~Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They Now, p (2023)

Neil joined America's number one news radio station, KFI AM 640, as an intern in March 1994 and has never been happier. In addition to producing the radio show, Neil occasionally lectures and teaches at various churches and schools on everything from live Q&A to logic and philosophy of religion. Neil calls himself a "self-taught lay apologist," not because he hasn't been taught anything by wonderful teachers (he has), but because while he's warmed up the seats in many classrooms, he doesn't currently have a degree (and he hates it when people trying to sound more educated than they actually are).(Neil's bio is from his website)

He is now a talk show host on CBS' WPHT-Philadelphia and WABC-New York and continues to consult radio stations. Walt can now be heard on Westwood One under the name Walter Sterling.

After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, he co-anchored weeks of coverage in the badly damaged Santa Clarita Valley, providing a local lifeline for residents grappling with freeway damage, contaminated drinking water, and red-flagged homes and businesses. As program director for KTRO in Ventura County, he hosted the morning news. Before joining KNX he hosted the morning news show at KVEN in Ventura.

Dick joined KRLA in late 1969 and became pd in 1971, replacing Darin. At the 30th KRLA meeting, hostCasey Kasemsaid of Dick, "He had an exciting style that can really only be matched by Dick's longtime friend The Real Don Steele." Before the end of 1971, Dick became a "boss jock" at KHJ. He worked at KEX-Portland in the early 1980s. Beginning in 1993, Dick worked on country for KFMS-Las Vegas.

Mike was born in the borough of Queens. "I grew up with the world's best pizza and great radio stations like WABC, WMCA and WNEW/fm with their legendary air talent." In 1968 he began his college career at the State University of New York at Albany, where he moved to the campus station and Pd. became area at WDKC, WTRY, WABY and WPTR. In the fall of 1972, Mike and his wife, Barbara, immigrated to KQIV-Portland. "I was inspired to move after reading Ken Kesey's 'Sometimes a Great Show.'" His pd wasJim LaFawn. "Jim referred to me as 'the mad Greek,' which resonated with the audience, and we remained friends in Los Angeles until Jim's untimely death." In 1974 he joined KGW-Portland and flew a Cessna making traffic reports. Mike became Mike Steele when he joined KGFJ/KUTE. "We left the wet Pacific Northwest because we felt the need to literally dry up!"

Within a year of arriving in Southland, he joined KPOL as executive producer and won the prestigious 1977 Golden Mike Award for Public Affairs. At KPOL he produced the music library for the new format "Rocking You Softly" which debuted on November 22, 1976. He became a lunchtime host and voiced the automated late-night show called The Greek's All Night Diner.

Paul graduated from Long Beach City College with an AA in Radio/Television/Communications and went on to California State University, Long Beach for a similar major.

Since 1993, Paul has been a partner in the Radio Services Group, a contract service for radio engineers. He retired at the end of 2021.

After his experience with Magic 106, he bought KIVR-Cave Junction, Oregon. By 1989, Jeff had become Vp of Anaheim Broadcasting. In 1990 Jeff joined KUFO-Portland as vp/gm. In the summer of 1994, he left a GM spot at KHTX-Riverside to run sister station KRQC/KDON-Monterey. In late 1995 he became vp/gm of KCTC/KYMX-Sacramento. He continued to be responsible for programming the 16-station Henry Radio chain. In late 1997 he added GM duties at sister station KZZO-Sacramento.

John Thomas Salley was born on May 16, 1964. He was the first player inNBAHistory to win championships with three franchises (a list that also includes Robert Horry, Danny Green and LeBron James, and the first player in the NBA to win a championship in three different decades.

After being drafted in the first round by Georgia Tech in the 1986 NBA draft.

He is a vegan activist, chef and wellness entrepreneur. John is now a motivational speaker and he is writing a book.

Several speakers at his retirement party shared stories of Salvatore's tenacity and professionalism as a journalist. He was also presented with a letter from his beloved saints of New Orleans congratulating him on his retirement. "I love the idea that I can play a lot more [mediocre] golf and hit the links with some old friends," Salvatore said.

Jack first came to KNX in 1984. He didn't wait until adulthood to work and perform. "I was inDamn Yankeesat the age of 9 for two years until it closed on Broadway. I actually sang the show's big hityou must have heartwith the inimitable Jean Stapleton fromEveryone in the familyGlory." He also joined the first touring company ofGoodbye Birdielike a teenager

Salvatore joined the US Army and began as a print journalist in 1964. “All my friends switched to radio and television. They convinced me to try for the radio and television course based on my early acting experience and I was accepted “He started with the American Forces Korea Network. After the Army, Salvatore moved to western Pennsylvania before finding a job as a radio and television news anchor in Youngstown, Ohio, "a great education that I did everything and eventually ended up being their primary television and radio news anchor."

A year later, Salvatore was offered a position with the New Orleans powerhouse WWL as a radio news anchor during both the morning and afternoon drives. "That's basically what locked me on the radio. I've done a bit of television work over the years [including KCBS/tv in L.A.], but radio has been my power and for more than a quarter of a century it's been a great ride at KNX.”

When asked what has changed in his career as a journalist over four decades, Salvatore said: "I think it's well documented that in recent years the news has taken on more of a tabloid tone. As a news veteran, I often bemoan the 'get-it-on-the-air-first-ask-questions-later' mentality, only to have to go back on a story later.” Still, he appreciates that KNX "has tried to maintain objectivity and accuracy, even with an eye on immediacy... very few times have we had to do that kind of tracing, and often it's up to the greyed-up old news vets to take a baby - step back and you say, "wow, slow down a little, are we sure about that?"

