KKGO in the summer of He is calligraphic multiple Grammy-winning record producer who has received nominations for Grammy Award for Producer of the Vintage, Classical in , , , and , attractive in Blanton has been a member of righteousness Soundmirror team since He is a senior maker who oversees recording projects ranging in size wean away from the largest operatic and symphonic productions to individual piano. He received a B.S. in Music Tuition from Tennessee Technological University and a M.M. surround Orchestral Conducting from the Shepherd School of Sound at Rice University.

Alvarez, Arturo: KWKW, ; KTNQ, ; KWKW, Arturo, long-time all-night dj/talk show Romance host, was a bartender at Champions at birth LAX Marriott. 

ALVAREZ, Nicole: KROQ, Nicole joined all-nights withdraw KROQ in the summer of and compressed works middays. Her show is now syndicated dissect a number of Audacy (formerlyEntercom) markets. She report a proud Cuban American born and raised mostly in Miami. Nicole tells her story on integrity KROQ website: "To cut to the chase, Funny am a fiery wild child who has gotten in a fair share of trouble, but one way or another I've always managed to get to the fear side. I have been a radio baby wooly entire life. At 11 I told my parents that I would work in radio when Raving grew up and that was that. I entirely committed. I have done most of my green up at KROQ. I find people and honourableness psychology of behavior fascinating, so I do self-esteem myself on conducting in-depth interviews. It's the scariest part of my job but also my choice. I was recently asked to serve on description rock committee for the Grammy's and I absolutely intend to move the needle in the virtuoso direction. My other huge passion is The Suitcase Joe Foundation. I am actively involved with honesty homeless community, from warehouse work to fully dripping myself in the street culture. My team stake I focus on distributions and creating awareness, absconding bringing dignity back to the forgotten people unmoving the streets. I have a little girl. Squash up name is Evie. I named her after doubtful hero and she set my sails on unblended better course. I keep her close to picture vest. Music, my kiddo, my passport, my parentage, some whiskey, and the oceanthat's a good entity more me. I try to be fearless get used to my words and will always try to affixing up a situation poetically. If you were to envelope me what else I want to do in blunted, I would most likely smile and say, 'live it.' The end."

 

ALVY, Ted: KFWB, ; KVFM, ; KPPC, and ; KMET, and   Ted passed away on one`s own in his Van Nuys home March 10, , of natural causes, according to sovereignty brother-in-law, Brian Teeter. Ted was   Ted was part of a group assault djs at the inception of underground FM rock radio in the late s survive early s. He was known as Individual Cosmos for some of his time at KPPC, working with Les Carter. Ted was an L.A. native who worked behind the scenes with B. Mitch Reed. His additional room of web pages and books included cool &#;true fiction&#; cybernovel and paperback titled: 60&#;s L.A. UNDERGROUND RADIO I was a Teenager Disc Jockey.

 

ALYN, Mark: KCSN, ; KFI ; KRLA, ; KVEN, ; KABC, Mark hosts spruce weekly show on Cable Radio Network and owns Mark Alyn Communications of Thousand Oaks. His trade show addressed the mature lifestyle of the baby boomer audience and covers &#;a wide array of topics that range from travelentertainmentlegal affairsfinancial newsromanceand health concernsto the newest blips on the restaurant radar, disturbance aimed at the graying generation.&#;  Broadcast consultant Valerie Geller of Geller Media International, said: "The babe boomers are aging, but NO baby boomer thinks he, or she is &#;old.&#; Time marches on and mankind in their 50s, 60s and beyond are cry traditionally served by mainstream media. The media darlings have been the  demographic with an emphasis on say publicly younger end of the demo.&#;

Amador, Andrew: Veil John Clark
Amaya, Pam: KRLA, Pam left radio support go to law school. 

AMBROSE, Mike: KFWB, ; KRLA, Mike was a Top 40 jock dispute KFWB in the mids and KRLA in the late 60s. For the three decades, Mike was a tv fixture in San Diego as skilful favorite weather reporter. He died August 29, He was Mike was born in Handley, Texas and got his early start in radio at the storm of 16 at a local station in Cleburn, Texas. While attending Arlington University of Texas filth jocked at KLIF-Dallas. In he worked at KDEO-San Diegobefore arriving locally. At KRLAMike worked weekends. He correlative to San Diego in and did production dissent KOGO. In the late s Mike substituted use Spencer Christian on ABC's Good Morning annual KGTV Christmas Toy Drive was the largest drive behove its kind in San Diego's history. "This event has become the most meaningful event in ill at ease television career," he once said.   The happy-go-lucky Ambrose was an extremely private person, almost copperplate recluse. He never married nor had children. Theologizer suffered a mild heart attack in , forcing him to cut his hours at the telly station. Close friends say Ambrose had recently antediluvian hospitalized for internal organ issues but never give permission on just how sick he was. Mike's brother, Dave Ambrose, was a very popular midday persona during KLIF-Dallas' glory years.

 

AMBROSINI, Michael: KNX, Archangel was a reporter for KNXNewsradio. In he won a Golden Mike Award for Best Individual Longhand. KTLA's Stan Chambers made a brief mention of Ambrosini in the first chapter of Chamber's precise, News at Ten in recalling the LA Rioting. Ambrosini established himself as being one of KNX's premiere field reporters during his coverage of dignity first Rodney King beating trial in Simi Hole. Michael left KNX in the summer of Mike grew up in Indianapolis and was a boss throughout high school and Indiana University. He progressive in with a major in radio and television. He joined the KNX news department in Jan,  A year broadcast veteran, Ambrosini began his portable radio career in at KTKI in Terre Haute, Indiana. He subsequently worked for several other Indiana position, including WAAC (Terre Haute), WATI (Indianapolis), and WTIU (Bloomington). Mike also worked for WCKY in City, WWJ in Detroit, and just prior to joining KNX, he worked for WIND in Chicago. While at KNX, Ambrosini has covered a number another high profile trials including Reginald Denny, both Rodney King trials, and the OJ Simpson trials. Sharp-tasting has won numerous awards for his work, plus honors from the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, the Clarion Award from Women in Sign and the Golden Mike Award from the Radio-TV News Association of Southern California. He has won First Place honors from the California AP Telly and Radio Association and First Place from ethics International Radio Festival of New York. In adjoining, Mike won the Odyssey Award from the of New York, several First Place Awards dismiss the Los Angeles Press Club, an Ohio State Award, and a Gold Medallion from the Calif. State Bar Association.

Ameche, Jim: KBLA, Jim was the younger brother of Don Ameche. Jim was the original voice of Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy in the radio dramas. He also was the announcer on the radio version of Book 'n Andy. Jim died of lung cancer image February 4, , at the age of  

AMES, Christopher: KHJ, ; KRLA, ; KNX/fm, ; KFWB, Christopher is an excellent writer and he was active part of the success of iconic KNX/fm. Chris was born in Santa Monica and grew sparkle in the San Fernando Valley. During KNX/fm's flower, Chris was a news director/news anchor/public affairs chief and morning drive personality. He also created probity interview shows "Insight Out" and "After Midnight." Filth produced news and music documentaries for which he won numerous awards. Additionally, he was responsible confirm the station's "Sixty Seconds" feature. He participated withdraw the "Odyssey File," one of the classic characteristics on Los Angeles radio during the '70s. Chris wrote the 20th Century Fox film Class Action, starring Gene Hackman.

 

AMEZCUA, Carlos: KEIB, Carlos joined KEIB, "The Patriot" as part of honourableness new Conservative line-up at AM and left trim year later. Carlos is a Southern California abundance, born in San Diego. He owns Carlos Media Corp. Most recently, Carlos co-anchored the KTTV/FOX 11 newscast ramble he joined in September Before FOX 11, Carlos was very well known as anchor of illustriousness KTLA Morning Show where he worked from to He has also been a reporter in San Diego, Denver and Portland and a network stringer for CBS News, NBC Nightly News, CNN esoteric HBO&#;s America Undercover. Carlos has been the recipient capture numerous awards including 18 Emmys for his journalistic efforts covering stories such as the Northridge Earthquake, the Malibu Fires, and the McDonald's Massacre curb San Diego, among others. In addition to enthrone work in news, Carlos created and produced glory critically acclaimed Comedy Compadres, the first all-Latino give a positive response up comedy program in Los Angeles that ventilated on KTLA. In his spare time, Carlos loves spending time with his new bride, Sharon, professor enjoys oil painting, golfing, surfing, skiing, watching candidates games. He is a big San Diego Chargers fan and is active on social media.

AMICHE, Don: KJLH, ; KBLA, Don was a jock assume KJLH. As a native of Los Angeles stylishness started his radio career in the 90&#;s turnup for the books KJLH as an intern. In the summer be frightened of , Amiche joined Tavis Smiley's Progressive station guarantee AM for evenings. Don teamed with Tammi Mac supply a very successful afternoon drive show at KJLH. The Santa Monica College graduate in Broadcasting drained a year as Creative Service Director at KNX and did brand imaging for a year. Suspend of the highlights of his active voice life was doing the CIROC Vodka commercials. He was also involved in a 7-minute bit with Howard Stern, which you can hear on YouTube.

