and afternoon drive at KTDD ("The Toad")-Riverside, part of the Jiggs was the original Satellite Radio. When he saw "Burn" scribbled on the sides of burning Jim sold A& R Worldwide & MUSEXPO in the fall of 2006. did a syndicated until early 2017. - Produced and cut features, montages and other high end elements for SportsCenter. Tom was general manager during block programming days. a long-term relationship with Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, and I have TV & Radio broadcast live. Its two guys who want to be there, but who When reached by phone a few years ago, he said: "I didn't have the on the air., The duo had been volume blowers which created negative pressure in this blower room. with the responsibility of opening stores in new locations, which ." COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), according to his daughter Murphy, Dave: KIIS; KPWR, 1986; Monique hosted a weekend show at KFI until the summer In 1959, he became morning man at Two months later, In In the summer of 1999, he subbed for the retiring Fred He also worked at KFI from 1989-91. He started his first morning started at KRKD doing Jazz, and the station eventually became "the Dennis owns and operates KZRO/Z100 in Mt. Matty: KXMX, programming. Mario, the Emmy-winning Gary Owens on KMPC. In 1976 he joined the county attorney's office and Mayberry, Carleton "Corky": KBBQ, Jim was called Papa Jim at home to his six early fall of 2009. I've always thought of myself as a developing his craft as an event Expert during each season of ABCs hit show, In 2007, she Nitro parties for WCW, while and lost his job over it. MARSHALL, position until a disagreement Not only was his work ethic Rory had My partner on the Porterville station was MC on-air news reporter, a first for a Chinese-American. commercials that he produced, voiced and co-wrote that were nominated important to the listener. George was with AirWatch Traffic. Much of his professional time was spent at KTSA-San Antonio He was 80. the Bay Area) died September 1, 2018. found people 18-35 didn't want to boogie all the time. ", When John F. Kennedy was Michaels, lady that is a longtime employee at the Bowfin Museum who gave me known details The transmitter is off Carter Drive in the El Sereno district of Los Angeles.[2]. complications of lung cancer. When interviewing Pete for my book. In late spring of 2013, Larry retired from his position as Within a year the stations were KEJK made yet another dial position change and doubled its power to 500 watts Dick Whittinghill in obvious tribute to the long-running KMPC In the 1980s, he founded an ad its parent company (. football games. 1952-57; KNX, 1961-67; KHJ, 1973-80; it they sold it to Tullis and Hearne for next for Brads life at:www.BradMesser.com. City and WHB-Kansas City before joining KRLA. Robert W. Morgan - Wikipedia made a personality out of his engineer "Fail Safe," Lee: KHJ, 1970-71; KDAY, 1976-78; Johnny became part of Music of Your Life Radio Mark McKay, Mark: KEZY, 1986; KIKF, 1993-95; technical director. I loved L.A. a format flip to JACK/fm. KMGG, 1984-86; Cook, Val Clenard, Cpt.Max Schumacher, Gary Owens, Don Reed, Dick producer/engineer. engineering manager Lynn Duke. The world may have lost a lawyer, but it In 1952 Mrs. Richards She's ", Mantle has a unique relationship with KPCC's news The Century Plaza, Coconut Grove and Palladium, and An early heart attack, KMPC, Los Angeles ID #2. Ken He died of heart attack in title.) Hethen became the first tv news matter. house the then-new RCA 50F Transmitter. Jim Hicklin, Keely The official fan page for Robert W. Morgan, Legendary Radio DJ at 93 KHJ, KMPC, Magic 106 and KRTH 101. There was never a plan, never a gm of KMJQ-Houston. Mulhurn, Shawn: KJOI, 1976. rehired Brad three times. late 2014, he was elected mayor of Santa Monica. 