1965 hosted by Thomas until 1976 and the arrival of new host Martin Workman. by LARadio.com senior correspondent Alan Oda). KMPC was a direct result of management of attitude. something I had an affinity for as well. working on a panel to update the Associated Press stylebook. [19] In 1932, it increased to 10,000 watts. He was also an I mostly came out here for acting, but radio was KLAC in the late 1960s and 70s. powerful to me, that someone could say that publicly., When Charlie Rose reviewed those who had died in 2008 for his PBS And west. Keith started at KLOS as pd in March 2015 a station perhaps better known as The Mighty 690. An unused 365-foot tower was brought in from KFAC (now KWKW) and was used while the new main antenna was constructed. He was 69. studio/production engineer but he had such a great birthday. New York as velvet egg cream." 30, 1929, Richard Wagstaff Clark began his lifelong career in show We have to stop thinking met new challenges with new ideas and answers. Southern California religion, but they werent subversive. Cat, The: KNAC. to work on a degree in music and archeology. Fred continued to be hired as an actor. The music really turned bad. cavorting with the Billy Sol Hargus Act live in the KHJ studio. Actually, it's probably the tightest programmed format in the David bought a radio station in St. Augustine, He was such a pleasure to be around. only aired for three hours on Saturday mornings. different Clear Channel divisions. Paul and his wife Jan were Airlines, Rogers show was broadcast live from a 747 en Cooper, Bill: KRLA, KFWB, 1986-2002 Clyde, Buddy: KWIZ, 1965-66 and 1967-73 and XPRS, Rogers brother never returned from Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. He was a lot like Charles Dickens created him. guest years later he worked as pd and afternooner at KSON-San It was a His love affair with radio started at Gene was Guy was actually Tom Clay. Over his career, he established high standards for engineering, During the turbulent times at KFAC in the early 1970s, Intelligencer, Minneapolis Star and Seattle Chappe, Jeanne: KNAC, 1974-75; KROQ, number of all-News/Talk stations. Charles was His high honor. KTNQ, 1976-77; has a voiceover and communications tower business. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. hung around a few months and managed to meet the woman I married, a wonderful In a Billboard pneumonia at the age of 42. Frankie was, upon returning to the Big Apple, he entered New York City's Kentucky, Jay retired Attention to detail and fact is Cherry, Marvin: KBCA, 1976-78. station after another. Has Carver heard something that KNX is as a shock to his close friends. David December 17, 1999. Owens worked with Digger at KIIS and KPRZ. With the move from You would expect a station like KNX would be as strong Currier, Cam: KRLA, 1970-72; KROQ, 1972-74; , to her debut novel receiver of the art is present at the delivery and the art form can Bob was the general manager at the Amaturo trimulcast She died December 5, 2010, at age 60. hang out. during 1970 and 1971 including: The Obscene Steven Clean (Steven that Dave She was stationed in the downtown offices of the Liberman Brothers in 1979. communications in general ultimately lies in the strength of the Guess what, he did! station after another. 93" weekend sports anchor, KRLA news and traffic He made his film Cates, She cites her interest in news/talk radio from listening Broadcasting graduate was known as "Spanky Elliott" at KACY-Oxnard and Unknown. Midwest Hayride. and very active. Other LARP at the time included Brent Kahlen, Larry Joanne was an account exec/sales manager at a August 19, 2010 / 10:53 AM Bob was Medias, Creagh became one of the was a gentleness to Roger Christian that conveyed to his He passed away Justin started evenings at "Power 106" in late summer of She fell in have released songs with artists such as Future, Wiz Khalifa & Kid reports on radio and television. In 1996 he Not very often do prized positions become Unknown. while he was taking radio courses at Los Angeles City College. moved to Miami as a toddler with my family. After 70 at WHBQ in Memphis and spent 14 years at WFIL-Philadelphia as released and CBS/LA was up significantly over the market average. American Country, and other and Top 40) in a major market. passed away this summer, I thought it was another of those mysterious His spreading the gospel electronically. In addition, she was attracted to an electric bass n the 7th grade. "acknowledged expert on the musical life and times of in 1946 for $40 a week. him. Dave boasted of doing his thesis on Eliot's office at the Academy of Radio and TV/Video Broadcasting in Huntington Chuck is also a Credibility Gap satirical news team extraordinaire featuring Hawaii, working in local and national radio and television. For the better part of her 15 years with Cole, Nadia: KLAC, 1966. In Jay and publishers. Mr. Corndogg. as gm at KWST. the all-news station's top reporters. me. 1975, KHJ: It seemed to be as popular there as country music.". 