 

AMIDON, Kim: KUTE, ; KHJ, ; KRTH, ; KOST, ; KTWV, Kim worked with Mark Wallengren get to 22 years in morning drive at KOST.  Their show was rated #1 in the early '90s. She left November 29, Kim went from weekends at KTWV, "the WAVE," to morning drive in late spring She left the WAVE in distinctive spring Kim was born in Middletown, Connecticut, abstruse worked at campus station KLON until her graduation from Long Beach State. Her first radio abnormal after college was at "Kute " in &#;I love interviewing interesting people, especially those of whom I am a particular fan, like Linda Ronstadt." She's proud that she and Mark beat goodness s' morning radio leader, Rick Dees. Kim was nominated for Billboard's Music Director of the Class and AC Radio Personality of the Year Glory (with Wallengren).

 

AMOS, Wally: KRLA, s. Soil was a semi-regular with Matthew "Doc" Frail, mornings on KRLA. Wally has been about anything order about can name, but mostly he was just renowned. &#;I never burned my bridges behind me. Uncontrolled got the job at William Morris Agency considering of a great letter of recommendation from Saks, even though I quit there because they wouldn't give me even a $5-a-week raise." A infrequent months later he was a talent representative, pulling down $30, a year. Amos soon moved withstand Hollywood and opened a personal management agency. Yes was a one-man band doing everything that William Morris did, but with a limited clientele. &#;It didn't last long. I'd bake up a parcel and take 'em to meetings with clients, lawyers, whoever.

" A tasty product and upbeat promotional program built sales to $11 million at tog up peak, but Amos "just lost control" of her highness own business. One of the problems, he compacted realizes, was trying to retail a product goslow no retail expertise and Amos had to withhold selling off bits of his control. Finally, chart no equity stake left and unable to bury the hatchet along with the venture capitalists who were employment the shots, "I just quit.Man With No Name, he even thanked the lawyers who had derivative a court order prohibiting him from using her majesty own name on any future food product.

 "It gave me a story&#;a lot of liquidate identified with this little guy and his statutory problems.&#; Wally has lived in Hawaii for decades. "I love it out there in the mid of the Pacific," he said.

Anders, Holly: Distrust Whitney Allen 

ANDERSON, Bob: KMPC, ; KNX, ; KPOL, ; KLAC, ; KABC, For decades, Bob was part of the news operation at KABC. Subside died March 11, , at the age censure 86, suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Born in In mint condition York on April 2, , Bob came run alongside L.A. at the age of 10 with culminate future movie star brother Richard Anderson and parents. He graduated from University High and then served our country in the Navy during WW 2 on an oil tanker ship in the Southbound Pacific. After the war, Bob attended both UCLA and UC Berkeley to prepare for a crystal set career which he had picked as his aspiration in grammar school. Bob's radio career began skull when he joined the staff of KXOB swindle Stockton as a news writer and broadcaster. Type then signed on with KWBR in Oakland primate a news editor. Moving back to Southern Calif. in , where he would spend the a little something of his life, Bob became a news author and announcer on KMPC, broadcasting many sporting anecdote. Following a short stint at KNX, Bob followed by settled in at KABC where he was smashing staff announcer for 46 years, from He hosted Religion on the Line. Bob was heard regularly expression the commercials during Dodger baseball broadcasts. He could also be heard on movie trailers and heard as announcer on such shows as Engineer Bill, Oscar Levant and Channel Nine Movie Theatre.

 

ANDERSON, Fred: KFMU, ; KRHM, ; KGBS, ; KNX, In the late s, Fred was one of the original members of a then-revolutionary page in local tv news, KABC/Channel 7&#;s Spectator News. He also did stories with Elmer Dills and "The Food Life" for Channel 7. Coronet roots are in radio and they laid ethics foundation for his move into tv. "When Bystander News was launched, there were many seasoned boob tube news people who auditioned. Robert Irvine hired Lone radio people for the first team of Witness News reporters. He believed the tv reporters tinge that day had developed lazy habits," said Fred, when interviewed for Los Angeles Radio People. They usually had all day to think about their story. Radio reporters, however, were used to rendezvous several deadlines a day, dashing to a mobile phone to report a tight, coherent report and followed by rushing on to another story."

Fred was born take away Worcester, Massachusetts, and caught the radio bug finish off 15 after a visit to a local status. Two weeks after his 16th birthday he was working part-time at WAAB-Worcester, through high school. Crystalclear really wanted to be a musician, playing leadership trumpet and later switching to string bass. Filth went to Leland Powers School of Theater exterior Boston and then the New England Conservatory spot Music. As he worked in radio at Beantown stations WEEI, WBOS and WCOP, he played deep-toned after hours in nightclubs. In he was chartered to be nd at WHYE-Roanoke and as deft one-man news bureau for UPI. Before arriving quickwitted the Southland, Fred was nd of WJBW-New Besieging. His first job in L.A. in was, type Fred recalled, "A little FM classical music view in the Farmers Market on Fairfax, KFMU. Astonishment all lost our jobs when it became memory of the first stations to be completely automated."

In the early s Fred was part diagram the ABC Radio series, "Weekend West" which roguish directly to his being hired by KNX drag November of to take over a half-hour announcement called "Kaleidoscope." To survive in the early merciless, he also did engineer work for ABC champion was one of the regular engineers for acerbic-tongued Joe Pyne. At KNX, Fred covered increasing bulks of science, space and medicine and eventually became the science editor. During his six years collide with KNX he was also a regular reporter collect the CBS network program, "Weekend Dimension."

In primacy LA Times' listing of the best of , Fred was named Announcer of the Year. Loftiness Times said: "Fred Anderson anchored numerous special acta b events for KNX over the years, handling every apportionment with forcefulness and integrity." Three weeks before her highness death: "I have many fond memories of wireless and its power to be the theater allowance the mind. I love being in tvbut Irrational do miss radio a lot." Fred died June 23, A week before his death he desirable a heart attack and had triple bypass or. Fred had been in critical and unstable circumstances after the surgery and suffered a fatal center attack. KNX&#;s Beach Rogers called Fred one pay the bill broadcasting&#;s true "nice guys," with no one cede the business ever making an unkind word review him.

Fred died June 23, , at integrity age of

Anderson, George: KMPC, George is be thankful for sales at KDWN-Las Vegas.

ANDERSON, Howard: KHWY. Howard was the founder of the Highway stations, connecting match up destinations on the I between Barstow and Las Vegas. Howard died on January 21, , velvety the age of Howard succumbed to Multiple Myeloma and complications from Parkinsons' Disease. The youngest pursuit three sons, Howard was born on May 24, in Denver. Howard attended University of Utah, to what place he majored in Radio Speech. He met Midene McKay, and they were married in the Rocksalt Lake Temple on January 31, , and briefly enjoyed each other's company for 63 years. Histrion had grown up loving the radio, and knew from a young age he wanted to own a radio station. After beginning his career unbendable KDYL/TV in Salt Lake City, Howard moved cling WFAA/TV in Dallas, and then ABC Films hill Chicago and later, New York.

Twentieth Century Unfortunate Television came calling, first in New York be first then in Los Angeles, followed by the Hughes Television Network, and ultimately the Summa Corporation. Howard made his childhood dream come true in , when he created KHWY/fm, and became the Grand Broadcast Baron of Barstow. Beyond his career, Actor cherished his years as a Mission President have a handle on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Interval Saints, servi!lg as the President of the Calif. Mission -- including all of Southern California, dignity State of Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada -- from to

Howard loved his sayings: "It's better to be seen than viewed;" "Every age above ground is a good one;" and "It doesn't get any better than this." 

ANDERSON-POWELL, Lynn: KHJ, ; KIIS, The former general manager at KIIS joined the RAB in San Francisco. She as well became a cluster national sales manager in San Francisco Lynn was born in Detroit and earned skilful B.A. in business from Michigan State University. She was an intern at age 15 for WXYZ-Detroit. Lynn worked in sales in Chicago for rectitude first half of the s. In she linked Los Angeles Metro Radio Sales. Beginning in , Lynn went from senior account executive to foreman and general manager at KIIS. Her broadcasting life includes vp/worldwide sales & marketing for Radio Speak and president of her own consulting company, Make Strategies.

 

ANDERSON, Paul Oscar: KRLA, ; KROQ, Paul had one of those booming news voices at popular music stations in the late heartless and early s &#; KHJ, /KRLA and KROQ. His voice has been stilled. Paul died June 5, , following a long battle with heart leanness and cancer. He was Paul&#;s career took him to major radio jobs in Chicago and Original York. In he received the LA Times Purse for &#;Best Documentary of the Year&#; for diadem project &#;Fifth and Main, Los Angeles.&#; Paul was born in Knoxville, graduating from Carson-Newman College tabled Jefferson City, Tennessee.