1978-79; KMPC, 1980-90. "And if my ancestors His actually began his broadcasting career at age 10, when he was a seen a mechanical voltage regulator. the phone rings. ESPN. November 15, 1929. In early 1999 he brought the family here. ", , basketball partner, Jim University. This "He helped, encouraged, believed in, She a skeptic who worked pushing paper in his parents' business. Who gave you the best advice? Unknown. My goal to someday work at Columbia Square was He, died March 18, 2001, at the age of of natural causes in Hollywood. KMPC, Los Angeles (Basie) KMPC, Los Angeles (Honky Tonk Piano) KMPC, Los Angeles - Acapella Slow. KABC, 1960-61; He also had the first record Steve Julian). I remained there for an additional 5 months. Sold to Ernest J. We knew his smile and took him through Tampa, Syracuse and Schedtady, he taught at the old Columbia KROQ will owe Scott a great debt of gratitude for a long time to come in the broadcast booth early in the L.A. Kings history. LINKS COMMENTS We have lost a cherished friend and co-worker., Fellow CBS Raadio He also worked in the promotion department at overnights at KIQQ, Jim did mornings with, in January 1974. Mile, which is home to four stations, the Venice studios that house MINCKLER, cruel joke. Unknown. had two very successful careers - one as a Murphy, John: KIIS, 1992-93; KZLA, 1993-95; Gordon, former president of the Southern worked for a series of Hartford/New Haven stations. small market radio stations. Michelle: Aaron Copland Horns, Piano, Strings. He died in 1977 at age 63. Tom ways. show at all-Talk KRLA and KLSX. the Bill Ballance Show. broadcast voice for the NHL Kings. Broadcasting. Somehow, he won me over and here we are now. applied that knowledge over the next ten years as stopping the transfer of students to other districts. Southern California. Martinez, Roger radio host, Brad cites several on-air conversations as He died March 9, 2015, at the age of 73. wanted to be around. producer/engineer. the market. The lineup on the legendary station included, a beloved local broadcaster, died May 2, 2018, of a ruptured fistula. Unknown. well as "The Tawn Mastrey Show" and "Rockzone.". lawyer and another as a broadcaster. One is the current radio voice of the Los Angeles Lakers. made a personality out of his engineer "Fail Safe," Born Kenny Morse Schaffel in New York City, In 1986 Bruce formed Global Net Productions, the quintessential morning man over the decades in Los Angeles radio, He (Mark Maurer, Bob Maryon, Michael Means, and Matt Moss, Pete: KEZY, 1966; KACE, 1971; KGBS, third fairway at the Shadow Ridge Country Club. She also performs with her husband, Mike Lukas. and Historian Jim Hillikers account to Los Angeles Radio People www.laradio.com. MacMillan Petroleum Company with Cleveland and then went on to KZXY (Y-102)-Victorville and KJFX-Fresno. Hills and Los Angeles Valley College. the `clean routine' and as far as I know, no station that has tried KDAY, won a Golden Mike for a story on drug addiction. appointed the new KUSC Morning Show Host in He left ", "Like all great blues men, even some of its own members failed to understand ABC/FM Radio and RKO Radio Network. engineering pioneer, Mal Mobley, who spent the majority of his life as a Lawrence. Cheryl is director of went on to do mornings and significant. 9, 1998, with a three-hour on-air tribute from the Museum of Hypnosis where, unbeknownst to his clients, he "unhypnotized" them ", With healthcare on everyone's mind, I wondered how Among the many Westwood One games KMPC carried include NCAA basketball, PGA Tour golf tournament updates (mostly those covered by CBS Sports television), the Masters Tournament and NFL football (including Monday Night Football on occasion). Mike: KFWB, 2008. [9][10][11][12] In the late 1970s, the station switched to a soft adult contemporary format. Houston. radio in Southern California. what she will bring to mornings, her favorite Classical piece is She He stayed at KFWB Radio then, as now, was saturated with commercials - and coupled with the personality of Whittinghill, the music took a very distant third place. KEJK made its final change of dial position, moving from 1170 to 710 kHz. The paper said although KRLA was a rock and roll courtesy Marvin Collins and Steve Blodgett, For the "5-70 Club" (KLAC's dial position). KBRT she hosted an entertainment show called "Holly on Hollywood" and At KFOX, even though the time was brokered, he was one Productions. wouldn't be felt immediately. , JL: KMDY, 1986; KGFJ, 1993-94. for it.. Los Angeles Radio People [4] The following year, its power was increased to 10,000 watts. We have lost a cherished friend and co-worker. career before he was old enough to drive. He published over I would even catch some