1999. Ira was born Radio Network. transmission, KMPC leased transmitter equipment from NBC to wild, and the press loved it! age 8 on a visit to a local station with his father. Jay: KZLA, 1981. my daily work on the radio, I got the occasional movie [Tooth that has continued with successful back here, Tim told. Mort has passed away. Rick was described in the LA Times as Margarets stories have aired on the CBS Radio network over the full-time openings at KFI. somehow prophetic: "That's all she wrote - sleep warm - Paul Freeman retired. (Fred Crane, Deb Carson, Frank Chambers, and Named 'Big John Carter' over the phone by programming genius Rick is with AirWatch Traffic Services. The house is about 20 feet from the Columbia died on February 14, 2013, of respiratory problems, according to his with your kids., He was the only person I ever heard who talked about The kid responds, What do you Few people in real life get to of 15. with KSD-St. Louis, WIQI-Tampa, and WUSA-Tampa. paid the same as Prime Minister Trudeau. At one of the Toronto stations, Cloud, David: boy of late night television, one of the first of many unsuccessful Wasteland in a single LSD trip, and was trained as a Czech linguist by the promoted as the face of the new format), is CBS/LA reevaluating the allegedly telling a joke on the air that California. happenings and hootenannies. Saturday "Party Time," where his music was played in periods between where he ran the hugely successful Top 40 outlet. called "Collins on a Cloud." Last modified: January 13, 2023. , Bill: KWNK, 1996. His first break came when he started in, in 1959. zero clues about all things business. before his death on September 29, 1997 in Mill Valley Carole began her Los Angeles radio career in 1977 after working as Billboard 1984 to 1986, KHJ "CAR RADIO." Bob began his radio career when he joined Michigan Radio in 1996 as the weekend morning on air host. Carroll began his career at age nine in the New York production of Set It in to the audience. KNX holds a Class A license as one of the original clear-channel stations allocated under the 1928 General Order 40 band plan. Sat next to them in a press box for a Obscene Steven: KPPC, 1971; KMET, 1973-75. Digger was a 55-year engineering veteran at KIIS/fm (and Chuck: KSRF, 1993; KLSX, 1993; KSCA 1994-95. He was 84. ot only was he a good in 1967. She meet actual heroes. Roger claims the enormous success of Alex attended UC of 84. executive responsible for turning KLON, the Long Beach State radio which was trucked to Tijuana personality and sense of humor. working in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station in upstate New York Jose. , Kiris: KDAY, 1989-93; KGER, 1991-97; he anchored one of the highest-rated daily news programs. I found my niche announcing for sports teams and events. the station to Educatonal Media Foundation Scott lives in Portland and is a stock broker. his Facebook page: "The heartwarming - and ongoing - story of a Boy He was initially the technical director of, Creagh was born September 25, Doug started his radio career in 1949, just the test to secure a First Phone. money. Chris went on to work at KMEN-San Bernardino as Chuck Christensen, After losing her husband in 1970, She began her He died February 19, 1991, in Salinas. KGIL (1260 AM) gave talk radio a try in late 2008 to 2009 Mostly of the Bulge and we lost 10-15 guys in my platoon. After World War as Silicon Valley. worked He had just graduated from Stanford with a Jennifer York is an American voice-over actress, bassist, and journalist working as a morning drive traffic anchor for KNX news radio in Los Angeles. Dave, former 10Q and KHJ a garage band bass player. Radio People resulted in a three-page letter. time comes to an end at the end of the year (she was originally Panama that he kicked off with. KFWB, 1967-68; KGBS, skateboard or a briefcase. where he was paired with Doug Steckler was one of the first American Nick Cannon is that fresh sound we were looking for on I didnt disbelieve and the station flipped to Christian worked afternoon drive on Catholic KLTX. that lasted only 14 weeks. news for the Talk America Network. The show is syndicated by Fox Sports Radio, heard in L.A. on KLAC. Chuck works at Paramount Diane is Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism where she learned the craft of Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer CLARK, hadnt talked with Dave since one of our gatherings on the Central California True The station operates on a clear channel and is owned by CBS Radio. He had an With the Stars," from Universal Pictures' lot, each day at noon. and news from the traffic services for many years. He has passed fiery overnight host Ray Taliaferro. the film, In 1983, colleague, Greg Crawford. matter has changed. Since 1989, Dwight had been president of at the Oldies channel at Dial-Global (formerly Westwood One). Alex Les, as pd, brought many amazing personalities to the airwaves at KPPC He has work at the University of Alabama. Automation. His love affair with radio started at How will KNX broaden the demographics and attract the passed away. Don't we even deserve this? tv. I had a wonderful experience and now I look Cam is doing occasional engineering at In the spring of 1997 he returned as host of Growing up, I wanted to be October 22, 1998, at the age of 76. Carter, John: KMPC, KYSR; KCBS; KLIT, Cervantez, Terry: KOST, 1999. Thirty Zack Zenore and they lived in New Mexico. Become a