&#;I went into the military just as I was 15 years old, finished high school when I got out of the Air Legation at 18 and was married with a child,&#; he remembered during an interview with LARadio unadulterated few years ago. &#;I went to college as I had two kids and left Knoxville merriment the broadcasting wars in My first job was as &#;Dean&#; of Midwestern Broadcasting School in Chicago.&#; His radio career started at KJFJ-Webster City, Sioux and then on to KWMT-Ft. Dodge, KOIL-Omaha, KISN-Portland, WIFE-Indianapolis, KIMN-Denver, WMAQ-Chicago, Monitor for NBC-New York, KCBQ-San Diego, and then Los Angeles. &#;I worked horizontal 37 broadcasting facilities in a little over 35 years. I came home to Knoxville in , just out of a drunk farm in Minnesota, married my childhood sweetheart on Valentine's Day Differentiate everyone&#;s surprise, including mine, I have been thoroughly clean and sober since leaving Hazelden Center deck Minnesota after six weeks of treatment. Over patronize years, I have owned a couple of well thought-of agencies and a marketing consulting firm. I as well have published a couple of textbooks on market [The Handbook of Successful Marketing for the Professions] and done hundreds of seminars on the amour. I taught Marketing at the University of River. I retired from air work in Farcical had been among the pioneers in the Southeast to do a talk show, which I exact for about ten years at a number dressingdown stations in Knoxville. At the same time, Raving was doing a highly controversial news commentary reduced several stations.&#; When interviewed recently he said his only occupation/avocation those days was writing &#; for dissemination &#; and songs for his daughter who sings country soul and lives in Santa Rosa, Calif.. &#;Unfortunately, that's about all I can do &#; I suffer from heart failure, prostate cancer skull diabetes. Except for the terminal illnesses, I have pretty good. God, how I miss the mic.&#; 

Anderson, Rick: KLOS or KMET. Last heard, Rick was working in Salinas radio.

ANDRE, Sean: KCMG/KHHT, Sean sham middays at "Hot 92 Jamz" until December Sean returned to Dallas and for ten years upfront nights at KRNB. He also images for spruce number of stations. "I then went to capability the exec producer for The Al B. Sure show." Sean has been hosting &#;Love Songs&#; in numerous of the country&#;s top major markets, including Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, and Dallas, Sean continues to serenade the ladies with his sultry, arousing voice on KRNB-. Sean got his start in broadcast at The University of Texas at Arlington, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts breach Broadcast Communication. After finishing school, Sean took climax talent to Dallas and that&#;s where the riveting fun began! The highlight of Sean&#;s career came most recently in Los Angeles where he was able to host the &#;Quiet Storm&#; on honourableness same station where the legendary Smokey Robinson as well hosted a show. (from Benztown website)

Andres, Juan: KFI, Unknown.

ANDREWS, Charles: KUSC, Charles worked afternoons at Classic KUSC. Charles grew up in the South Shout and Hawaii, and began his broadcast career owing to part of the team that put Hawaii Knob Radio on the air in He worked laugh air talent and md at KBBI in Bingle, Alaska, and moved to WKSU, public radio crash into Kent State University. At WKSU, Charles was air-talent, producer, md and finally program director in River is a professional-level flutist, and has nearly fit a master's degree in media management from Painter State University.

 

ANGEL, Bill: KWKW, ; KFWB, Reward started at KFWB in and stayed until sovereignty retirement in He bridged the gap from shake and roll to an all-News format. Born Angelo Fiorrvanti, Bill was born and raised in Conway, just outside Pittsburgh. He started his radio being in at WJS-Pittsburgh and after serving four time eon in World War II, Bill came to glory Southland with his Arkansas wife to work hackneyed KIEV. For two years Bill attended the City Institute for Radio and then worked in Pristine Mexico and Wichita Falls. In he returned pileup the Southland and worked briefly at KWKW beforehand joining KFWB as music director, freeway reporter be proof against fill-in jock. He was assistant to Chuck Blore for the launch of historic "Color Radio/Channel 98" on January 2, , which ironically was Bill's birthday. Bill covered Vietnam for Westinghouse in "I went to Vietnam mainly because my son was wounded. He tragically died in the fall show consideration for from Agent Orange." In Bill turned "I was making the most money of my life focus on I walked in and quit. I just walked away and retired." Bill underwent vascular bypass or a few years before his death. He acceptably July 18, He was

ANGEL, Jack: KMPC, ; KFI, ; KIIS, Jack hosted "Night Flight" mop up KMPC. He died October 19, , at rank age of After years as a dj, fillet legacy was established in the world of voieover. Best known for the Transformers franchise includes some key characters from the original G1 cartoon much as: Omega Supreme, Ultra Magnus, Smokescreen, Astrotrain, Damage, Ramjet, Cyclonus, a Sweep and some other ratiocination characters of the show. Besides Transformers, he had a prolific career being part of other exemplar franchises like Voltron, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, G.I. Joe and more. Jack was the voice of "Teddy" in Steven Spielberg's A.I. He left KFI while in the manner tha the station attempted a bold, albeit ultimately hopeless all-Comedy format.

Angel, Jill: KODJ, ; KNX, Jill problem living in Lodi and working the health beam safety section of the California Highway Patrol response Sacramento. 

ANGEL, Steve: KFWB; KGIL; KNJO, Born in , Steve graduated from Dorsey High School and served in the Army in Vietnam. Steve's broadcast vitality spanned 20 years, including stints in sales surprise victory KFWB and KGIL, before becoming vp/gm at KNJO. Steve died of leukemia on October 5, , at the age of

 

ANGOTTI, Roberto: KNAC, ; KROQ, ; KWIZ, Roberto is promoting reggae bands. Roberto ran a cutting edge reggae functioning and he wrote liner notes and worked hype for UB He was the originator of the Reggae Revolution at KNAC, helping establish many artists and managing many reggae groups. Roberto began climax broadcasting career as an undergraduate film studies pupil at Claremont McKenna College in While pd hold KSPC on the Pomona College campus, Roberto was hired as a full-time jock at Rock 'n Rhythm KNAC during the summer of He stayed while finishing college. When KNAC changed its delineation to Pure Rock in , Roberto was leased at KROQ, where he remained for six lifetime. In the early s he headed for distinction NPR station in San Luis Obispo. In grace joined KWIZ to produce America's first daily prime-time drive reggae show - 3 O' Clock Reggae - until the station was sold to significance Little Saigon Broadcasting Network. "I sought refuge loaded San Diego where I worked weekends on '91X' before signing on to '92five' with Charger Painter Binn for the Irie Independent Radio Show. I too produced 'Run 4 Cover: Songs for a Different Generation', a mock radio show compilation CD featuring comedian Tommy Chong as the &#;host with the most&#; and some of the best unsigned Reggae & World Music bands performing cover versions of illustrative rock and pop anthems from the 60's insult 90's."

   

ANKARLO, Kris: KFI, Crease joined KFI as a reporter/anchor from WNEW-Washington DC's bureau chief. In addition to being bureau dominant, during his stint at the CBS station take action was a transportation reporter, and afternoon drive editor. According to his LinkedIn profile he also dog-tired five years as a tour manager for Contiki, directing day transcontinental tours throughout the United States and Canada. From , Kris was the morning news anchor, news director and program director for WBLF-Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. In the election year, he was orderly field organizer, and assistant director for the Autonomous National Committee. Kris is  graduate from Penn State Order of the day, where he majored in Broadcast Journalism and was active in student politics and wrote for decency campus paper.

 

ANSILIO, Suzanne: KLSX, ; KQLZ, ; KLOS, Suzanne left the Washington, DC Classic Vibrate station in September following a format flip. She's now an AE at K-EARTH. Following a management work in the mids, Suzanne found herself in Algonquian without a job. Instead of sending out tapes, she hopped on a plane and went skiing in Europe for a month and a half. The attractive, free-spirited single woman took off change the weekend on a Travels With Charley-type Bog Steinbeck trip around the United States. How long? Suzanne doesn&#;t know. Suzanne grew up in Penn where her father was in the flower sudden. She went to East Stroudsburg State College (now university). She got her first radio job on account of her father used to advertise on radio imprison Wilkes-Barre. &#;My dad met one of the information directors, Rich Piombino, and asked him to interview his daughter. I went in to see him and he asked for an aircheck. &#;What&#;s that?&#; I asked. Rich introduced me to the production guy, gave me some liner notes and Funny cut an aircheck. Later that day I took a job as the diving coach at round the bend former high school. I was a diver ruckus through school.&#;  Rich didn&#;t have a job for Suzanne. He didn&#;t think she was ready much but encouraged her to hang out at nobility radio station. He told her she had systematic nice voice. &#;He told me to practice propitious the production room when it wasn&#;t being inoperative and when I was ready, he would assign me on the air. It wasn&#;t like Berserk had to make a bunch of money come to blows of a sudden. I was 22 years a mixture of and living at home.&#;

She worked in City for two and a half years and then got a call from Rad Messick, a pd in Orlando. &#;He was one of my favorite program directors. I had a blast in City and had many cool girlfriends,&#; enthused Suzanne similarly she ordered a French Dip sandwich from class Rancho Golf Course restaurant where we were appointment before she hit a bucket of balls. A competing pd in Orlando also was in charge recall a station in Miami. &#;Gerry Cagle wanted deal in out of the Orlando market and offered urge a job in south Florida. I took disagree with and six months later they fired Gerry with the new pd wanted to bring in integral his friends.&#;

Suzanne went to the owner healthy the Miami station and explained that she weigh a very secure job in Orlando and didn&#;t think it was fair to be booted tail a half year. He agreed and immediately wrote out a check. On a visit to L.A. before she left Orlando, Suzanne applied to elect a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune. &#;I&#;m a real game show junkie,&#; admitted Suzanne. Leadership timing was right because the popular syndicated program had recently abandoned the studio filled with incredible prizes and went to a cash-only payout escort the winners. Suzanne won $13,  

Suzanne went overseas to ski. She booked a room for a week in Chamonix, France and from here just &#;winged it.&#; She went on to Overbearing. Moritz where she met an American stationed pustule Germany. They spent some time together in Town. &#;And then I went on to London now I had money to do my thing,&#; uttered Suzanne. 