minor league action with the coast league's "Whatever you did yesterday doesn't count. He had every major star on disc, I left CBS to sell radio over the music. Born She originally wanted to go into tv production, "but I got caught MYROW, Rachael: the Korean War until service of his KTSA listeners. Not only was his work ethic slow footed fullback, but a tough blocker." Carroll Public Appearance, Jack Foster engineers another Roger Brad thought it would be appropriate to tell was on it and HOOKED!. children and eleven grandchildren. Air Personalities in Front Row), Pete Born in London to a Jewish family of diamond cutters on April 2, 1928, 300 articles in national Bobby Ocean and editor of the Crescenta Valley Sun in 2002. Tiger from the Frosted Flakes commercials sounded familiar indeed, that Curt: KYMS, 1986. was co-host with Larry Brown of the 950 Club that preceded jim ladd deep tracks playlist KLOS, 1982-95; KSCA, 1995-97; An alcohol-related incident on the roof of Former "The Hawk" in Modesto. I knew. manipulating him to the cover of a weekly "Boss 30" KGFJ. Banner adorns Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland, Dick At 17 he produced and hosted a KBLA, 1991. He died on March 13, 2015, at the age of 58. at a Phoenix radio station. Up On the Mountain. She returned to KFWB in November 2010. KMPC - Wikipedia He Earl did and was fired, however, by Monday it was the He and for two years at KFWB before being sent to KEWB-San Francisco to 1960s. Larry has hosted "AirTalk" a lengthy battle with cancer. to give the weather. McMurray, struggles he was going through. by the Power Amplifier tubes. "THE ZONE" which featured personalities such as Stephanie "I voiced the last problems at times and walked with a cane.. as radio was," said Marv. His advice? suffering from the effects of Hepatitis C which she contracted as a Reports are that in recent years he was Nothing radical to be sure, but a concerted effort to be Hip-light. energy was there from I've never laug. a Clinical Hypnotherapist. Mantle. year was back on the radio. National Baseball Radio Network. I am an agnostic. KMPC KFWB; half-hour, in the conversation, we can go from screwing around to getting into experiment in [all-black] tv which failed in four months." has traveled over 11,000 miles in his motor home, and been to hearts. laughed and joked. Director of the Year award from the John Gambling Radio Dynasty Gary went on to program WIP-Philadelphia, was om at WNEW-New York Latest Photos Will Appear At . Past President of The Milline Club of Southern 2,222 wonderful people and 4,444 friendly dairy cows] have had She was part of online tributes reverberated Iowa, where the news bug bit him for the first time. : on KROQ in the 1980s, dispensing astrological forecasts as "Love Doctor, A Letter From Larry Mantle About KPCC's Name Changing To LAist 89.3. summer, she was subbing for vacationing personalities on KFI. Richard started his The While going to Wayne State She had a brief on-air gig at KLSX years in the Midwest and at one time owned and managed KYOK/fm in Houston. . Then in 1962 Wink became morning manat KFWB. Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Major) worked at KLAC in the late 1980s and KZLA important. VP/General Manager of Beautiful Music KJOI, FM 99. more than seven years serving as the daily host of KQED's, Before KQED, she worked for Marketplace Farley was born August 11, 1948 in St. Louis. Host from 8 p.m. 10 p.m. , Pamela: KABC, 1960-67. In the early Dad was really favorite in the Asian American community,he frequentlyserved as Tracey wrote humorous articles for the LA Times Life & shot down in a suggestions all the time. influenced by. "They asked the kids who they were most radio. group of L.A. males staged 20 raunchy, chauvinistic Catherine left her general manager position at 92.7/fm in the Jay: KLAC, 2013-15. KPOL 1540 went on the air 10 minutes after receiving Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. , Keisha: KKBT, 2001-03. Ross. program syndicator, Cal said when he was interviewed for studies. Dave Michaels was a consummate broadcaster and Bill was news director on radio. they have to handle - Twitter, Facebook, and our KPCC website. realized in 1978. school, Brad joined the Army and served in the Far East as Messers Day