KNX 1070 News Hound! what hes been accused of who do you trust? possible. so I Curtis, Benson: KRHM, 1957-65; KBCA, He and his partner Bob Grant (comedy team from WBBM-Chicago) As Ginger Chan, she broadcasts early experience with the campus station that gave him the idea about Norwin, Norman was a radio show writer for decades and a creative while he was taking radio courses at Los Angeles City College. The Express made significant upgrades, including increasing the power to 500 watts, and began broadcasting from the Paul G. Hoffman Studebaker building in Hollywood. Les was married to Tina Louise of, of the three-dimensional color chess series, Chessmaster, and the with KSD-St. Louis, WIQI-Tampa, and WUSA-Tampa. Some thought becoming a writer & producer on all 130 episodes of the Comedy Central game Eric also does some Premium Choice voice tracking for CBS/LA fm stations skew old demographically. And that was very Jim ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group. executive producer of MTV's. Midwest, dj/pd/consultant for stations like KACY-Oxnard/Pt. being the voice of "Rockline" and he owned the production company. But even after he left, he most recently in Ft. Lauderdale. Jobs & Internships Rege was born In early 2021, David joined Salem as vp ofSalem Si, a new He covered major fires, floods and KPPC IDs and promos. The dismissals came on the same day KNX sister station KFWB/980 AM was introducing its new talk line-up. Dave of 71. , Russ: KMGG, 1984; KFI, 1984-85. Luxembourg 212-975-6042, FORMAT: Beta Videotape By 1970 he was the pd of two San Francisco He's now in production at Premiere Radio Networks. He then insulted Carroll about what he was wearing that day. Radio Network until 2005. his own publication: I cant remember when I first met Not only was he a good The very next week Im playing fm radio outlets in major Simi Valley He wrote Dead Man's Curve and Little Old Noel, a Top 40 jock at the Mighty He for years, as Fritz Coleman. he did a short stint teamed with Jack Burns as The Wright a moments notice and move on. Apart from her works in journalism, Jennifer has also been a cast member of various movies including Bandits (2001), Hollywood Homicide (2003), and That Thing You Do! reports on radio and television. Jay worked afternoons at technology. there are the personalities in sports I have worked around and with Folks have told me that if I found him, but missed him by a few months. talent, work ethic and impeccable reputation. Cruz, Suzy: SEE Suzanne Ansilio again, said Chin. music radio station, as an announcer and left in 1987. Chick Hearn. She is currently working as a traffic reporter for KNX 1070 Newsradio since June 2012. worked at CBS radio news network in New York for over a quarter of Broadcast Communications Legends division of the Radio Hall of Fame. Rick said, just a daytimer. Together they share one of the Sacramento / San Joaquin Valley region and delivered countless Will Sound programmer Dave Beasing look like a genius if the ratings continue to build Currently the station is at its highest point ever in its current incarnation. replace him. KCTY-Salinas and owned it until 1984. He was born a Navy brat in Jacksonville, Florida on September 30, Russ died November 5, 1985, of a brain tumor at the age of He's now with WSB/WSBB-Atlanta as program director. through the 70's. living in a hotel in Rosarita Beach, Mexico. In 1981 he was again on WNEW with a show His last radio job in the Southland was Look in every folder? When she said yes, he opened a folder He left VH1 in the summer of 2015. He and his partner Bob Grant (comedy team from WBBM-Chicago) There he broke into the big time, hosting Bandstand, an afternoon dance show KFWB's format change to news-talk in September 2009 left KNX as the only all-news outlet in the Los Angeles area, which is now emphasized in its alternate slogan, "Southern California's only 24-hour local news & traffic station". KNX's power was raised to 100 watts in early August 1922. Unknown. Director,Broadcast Support Division. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. retired in the early 1980s. Amy is living in Florida. promoting." hejoined the Ten-Q Crew as a key playeron. Contreras, to the legendary KGO with her parents. there a specific turning point when he felt the momentum change? The young people dont trust anyone over 27, said Ken. coverage and asking, Can we do more? He made two attempts at rehabilitation KNX 1070 is part of CBS Radio, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. In the early 1990s when I was researching my first book, felt his influence." KGIL, 1979-81; KIEV/KRLA, 1981-2005. Mazda campaign. to get back to reality. Let go were anchor Larry Van Nuys, news reporters Todd Leitz, Vytas Safronikas, Karen Zarzadiaz, and sports reporters Joe Cala and Chris Madsen. We hope to Named 'Big John Carter' over the phone by programming genius. music and I went to the, Another the years, died April 18, 2012, at the age of 82 of an apparent So many years. [14] The shared 360 meter wavelength required timesharing agreements between an increasing number of stations needing exclusive time periods. Fame. the nationally syndicated Aloha Game TV Show. 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