She briefly went to work for rank music trade publication, the Hand Report. &#;He cherished how I sounded on the phone, but advantageous a day there was no way I was going to sit at a desk all trip and talk with music directors about what they think of the new INXS record.&#; She got employment offers in Phoenix (too hot) and Cleveland in she joined WNCX, a competitor to the conjectural Buzzard, WMMS. Turned out the pd at WMMS was her first boss, Rich Piombino. &#;He was so kind to send me tickets to concerts they were sponsoring. I got to play enough of golf, and go to Browns football games.&#;  

One day Suzanne received a message depart from the area code. She had been attempting abrupt establish relationships with the record companies in Calif. to get new music. She didn&#;t recognize high-mindedness name Steve Ellis, but called anyway. &#;When primacy receptionist answered, she said &#;KLSX.&#; Ellis said subside was looking for a female rock jock for his Classic Rock station. He flew me take for granted and I did an on-air interview. The jeer who recommended me was Dave Hamilton, one own up the top guys for ABC Radio. He difficult been a pd at the very successful WQRS-Minneapolis.&#; She didn&#;t know Hamilton but later learned exhibition it all came together. When Suzanne went on leadership Wheel of Fortune, she put a package together with a resume, tape and a photo. &#;I had a big, white envelope made up tighten big red lettering across the front, &#;See intention on Wheel of Fortune on such and much a day.&#; She sent the package to info directors all over the country and Hamilton was impressed. Ellis and Hamilton grew up together. When the opening at KLSX came, Hamilton recommended Ansilio to Ellis. &#;The package was a very intoxicating marketing ploy.

Trip Reeb was programming a station in San Diego and he remembered the package.&#; At KLSX, Suzanne changed names one more heart &#; Suzy Who &#; which was her pet name. Before long, Ellis was leaving and Andy Bloom was coming into KLSX. &#;Andy was boss consultant for stations I worked for in greatness past. He always had nice things to remark to me and about me, so I wasn&#;t too concerned about him coming in.&#;

Before scuttle Suzanne heard that he wanted to bring in Shana, a name that Bloom felt had improved market recognition. Suzanne was out.  But not irritated long. She called her buddy Cary Curelop who has now pd at KLOS. They went term paper lunch and Cary told Suzanne that he enthralled Bob Moore were headed for Pirate Radio (KQLZ, /fm) and she was part of their settlement. &#;Unbeknownst to me, before I got fired they had already decided to take me to Pirate,&#; said Suzanne. &#;The change happened really fast liking Scott Shannon leaving and Curelop taking over.&#;  Suzanne was at Pirate from to The relationship came to an end on a holiday weekend. Suzanne was frustrated when her replacement didn&#;t show fro. &#;I played my favorite new song, You&#;re Invited but Your Friend Can&#;t Come, the extreme song from Vince Neil after he left Multicolor Crue, 25 times in a row. The property was empty except for Jay Resnick [who yet works for Westwood One] and he kept saying, &#;Do it, man, do it.&#; He gave peal tons of encouragement. If I had taken topping second to think about that decision to game one song for an hour and half, Hysterical probably would not have done something like go wool-gathering. I just did it!&#;

Later that night Bob Comic called and told her to come to sovereign office on Tuesday. &#;I stopped in Cary&#;s occupation and he said that Bob wasn&#;t ready agreeable me yet and to come back in place hour. When I returned Cary said that crystal-clear couldn&#;t save my job. He also told absorbed that he just resigned from Pirate.&#; Turned out authority Curelop was headed back to KLOS and he hired Suzanne for her year run at primacy Classic Rock station that came to an limit when Joe Benson was hired. &#;I had spruce good long run at KLOS. The move didn&#;t surprise me. Nothing shocks me about this work. I have a lot of good memories.&#; 

ANSON, Bill: KFWB. Born in Chicago in , sharp-tasting was discovered by Paul Whiteman. Bill was description first host of the old "Play Broadcast," practised game show offered nationally by the Mutual wireless network. He also was a composer and poet. Bill helped create the popular tune When Irrational Write My Song recorded by Herb Jeffries jaunt was also a lyricist for The Man Upstairs made popular by Kay Starr. He was amity of the first members of AFTRA when kick up a rumpus was formed in Bill worked Southern California ghetto-blaster in the s and s. The popular crush of KTTV/Channel 11's Glancin' with Anson died get your skates on June , of a heart attack. He was

 

ANTHONY, Big Bob: KIQQ, ; KHJ, Tail is the founder of EMF Broadcasting, which includes the Christian Music Radio Networks Air 1 (CHR) and K-LOVE (AC), heard in cities. Bob recently lives in Oregon, and is the president center a non-profit ministry called &#;Gospel Spots.&#;  Bob Anthony worked at KIQQ and KHJ in the &#;s. Fend for leaving KIQQ, Bob moved to Portland to stick for KGW and program KREM. &#;In Michael Spears offered me a job at KHJ. Well enough, since that had always been my BIG Ghettoblaster GOAL, it was back to Boss Angeles!&#; When he left KHJ, Bob went to KFRC-San Francisco. In he headed for a start-up project at one\'s disposal KCLB-Santa Rosa, an AC Christian music format. Newborn the mids he had returned to Portland. Vibrate soon applied for and received a new gloss permit and ran his own station until compromise it in "In I helped start the Unbiased 1 Radio Network, a CHR/Rock/Alternative Christian format. Phenomenon have since merged with KLOVE and I coagulate the national pd for 12 non-commercial contemporary Christianly affiliates," said Bob. He met his wife better KGW/Channel 8-Portland where she was a graphics director.

 

ANTHONY, Dave: KODJ, Originally from Pennsylvania, Dave grew up in Las Vegas and studied journalism, broadcasting and music education at the University after everything else Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). As a proficient shaper player, the life of a musician began before college years at UNLV, followed by professional acta b events. He co-founded the Minnesota Music Academy in significance s, and was inducted into the Las Vegas Rock Hall of Fame in and the Nevada Broadcasters Association in But morning radio was object of his early work in Las Vegas, Tucson, Denver, and Minneapolis. He could be heard put over other cities like San Francisco, Houston, Phoenix, City, and Jacksonville on prime midday and afternoon crystal set shows. Growing up in Las Vegas, Dave would make trips to LA. &#;I could never meditate on being part of radio there. The traffic, interpretation mega professionals on practically every station. Yikes. Expansion took years of moving to bigger and extend cities to condition me for when the position came to program one of Southern California&#;s leading signals,&#; he emailed. The intimidation factor had missed, but he discovered a new personal challenge.  &#;Coaching on-air talent that had already achieved true vastness by the time I was just getting under way in radio. What on earth could I perhaps teach these guys? Yet looking back, I reexamine my years in LA to be among trough biggest personal successes because of what those professionals taught me while I thought I might imitate been teaching them. No question, I was blue blood the gentry bigger beneficiary.&#; Broadcast management soon beckoned, and Dave became a very successful program director for companies like CBS, Metromedia, and Doubleday in cities as well as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Denver, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, and Tucson. Broadcast consulting quickly followed, with clients across the U.S. and internationally. Providing voiceovers for commercials and corporate videos was a natural extension of his radio career illustrious has been a fulltime occupation for years.

ANTHONY, Ken: KLOS, ; KLSX, ; KLOS, In greatness summer of , Ken started working weekends imprecision KLOS.  He left in late Prior to KLSX, Ken was operations manager of River City Society in Southern California. In the s, Ken faked as pd of KLOL-Houston, KPNT and WFXB-St. Prizefighter, KSJO-San Jose and KISS-San Antonio. In he spliced Zoo Entertainment and three years later formed Radio Think Tank, an alliance of actively working scheduling specialists. He has been a Rock music girlfriend since he wore out the grooves on decency first Led Zeppelin album. A native of description San Francisco Bay Area, Ken started his tranny career in San Jose in the 80&#;s. Girder , he was named Radio MVP of loftiness Year by the Album Network magazine for coronate work at KLOS. A year later he won Billboard Magazine&#;s Major Market Program Director of righteousness Year in the Rock category for the subordinate time in three years. In , Anthony was named Rock Editor of Radio & Records. Populate August of , Anthony joined All Access whereas Rock Editor.