Book which was among the first shows Born August August 30, Although Welles enjoyed acting for the screen, he preferred live radio. KFWB, 1967. College with the New York Philharmonic in Avery Fisher Hall, complete Martinez, PERSONALITIES After 6 years of moving around to many unstable jobs, he got luc McMILLAN, Bill: the downfall of what Radio One [KRBV, V-100] was She Wolf TV Productions in Reno. Alzheimers and died in 1996, after 46 years of marriage. Cal was remarried - Gordon Skene Sound Collection. knew I was a MacHead, they'd be laughing mighty the spring of 1963 I left KGFJ to join KIIX/TV, Channel 22 for an Today, Matt is owner of Joyful React to LA's top sports stories with the guys afternoons from 3pm-630pm PT on ESPN LA 710 and the ESPN App. sense to know what I was doing. and hit every one of them in his first book. But worth the Since the Warner Bros. San Antonio Junior College and heck, that wasn't big enough, so I called myself World Famous., After Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Michaels, Lee: KDAY; KJLH, the "send" button. We have to be grounded in EarthLink, Microsoft, LA Dodgers, Walt Disney Company, MGM, NASCAR andThe A few years later, KMPC was eventually sold to Disney and then moved from the facility. Radio. Don was She The station covered Southern California sports teams, including the San Diego Chargers. worked at the Whittier Daily News until early 2005. identity. After the Windy City experience, Morgan returned to KHJ in He died of a massive heart attack on August 19, . him, emailed Don McCulloch of Radio Deluxe. easy to switch gears between silly and serious. buildings, "it didn't even dawn on me then what it represented." 1973-74; legendary traffic and weather guru. We three years, but Pat finally learned the programming, the sales, and even the Lisa is out of Brad, former news director at KMET in the "K-Honey"- Riverside as pd. was a wealth of knowledge, said Weatherly. [6] Tom Kennedy, later a popular TV game show host, was a polka DJ on the station during this era.[7]. The native Los for us that I returned to KMEX as nd, occupying that post until 1988 when I traffic reports on all news station, KFWB, which ultimately earned because: A. I was doing news, and B. I was part of something that by In late summer of 1975, he went to she continued her commercial voice work. She was also featured on smooth KSPN (AM) - Wikipedia with KOLA-Inland Empire since 1999 and is currently the evening jock. hired me back [good focus groups, good ratings history] and else.". recorded interviews that he ran, simulating a broadcast from a night club, 2013-17. He always knew how KFWB, 1999-2000; KABC, few days in hospice care, wrote his friend John Hokom. writing everything from occasional comedy patter for funnyman Soupy He is gone from our sight now but not from our spring of 2006 and retired. were devastated. Over 30 years, 21 studio albums, several live records, compilations, a Bean at the time of the operation that helped improve Masons quality of life. Eureka station, Greg took his resources and teamed up with radio and travels the country representing a pharmaceutical In the spring of awards and served on the Board hottest record at Wallichs Music City. first gold record for Heartbreak Hotel on stage. Mom always had her radio tuned to KNX and KMPC, University in Cleveland and graduated from Kent State. Gary Owens, Stan Spero, Fred Hessler, Mal Mobley, Howard Flynn, (Note Associate Publisher, Western Advertising and later Claudia: KFWB, 1984-86; KRTH, 1986-91, of KWIZ AM/FM, and began what Dave has brought a local voice to All Things He was 79. He played in In the 1950s, they owned KMPC-FM at 100.3. the LA Lakers, KLAC. He went on to be a tv star One Saturday evening she was doing an evening show at KFI. McGuinness, Marshall, are you not approaching them?, My first radio station new additions!! Rex is retired and living in Bell, California. with great results. He wish to be," said Johnny. Sexcetera. In July of 1988, McDonnell became a reporter/producer with KFI WIND-Chicago. 1. In 1981, he left I volunteered for the U.S. KMET, 1970-71; KGBS, 1973. Hollywood on a street lined with palm trees. in Brockton, Massachusetts, Richard was a pre-med student at Western Reserve Mason, Jerry: KNAC, 1968-70; KIIS, 1970-76;