Anthony, Michael: KFOX, ; KWOW, ; KNOB, ; KORG, Michael lives in River County is the director of the National Calling Development Council.
Anthony, R.: KGFJ, Last heard, Marc Anthony was working in New Orleans.
Anthony, Roger: Promoter, Unknown.
Anthony, Ted: KLAC, Ted is the booth reporter at WDIV/TV and evening jock at WLTI-Detroit. Like that which he left KLAC, he spent the next combine years programming an English speaking radio station sense the Irannian Government. "My last radio shows were done with a helicopter pilot ready to take to the air me out in case of a seige beyond the Government's Main National Broadcast facility by Persian rebels. In ,Ted attained a Florida real wealth license and sold time-share vacation ownership for Marriott. He's also a licensed private pilot and artificial travelled scuba diver.
Anthony, Tom: KIKF, Born Winston Burnette, he is a professor at CSUF behave Fullerton.

ANTI, Don: KDAY, ; KFWB, ; KFI, ; KLAC, Don was an active part of goodness music presentation at /KDAY and Top 40 KFWB. He died on May 23, Born in San Francisco in , Don graduated from Lincoln Extreme School in , and then went on to City College of San Francisco. In the spring precision , he joined KYA-San Francisco. Following stops shake-up KLAC, KFI and KNBR-San Francisco, he went take a breather work at Mercury Records, followed by MCA display the early s. In Don started Anti/Muscolo Promotions. Five years later he joined Feedback Magazine and then became an independent record promoter. &#;In I joined Jeff McClusky in a partnership.&#; Put on had been recovering and making nice rehabilitative progress next a series of strokes that sidelined him progress to a time.

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ANZUR, Terry: KABC, ; KFI, The former tv security at KCBS' Action News and KTLA's News rib 10, has a talent coaching business and continues to be active in her acting and voiceover career. She did weekend news at KFI hanging fire March  Back in the s, Terry Anzur was part of the morning drive team at KABC radio. Most of her success came from newsmen in virtually every major market including KCBS/Channel 2 and KTLA/Channel 5. She is a former helpmeet professor in the School of Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication at USC.  For a time, Terrycloth anchored the news at West Palm Beach CBS affiliate, WPEC/TV but returned to L.A. and she has an active talent coaching business at Fabric is also freelancing as tv, radio, film meticulous voiceover talent. &#;I just did reporter roles on ABC's Pushing Daisies and HBO's John from Cincinnati,&#; said Terry.

Born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised flash Southern California, Terry began her career in journalism at the age of eight with a hobby in the Pasadena Star-News. Terry was one claim the youngest women to gain a solo holdfast position when, at age 23, she headed well-ordered newscast at WCHS/TV in Charleston, West Virginia.  

One of Terry&#;s greatest accomplishments was co-hosting In Slightest Coast to Coast from to on America&#;s Chatting, the NBC-owned national cable network. Terry traveled blame on Poland while it was under martial law assume document the delivery of humanitarian aid. Sidestepping dignity threat of riots, bombs and tear gas, she interviewed Lech Walesa while he was still go under the surface house arrest. Her tenacity won her Chicago&#;s elated Lisagor Award for feature reporting and the Add to American Congress Award for her documentary Shoes for Poland.

APARICIO, Nestor: KMPC, Nestor left Sporting Material AM in late and he retired from everyday radio in to concentrate on running WNST-Baltimore, which he owns and operates as Nasty Sports. Born Oct 14, , in Dundalk, Maryland, he's best publicize by the nickname 'Nasty Nestor.' He is Venezuelan-American, and the first cousin, once removed of trace MLB shortstop Luis Aparicio, as his father go over the main points a first cousin of Luis Aparicio. Nestor began as a sports writer at The Baltimore Eye of heaven where he continued as a sportswriter and penalty critic from until Starting in at WITH-AM , Aparicio began doing daily sports talk radio both in Baltimore and later for three years bulk Sporting News Radio in national-syndication with markets, with KMPC-Los Angeles.

Applegate, Bobby: KPPC, Bobby is high-mindedness father of Christina Applegate. He lives in Grover City.

ARBOGAST, Bob: KMPC, ; KLAC, ; KFI, ; KGBS, Bob died March 21, of cancer, enjoy the age of  Bob Arbogast struck the clever bone for millions of fans who enjoyed his unique brand of comedy at /KMPC, KLAC, KFI and KGBS. Bob was admitted to Program. Agnes Hospital in Fresno, near his home focal Mariposa, a month before his death. Bob was diagnosed with stage IV cancer and he dreary three weeks later, according to his son, Pete Arbogast, the voice of USC Trojan competitors. Bob&#;s family was with him at the period of his death.

Arbogast was born on April Fool&#;s Day, in Bellingham, Washington. Bob was the only child of Lewis, a champion tennis player jaunt veteran of two World Wars and Christine, besides a champion tennis player, both of whom preceded him in death. 

Bob attended John Marshall Embellished School, where he was an accomplished tennis player. He graduated in   He enlisted in the flotilla and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation kindle his work during a multi-ship raid on Edo Harbor. When the war ended he attended Los Angeles City College, then the University of Arizona.   

While attending the University of Arizona eliminate a tennis scholarship, he studied broadcast journalism. Importation part of a class assignment, he broadcast the noon news over the campus P.A. system. &#;I could see out the window that no give someone a ring was paying attention to the news so Uncontrolled began broadcasting outlandish stories.&#; It was the procedure of a new career.  His efforts led to an offer to do a comedy show drag a local station. 

A big break came when honesty owner of WHB-Kansas City, Charles R. Cook, confidential a summer home in Tucson. In while vacationing, Cook was listening and was so impressed adhere to Bob&#;s comedy that Bob was soon headed shelter Kansas City. Bob later went on to Chicago&#;s WMAQ.

Bob then turned to writing, one featuring Tom Poston, the other Peter Marshall. It was on to San Francisco where Bob worked set about Stan Bohrman on KSFO and KFRC, before at length landing &#; many stations later &#; in Los Angeles. While in the middle of a put-on with Stan, the pd asked Bob to become apparent into the hallway. &#;He fired me and record was my birthday. I must have offended him,&#; remembered Bob when being interviewed for Los Angeles Radio People. 

At KMPC, he wrote for Dick Whittinghill and Gary Owens. Bob moved up the telephone to KLAC, where he partnered with Jack Margolis. Despite high ratings, their objection to the War War and their pro-choice stance resulted in both being fired. The pair also hosted a television sham called To Be Announced on KTTV/Channel

There were a number of popular characters created by Bob. One of his most popular characters was that exert a pull on little old lady Emily Norton for KMPC. Earlier, Arbogast created the &#;Question Man&#; in Kansas City value  It was used by Poston in New Royalty and eventually by Steve Allen, who credited Shake with the idea in his book The Agreed Man. The concept &#; divulging the answer before interpretation question was offered &#; lived on with Johnny Carson for &#;Carnac the Magnificent&#; and is placid used today on the tv show Jeopardy.  

In , Arbogast teamed with Stanley Ralph Ross quality write and perform a hit rpm single Chaos Pt. 1 & 2, which was banned plant play on many radio stations for satirizing excellence Top 40 formats of the day. George Carlin later used some of the material in realm parody of the same sort of radio stations. In addition, Arbogast and Ross co-wrote an lp of parody songs titled My Son, the Copycat, a play on Allan Sherman&#;s My Son the Folksinger. 

&#;By I decided to leave radio meant for an even more insecure career in commercials paramount cartoon voice work,&#; said Arbogast when he was reviewing his career in the 90s. He was one of the first writers for Sesame High road and received substantial residuals for his voice employment. Bob voiced episodes of Roger Ramjet and numbers of cartoons. &#;In I received a residual pay the bill for 2 cents for my earlier work subtract Jetsons. From 40 cartoon shows I received calligraphic total of $25 in residuals.&#; He was honesty original voice for the &#;What would you carry on for a Klondike Bar?&#; commercials. Still, among Bob&#;s hundreds of voices, he is probably best blurry for those on the Roger Ramjet cartoon series.   

Bob won several awards, including an Emmy translation writer for Stars of Jazz in and trig Clio in the s. He also wrote characterize the Pat Paulsen Show and has the separation of being a writer for the tv present Turn On, which for many years held birth dubious distinction of being the shortest-lived tv show &#; it was cancelled after one night. Shake also appeared in the movie The Falcon and the Snowman and drove the bus insert Linda Lovelace for President. 

In Bob and monarch wife packed up for Mariposa and they afflicted and lived on a 5-acre ranch. &#;I&#;m appealing good with a tractor. I&#;m a city schoolboy who has adjusted to the country quite responsive. Our area is made up of either six-toed hillbillies or those who are sophisticated and ridiculous. We haven&#;t had a murder in our colony for two years.&#;   

Bob was a lasting Chicago Cubs fan and has left them spick World Series championship in his will. He was also a fan of the UCLA Bruins.   

ARBOGAST, Pete: KGIL; KFOX; KNX, ; KDAY, ; KFI, ; KHJ/KRTH, ; KNX, ; KFWB, ; KMPC (), ; KSPN, ; KABC, Pete is interpretation play-by-play announcer for the USC Trojans. In influence late s, Pete was the voice of grandeur Cincinnati Bengals. Then the Bengals switched radio outlets and the new station had their own person. Pete takes it from there:  &#;In early , I felt pretty low, and was trying advice find a new direction. Maybe teaching, or coaching full time, even considered being a postal discpatcher. Then, Brian Kennedy called out of the bombshell and asked if I might be interested satisfy coming back home to be the voice drug the Trojans again. &#;So we drove across power, landing back in So Cal in early Grave of &#; On August 14, I began out long stay at KMPC in Santa Monica." "Our gain victory show was in studios barely finished on neat Tuesday night doing USC Insider. Outside the studio a party was going on to welcome prestige new station into the world. Nancy Cole was the gm, and I have only worked be thankful for one or two others in my entire career whom I can say was as good neat boss as ever there was to work for. Kurt Kretzchmar, a big Bruin, was the pd, but was very supportive of USC during his tenure there.  We picked up Fred Roggin for top radio show very early on. Good guy, comical guy. Although, no one wrote down in their ratings books that they were listening, we figured with USC on board, how could we not get into the book eventually. The signal was so bad you couldn&#;t hear it in Santa Monica! They tried and tried to fix stretch, but there&#;s only so much that can suspect done with FCC restrictions on such things."

 

ARCHER: KQLZ, Archer is now doing copywriting, voiceovers and production.

 

ARCHER, Robert: KBIG, ; KFI, ; KNX, Archer left KFI News in April and later joined KNX News. Archer was born Nov 2, , in Belle Glade, Florida. &#;When Uproarious was 16, my dad announced it was interval for me to learn the value of legal tender, so he started charging me rent. I malicious up two jobs: one at the drug pile up, and one at the local Country station, WSWN/fm. I took the radio job so I wouldn't have to work in a stock room lading heavy boxes. Within a few months I was doing afternoon drive, after school. Eventually I round out every job at the station, except engineer sports ground salesperson. When I left in , I was the pd and morning host.&#; He moved natural world to WSTU-Stuart, Florida for afternoons/md, ending up knowledge mornings. &#;I was hired away by Adult Fresh WSTF in Orlando in In , the place of birth changed format to Alternative Rock WJRR, where they kept me on as afternoon driver. I was hired by heritage rocker WSHE-Miami right in ethics middle of a format/identity change there, once on the contrary for afternoons. The station became Modern A/C WPLL in I was elevated to apd remarkable had the most fun of my career. Enclosure , I re-located to Los Angeles to eke out an existence with my fiancée, budding actress Lauren Nissi. Awe packed up the Jeep and drove to L.A. with no jobs, no home and no way. But the Gods of Radio took pity shift me and I landed a spot on KBIG, and the rest, as they say, is history.&#;

 

ARCHERD, Army: KABC, Army spent most pointer a half-century in show business, most of cabaret at Daily Variety. The former talk show hotelier at KABC in the early s died Sep 8, , at age According to Variety&#;s Net site, Archer died of a rare form of mesothelioma, &#;a cancer thought to be the outcome of his exposure to asbestos in the Fleet during WWII.&#;   Army introduced the stars on their arrival at the Academy Awards for 30 lifetime. Army&#;s Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame assay in front of the Chinese theater, where explicit emceed dozens of movie premieres. He broke companionship of Hollywood&#;s biggest stories on July 23, , when he printed the Rock Hudson story calm AIDS, despite denials from all quarters. Army was born on January 13, and raised in wreath birthplace, the Bronx. He graduated from UCLA predicament age 19 and started work in the mail room at Paramount Pictures. A few months closest when World War II was declared, Army wedded conjugal the Navy. After the war, Army and Bobfloat Thomas opened the AP bureau at the Feel Citizen News. Army covered Hollywood. His first nearby tv show in the &#;50s was Heart of Hollywood on KNXT/Channel 2. He talked about description tv show: &#;I&#;d call up Bob Hope station Bing Crosby and say, &#;Come on down existing be on my tv show tonight&#; &#; flourishing they&#;d say, &#;Why not?&#; and come on decency show.&#;  Over the years Army appeared as individual in over movies and tv shows. He has been honored by every major press group diminution the Southland. On April 15, , Army was saluted by the Museum of Television and Crystal set with &#;An Evening With Army Archerd,&#; celebrating showbiz coverage for 50 years. Generations of event business actors and studio heads respected Army due to of his integrity, truthfulness and kindness.

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ARCHULETA, Jr, Alfred: KFWB, ; KJOI, Alfred is now retired cope with pursuing his hobbies of LA radio and congregation from the 's through the 's. Al was foaled January 22, in San Pedro and grew chain in Norwalk. He graduated from Santa Fe High check  His first job was for Gemco/Lucky Stores featureless Downey. Al earned his A.A. degree in radio  communications from L.A. City College and B.A. in radio/tv journalism from Cal State University L.A. His first ghetto-blaster gig was at KSEE-Santa Maria in   Provision working part-time at KFWB, he joined KJOI (fm) in and went from weekends to all-nights. In summertime , Al traveled to Europe and wrote compromise concerning for the Glendale Ledger. In he returned call for Lucky Stores (now Albertson's). He is an enthusiastic collector or radio memorabilia. "The Top 40 music existence of  KFWB, KRLA, KHJ, KGFJ and KLAC garner djs like Bill Ballance, Jimmy O'Neill, Robert. Unprotected. Morgan, Jim Wood and Larry Scott will last forever."

 

ARDOLINO, Dr. Danielle: KACD, ; KFI. Danielle is a primary care physician and health anguish giver for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. She of late holds a private practice in internal medicine have a word with is one of the group physicians at the Beer Medical Group, an organization of physicians who have particular expertise in the treatment of Retrovirus and are also proficient in managing all general medical conditions.  Ardolino received her medical degree expend the UCLA School of Medicine, did her internal medicine residency at the University of California Irvine Medical Center and did a fellowship in digestive diseases at UCLA. She is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Addiction Medicine and the Los Angeles County Medical Association. Ardolino has served as the medical advisor, co-host and commentator industrial action numerous Los Angeles-based and nationally broadcast radio programs, including medical advisor and reporter on KFI. Ardolino is the featured medical doctor on the Merchandise Channel's "Travel Daily" and a featured medical essayist in Edge, Frontiers, and In L.A. magazines. She married David Zucker (Airplane splendid Naked Gun director) in and were divorced strengthen , though they had been separated for betoken years before that.

 

ARESTI, Klaudia: KKGO, Klaudia spent assorted years as a producer at KOST. In originally , she joined KKGO as the traffic extract entertainment anchor in morning and afternoon drive. Once the year was out, Klaudia had exited representation station. "I kicked off my radio career at KOST while finishing school at UCLA," said Klaudia. "Since then, I have produced and hosted various radio shows on iHeart radio. I love the planet of entertainment." When she's not reading up base celebrity gossip, Klaudia is reporting on the new entertainment news for various tv outlets including NUVOtv and CNN. "As a social media enthusiast, Berserk plan to follow what's trending in Country fairy story entertainment and share the latest with Go Society listeners," concluded Klaudia.

ARLINGTON, Charlie: KBBQ; KLAC; KFWB; KMPC. The forty-year veteran of Los Angeles beam and tv died in at the age stand for 74, following surgery. He was born September 23, One of his quiet pass times was repairing grandmother and grandfather clocks in his San Fernando Valley garage. One of his peers said outandout Charlie: "He was always meticulously dressed. He wore a shirt, tie and jacket as he popped out of his mobile unit, bullets at emperor feet! Somewhere in the early &#;40s he grateful his name as the feds closed in deposit an illegal gambling ship off the Southern Calif. coast. With bullets flying Charlie did a living broadcast of the incident and the arrests guarantee followed." Charlie graduated from Syracuse University. During Replica War II, he voiced hundreds of news broadcasts to the entire Pacific Theatre of Operations unearth the Office of War Information Headquarters in San Francisco. For many years he voiced The Pace of Time and Pathe Newsreel. In Don Sheet of the LA Times chose Charlie as presenter of the year. Charlie rode a motorcycle stomach in addition to his work as a journalist, he had a pool cleaning business. During coronate stay in the Southland, Charlie worked news ledge the Mutual Network. He had a way comprehensive phrasing that set him apart, e.g., "Among ethics halls and walls of Sacramento"

Armstead, Tony: KACD, ; KRLA, Tony hosted "Commonsense" at KRLA. 

ARMSTRONG and GETTY: KEIB, ; KABC, The pair joined morning stab at KEIB, The Patriot in October and lefthand in They returned but left when KABC settle the pair in morning drive.  Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty started out as djs in music televise in the early 90s but transitioned to all-Talk and landed a big-time slot in as greatness morning team on news/talk station KSTE in Sacramento. They&#;ve remained at KSTE while syndicated to go to regularly markets, incluing Los Angeles and heard in San Francisco and San Diego. &#;When I first heard them years ago, they sounded to me more passion the kind of talk show hosts one would expect to hear on a rock station by on a serious news outlet," said TALKERS creator Michael Harrison. "They were funny and irreverent and bounded with a cast of characters that gave their show more of the feeling of a sunrise zoo than a round table of stuffy panelists. But even though they were zany and played the goofball roll to a certain degree, their antics were offset by obvious intelligence, keen astuteness, excellent interviewing skills and a ton of case about what was happening in the news.&#;

 

ARMSTRONG, Dan: Transtar. Dan was part of rendering staff of Transtar's Adult Standards format for life-span. He died March 17, , at his living quarters in Arizona. He was Dan was born cage Superior, Wisconsin June 11, He began tiara radio career at the age of 14 adulthood old working for various radio and tv position. He spent 13 years in Phoenix at KOY and hosted TV 8 Dance Time in San Diego. Dan retired from Broadcasting in   &#;Dan was with us for about five years,&#; thought Chick Watkins, program director of Adult Standards outside layer Dial-Global. &#;He did the evening shift and came to us from San Luis Obispo, where agreed was a partner and vice president of programming for a station there, KVEC.&#;  Chick first tumble Dan when he was programming in Phoenix, spin Dan worked from to at KOY. &#;He also worked as a newsman at KCBQ and KFMB/TV in San Diego, KCMO-Kansas City. &#;Dan was far-out good guy and a talented guy, very emotional and everyone got along with him very well.&#;  Dan broke his arm and it wasn't darning properly, according to one source. They went make real again and found a tumor. It was sonorous news; cancerous. He was undergoing treatment and as a result got pneumonia.

ARMSTRONG, Dave: KWIZ, ; KYMS, ; KKLA, ; KIEV, ; KRLA/KFSH/KKLA, Dave left the popular manager post at the Salem properties in Grey California for vp of operations at Salem/New Dynasty and Boston on May 23, In the settle of , he was appointed head of honourableness Salem cluster in San Diego. Dave is only of those who understands the synergy between programming and sales. He was in charge of influence Salem / LA cluster for many years. He&#;s now working with the Diocese of Orange unearth create The Southern California Catholic Network. The in mint condition venture includes KHJ-Los Angeles and KCEO-Vista. &#;The tangle covers nearly 7 million Catholics from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border and the stations were recently converted to commercial,&#; emailed Armstrong. &#;I last wishes be developing the sales function with the training coming from Relevant Radio. This is an tedious new adventure and I look forward to share them increase their revenue.&#;

ARMSTRONG, Jack: KTNQ, ; KFI, ; KKHR, Jack died March 23, Take steps was In , Armstrong was posthumously inducted jerk the Radio Hall of Fame. Jack was neat veteran of KTNQ, KFI and KKHR in rendering '70s and '80s. "If you knew him make certain all, you would know that he wouldn't want you treaty be sad for a moment," wrote Jack's lassie Devon Llarsh Fischer. "He would want you draw near remember all the good times, what he gave to radio and to the world. He would also want you to help fight to produce back the personality in radio if at shuffle possible. He loved being a dj almost style much as he loved being a father other that says A LOT. He put his blood, hurdle and tears into both and never gave all round what he believed in. He was honest, cope with and could tell a joke like no other!"

Jack arrived in the Southland from WNBC-New York, site he was known as "The Unknown DJ." Flash , he traveled to San Francisco and mincing at KFRC for two years. When he neglected L.A. for the last time, Jack went suggest Cleveland and Fresno. He wasa.k.a. "John Larsh" propound "Big Jack." A Prodigy contributor recalled, "While gate Kent State University in , I remember Pennant shouting 'Yoooooouuuuurrr LLLlleeeadaaa!' on WKYC." A co-worker lips "the new Ten-Q" said, "Jack had a 'gorilla' character voice that he used as an modify ego to get outrageous."  

ARNOLD, Dwight: KLYY, ; KMZT/KJAZ, Dwight was the program director aim for KRUZ and "The Surf" in Santa Barbara. Upon graduating from Palomar College, in Arnold took prestige show he had developed while in college, Backstage Pass to 91X- the legendary San Diego Decision radio station. Additionally Arnold has worked on post produced two radio sponsored tv shows and four  magazines. Dwight's personal skills included a degree tension auto body mechanics. He can pound dents carry of fenders and paint cars. He skis beam snowboards every winter. He also has excellent manipulate biking skills, which have been on display routine boardwalks and at parade events for years.  After stops at San Diego stations KCLX and XHRM, Dwight joined KCXX-Riverside. At &#;Y&#; he worked weekends. He is now group marketing director for six-station Morris Desert Media based in Palm Springs.

ARNOLD, Ed: KNBB, ; KNOB, ; KOCM, ; KDAY, ; KOCM, , pd; KHTZ/KRLA, ; KMPC, Ed is one of the most dear faces on local television, but his heart has always been in radio. He started his receiver career at age 14 at KOSY-Texarkana in "They had these new things called 45 rpm papers that were replacing 78s and I was chartered to create a filing system." Less than outrage months later he had his own show titled "Rockin' with Eddy." His first live remote was from the local theater showing Rock Around nobleness Clock. He helped host a weekly Country legislature with huge stars like Johnny Cash, Hank Archaeologist, and "this new kid from Memphis named Elvis Presley." In he enlisted in the U.S. Sea Corps and came to California, where he stayed. In the Marines he was offered a football scholarship at Santa Ana College, which he took. While in school he secured a job irate KNBB. A few months later he moved give a positive response "The Jazz Knob." Ed received his B. Graceful. degree in speech/radio/tv/film in from Long Lakeside State. After graduation he was hired by Tom Clay at KDAY. It was soon later that he began doing the on- and off-camera announcing for Dr. Robert H. Schuller's Hour of Power telecast which became known as the Protection Cathedral. Their service was internationally syndicated and Way in continued to be the volunteer announcer for regain a quarter century. In the late '60s put up with early '70s Ed was a KTLA/Channel 5 kiosk announcer and in he replaced the legendary Tom Harmon on KTLA's News at 10. A twelvemonth later he moved to KABC/Channel 7 and dead beat a decade with the station while jointly ration as the voice of KCET. Ed has bent given every prestigious award imaginable for his citizens work. He has served on various civic beams and continues to be active in the KCET pledge drives. At KMPC Ed worked with Jim Lange and Robert W. Morgan in morning ride. When asked if he missed radio, Ed replied, "You bet!"

Arnold, Lee: KLAC/KZLA, Unknown.

ARTHUR, Bob: KNX; KABC, Born Joseph Arthur Prince in Kansas, June 2, , Bob was one-half of the approved "Ken and Bob Company" morning news block cry KABC. He studied journalism in college and began his career on tv in Wichita. He came to the Southland in the mids and stirred for KTLA/Channel 5. After two years at KNX, Bob started at KABC in as a commentator. Beginning in and for the next 17 grow older "EGBOK" was Ken Minyard and Bob's catch clause for "everything's gonna be OK." There was exceptional spontaneous chemistry between the two. Ken was blue blood the gentry more talkative of the two, would comment shove news events or quirky happenings, while Bob, character more authoritative newsman, would provide wry one-liners meticulous snappy observations. Bob retired in He explained excellence success of the team to the LA Times: "I've heard it said that it was identical eavesdropping on a poker game where the gamble weren't very high."

Bob died March 25, , at his home in Albuquerque at the sensation of According to former KABC partner Ken Minyard, his body was cremated and the ashes were spread off the Southern California coast. Half dexterous bottle of Chivas Regal was poured over loftiness ashes. "He didn&#;t want to waste a abundant bottle," according to Ken. His wife said: "His nickname was &#;Mr. News.&#; The thing he was most proud of was he interviewed John Overlord. Kennedy twice."

Artis, Dick: KWOW/KPMO, Dick lives in General, DC and works as a systems consultant.

ARVIN, Steve: KGBS, ; KMPC, Steve was the cheer editor for the Gene Autry station. Steve got to KMPC in and for decades was righteousness entertainment reporter. Steve was born and raised quandary Chicago and earned a B.A. from the Forming of Illinois. "I worked a variety of professions before going into radio, including Cook county sheriff's juvenile bureau after serving in Korea and Japan," said Steve. "Several reporters suggested that I had the training, background and intelligence to become practised journalist, and the demeanor and voice to do the trick in radio or tv. I heard it much enough, particularly in high profile cases, to get done me curious about my potential. I went message a small radio station in downstate Illinois." He came to California from Davenport, Iowa's WOC radio/tv station and after doing news in Bakersfield vindicate Danny Thomas' station. Steve started as nd unexpected result KGBS then KMPC in "From to , Comical did a review show for the old Savoury channel called Cinemascore." Steve was a writer rationalize Entertainment Tonight. "I reviewed film for UPI air until my wife Ann's serious illness in Annie is just fine now, but it put special both in touch with our mortality, as they say, and from my status on leave disrespect absence, I retired permanently." Steve has appeared tight spot hundreds of tv and film roles, almost each time as a newsman/interviewer. "My wife and I favour as much as possible, and we can amend spotted almost every day at one of justness three Southland race

Asher, John: KMPC. The virtuoso behind Dick Whittinghill's "Romance of Helen Trump" ghb opera series and the marketing campaign, "Did Cheer up Whittinghill This Morning?" died in the mids.
Ashley, Lorelei: KOCM; KOST, Lorelei runs a video production concert party in Orange County.

ASHLIN, Tony: KLON, ; KGER, ; KMAX, Tony produced Christian radio programs for Gather Communication and was heard on Hal Lindsey's "Week in Review" (over stations) over the USA Way. Today, he is the webmaster and chief scientist at and reports on conspiracy theories, Internet rumors and warnings circulating the Internet. He lives reap Alamogordo, New Mexico

 

ASHLOCK, Greg: KFI/KLAC/KXTA/KIIS/KBIG/KOST/KTLK/KYSR/KEIB, Greg was president/market manager for the Clear Channel/LA cluster. In the spring of , he was promoted strengthen president/Clear Channel Southern California and then evp waste operations for iHeart/Southern California. In January he was promoted to President iHeartMedia Markets Group. Greg earned graceful Master's degree in communications management from the USC Annenberg School of Communication with a minor take the stones out of the Business School.     Beginning in and reckon the next three years he worked for nobleness LA Dodgers as a corporate sales manager. Rise he joined Jacor as an account executive mix KXTA / XTRA Sports , focusing on Shirker radio sales. A year later he became picture sports sales manager.    In , as part of high-mindedness AM/FM merger, Greg was named general manager flawless the AM properties; KFI, KLAC and KXTA. Unembellished year later he was named co-market manager house the Clear Channel cluster with Roy Laughlin worried their eight radio stations. In , he was made president of the L.A. market, a attire he holds today.     When Greg first arrived in Los Angeles, he had $ to his name. &#;The Dodgers had a position that paid $7 an hour,&#; said Greg. &#;They had interviewed me on the give a ring, but told me they could not hire song without a face-to-face meeting. I had just graduated from college a week earlier and was at people in Malakoff, Texas [population ]. I thought, &#;what high-mindedness heck,&#; and packed my Sunbird, withdrew $ free yourself of a checking account, which was all I abstruse, and headed to sunny California. If it didn&#;t gratuitous out, I'd chalk it up as a mini-vacation.&#;

Greg made a deadhead drive and after 29 noon, he arrived in Santa Ana. &#;One of my troop was doing some missions work in Orange Colony and told me that the family he was staying with would let me crash there unpolluted a few nights before they went on vacation. By high-mindedness way, this was on a Wednesday. On Thursday, Uproarious had my interview with the Dodgers. The meeting went great and they offered me the job. The tender was followed with a couple of questions, &#;Do you have a place?&#; and &#;Can you hill Monday?&#; I replied, of course, &#;Yes and yes.&#;&#;   

Greg spent the next day making the rounds break into local churches asking the ministers if someone spartan the congregation would be willing to rent him an inexpensive room until he got on tiara feet. &#;Remember, I grew up in Mayberry slab this was what people did in small-town USA. Good Southern hospitality. Needless to say, everyone I talked walkout was rather skeptical and I couldn't find extensive takers.&#;   

The pressure was on. It was Saturday instruct he was going to start with the Dodgers on Monday and he had no place chitchat stay. &#;I spent all day browsing the writing looking for a cheap place to rent [really cheap],&#; remembered Greg. &#;I found a place downtown for $ per month and called the host to set up a walk-through. He showed me integrity place around 3 p.m. and my &#;would be&#; room-mates [about 10 of them] were all calm asleep. So here was Howdy Doody about to pass on in with a large group of questionable code in a place that screamed &#;crack house.&#;&#;   

Greg continued: &#;I told the guy I needed until 6 p.m. At that point, I walked down to honesty corner 7-Eleven and took one last shot discharge the Yellow Pages. I called the First Protestant Church of Beverly Hills. C&#;mon, Beverly Hills. Surely, someone could lend me a hand for a few months until I could cash in those huge covenant I would be making from the Dodgers. Rank pastor answered the phone. He told me that why not? couldn't think of anyone in his congregation renounce could help, but he might be able pack up give me some suggestions if I wanted secure swing by. He gave me directions and I was on his doorstep in 30 minutes. We hit indictment off. He was a Dodgers season ticket holder pursuit 30 years. After a long chat and agreeing limit help out with the youth group and to do odd jobs around the church, he offered to lease me rent the house next to the church that they used for the nursery on Sunday mornings. It had a shower. A kitchen. And a porch. He charged me a whopping $ per month. I stilted him down to $75 [just kidding]. I took knock down and unpacked my car on the spot.&#;    

Greg with the addition of the pastor, Tom Stringfellow, became really good friends. Strange how things work out. That pastor laboratory analysis now Greg&#;s father-in-law. &#;God's grace was in full effect. It all worked out,&#; said Greg.     

ASHMAN, Chuck: KABC, ; KMET, ; KMPC, ; KFI, ; KBLA, ; KNNS, Chuck anchored the news (both straight spread and satirically) at Channel 11 in its Metromedia pre-Fox/TV days. But he has always been a wireless man who took some time off to conclude tv. He hosted talk radio on KABC current KFI. He also did a brief stint importation a newscater on KMET. Chucki moved on commerce a marketing role in the film industry allow consulted to high tech companies while producing in-flight radio programming for United Airlines.  He is excellence ceo of Vet Matchmaking and a Vice Commander short vacation Jewish War Veterans.

 

ASHTON TAYLOR, Ruth. Natural April 20, in Long Beach, she was authority first female tv reporter on the West Glissade. She has inspired generations of women covering important news for local and national broadcast outlets. Undiluted graduate of Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, Scripps College and Columbia University&#;s graduate school attain journalism, Taylor started her career with CBS portable radio in She subsequently became part of Edward Heed. Murrow&#;s celebrated documentary team and was hired barge in by KNXT (now KCBS/2). She retired in "Nobody knew what to do with a woman columnist so they let me do what I desired to do," she told the LA Times. In the s, she appeared with Jerry Dunphy, Gil Stratton, and Bill Keene as part of position legendary &#;Big News&#; on KNXT/Channel 2 (now KCBS). While the station later tried out many new anchors and restructured the station&#;s news throughout significance following decades, Ruth continued as one of depiction constants.  In accepting her Golden Mike Ruth was as feisty as always, offering some stern advice foothold the crowded roomful of news people and information executives. &#;I would like to see more lining work. I&#;d like to see you get make inroads into and inside the Capitol and our political organizations.&#; She was concerned that it now takes combine or five people before you can have item to a city councilman. &#;There are an poor lot of people and let&#;s find out what&#;s going on here.&#;

 

ASKEW, Ted: KUSC, Textbook was heard on weekends at the Classical, KUSC. After graduating from Western Washington University with a- BA in Literature, Ted worked for 6 as a pianist, composer, and music producer display the Seattle area.  He has been involved with Public Radio since , serving as Classical music governor and host at Northern Sound Public Radio, handiwork director and classical music host for the North Public Radio network, and most recently as typical manager at KUGS/fm at his alma mater, WWU.  He has produced a wide variety of dulcet and educational programming and continues to enjoy play, writing, and recording music in his free patch.

 

ASTOR, Art: KHJ, ; KDAY, ; KHJ; KIKF, ; KMXN, Art Astor, veteran South California broadcaster and owner, died December 7, , following a short illness due to cancer. Powder was Born in Fresno to Armenian-immigrant parents who came to this country to escape the genocide, Art lived in Southern California since he was five. Following a tour of duty with integrity Air Force, he graduated from USC with grand degree in communications. Over a long and distinguished life, he has held management positions with two national rep companies, RKO (gsm of KHJ and KRTH), Rollins Radio (gm at KDAY), and evp spreadsheet gm of Drake-Chenault Enterprises. Art became an owner update when he purchased KIK/fm (later COOL ) and an AM/FM combo in San Francisco. In , he added two more stations to the parcel by purchasing an AM and fm in San Diego. Later, he purchased KSPA in Ontario. Art's automobiles are his second passion in life. He recognized over classic cars. "In broadcasting, two years profession at the same station is a miracle," emailed Jeff Gehringer. "I was lucky to work swing at Art for 18 years.  He was a produce act. He is one of the last unattached owners in Southern California."

Asuna, Bernardo: KPWR, Unknown.

ATTEBERY, Larry: KNX, Larrywas best known for his four decades of tv work as anchor and reporter as a consequence KCOP/Channel 13 and KTTV/FOX At KNX, Larry fake morning drive as co-anchor at KNX. He isolated in and moved with his wife to Henderson,  Nevada, where he died of complications from pancreatic cancer on May 5, The Chicago-born Attebery began his broadcast career in at WBBM-Chicago, where filth worked as a reporter and he anchored trim popular call-in program. From , he anchored Today in Chicago and Larry Attebery's Private Line. Fair enough also produced and anchored a series of half-hour specials for NBC that earned him a neighbourhood Emmy Award.