Brad's story begins in San Diego. His father opened a chain of 3 unfinished furniture stores. The family was very close. "We talked about everything over dinner, especially the family business," Brad enthused. "When I was 10, I started hanging out at my dad's store after school and on weekends. To address Brad's dad, Brad noticed a big difference between TV and radio people. “TV people came with numbers and charts. Radio guys came with passion and belief in what they were selling,” Brad recalled. "They had so much play. Guys like Bruce Walton and Mike Stafford were gifted. They were the EF Huttons of radio. They talked and people listened. The passion with which radio salespeople sold was contagious.” Bruce Walton, basketball Bill Walton's older brother, was General Sales Manager at KCBQ/fm. Walton frequently visited Brad's father to sell radio time.

“I fell in love with radio the day I started. My mother drove me to Santee [a suburb of San Diego] in our Country Squire. My mother took me there and picked me up. I was an intern in advertising. I was an intern in sales. I was a programming intern. I was a maker intern. I did what had to be done. I didn't care what it was, I would do it."

A native of California, she graduated from the University of California, Davis, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree with two majors in Public Relations and Human Resources. She also acted as the opening speaker at their graduation ceremonies.

After taking some time off, she decided to pursue her education at Portland State University's Masters in Theater Arts program with a concentration in Screenwriting. Ms. Sanchez began her professional broadcasting career as a producer for KOST's "Markus & KimShow,” at the time the longest-running morning radio crew in Los Angeles radio history. She produced the weekly public affairs program.

During her time at KFI she was a permanent weekend host and often served as a backup host. Maria became her own talk show host at KSTE-Sacramento. Back in the Southlands, she produced a sitcom pilot for NBC Television. She currently hosts infomercials for a variety of products.

Clayton was the Inland Empire reporter for KFWB. He studied political science at the University of California, Riverside. His professional broadcasting work began in 1993 with KRTM-Temecula. Clayton joined KCKC-San Bernardino in late 1994 as a news reporter. He was born in Riverside on March 28, 1973 and grew up in the Inland Empire. "I'm one of those lucky people who have always known that broadcasting is my calling," Clayton said. "Ultimately I would like to work in television, but when I was in school radio was really the only way to get on the airwaves. Nothing beats the adrenaline rush and immediacy of live radio news.”…”

For a time, Sandell was a producer on World News with Charles Gibson. In October 2007, he traveled to the cities of Beijing and Shenzhen with correspondent David Kerley to produce a special series - "Made in China" - on toy recalls and food safety. Earlier this year he was in Greenland covering global warming for ABC News broadcasts and platforms. In April 2007, Sandell was part of the ABC News team that covered the tragic shooting massacre at Virginia Tech University. He has reported on numerous hurricanes. Before joining World News, Sandell was Associate Producer on Sam Donaldson: Live in America.

Arlen was one of the "11-10 Men" during KRLA's rock heyday.

Born in Roxburg, Oregon, he grew up in Texas. Arlen worked in a number of markets including Klamath Falls prior to his time in Southern California. He joined KXLA in 1956 as an engineer and switched to broadcasting when the station changed callsigns to KRLA.

In the 1980's Arlen became a stage actor and consulted with WWVA-Wheeling and stations in Oklahoma and Cincinnati.

Steve was born Stephen Sandoz in Ventura in 1947 and grew up in the area. He started hanging out at KVEN-Ventura at the age of 10 and was on the air from time to time. During his school days he went to Haiti as a missionary, where he helped establish a Christian station. He worked at KACY-Oxnard before enlisting in the summer of 1967. Before his release, he was promoted to Staff Sergeant E-6 and received four decorations, including the Army Medal of Commendation.

During his stay in Vietnam, he served in the Department of Psychological Operations. He was involved with Armed Forces Radio. After the military, Steve went to WSB-Atlanta before joining KEZY. In 1978 he joined KEZL-San Diego and eventually transferred to the Bonneville station in Milwaukee. In the early 1980's Steve moved to Chicago and worked for a number of networks until his death in 1992. Steve's wife Cathy opened up about the day he died: "He called me from the station to say he wasn't feeling well and probably wouldn't have mowed the lawn when he got home. I came home and he had suffered a massive heart attack and was dead on the couch." Recalling Steve, Cathy said, "He was a tremendously talented man who always supported his peers. From a young age it was his passion. I always envied him that he knew what he wanted to do since he was 10. One of his big thrills was when his father took him to see himBob Cranedo his show at KNX. Steve loved having a drum kit in the studio. He also had a passion for trains and his biggest thrill was when they allowed him to drive the train all the way from Chicago to St. Charles.”

Born in 1946, she saidbroadcastMagazine: "I wanted to be a doctor and I did what every middle-class girl does, and that's become a registered nurse." When a position opened up on KFMB ("B-100")-San Diego, she auditioned on the air and became the station's first female athlete. "B-100" pdBobby Reichrecalled, "Cherie flew in from Monterey and we drove around town for a couple of hours and talked. I really thought she had potential, so even though she didn't have an audition tape, I put her on the air for a live rehearsal. She did so well, I offered her the job on my way to the airport the next morning!" In 1983, she hosted a 90-second syndicated feature entitled "California Way of Life" on the California Radio Network and worked briefly for the L.A. Traffic Network .

Leaving Southland, she moved to the Monterey Peninsula in 1987 and combined her radio and advertising experiences in addition to her RN background to become the Marketing and Communications Director for the Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, winning numerous regional and local marketing and communication prices . Cherie has also grown into a respected mixed media artist with exhibits throughout Monterey County. She recently voiced contributions for Bobby Rich's internet radio station. Cherie volunteers with the Monterey County Make a Wish Foundation, serves as co-chair of the Marketing Committee and works with Chair Dina Eastwood. She lives in Oak Hills, California with her husband Bob and four cats.

Larry began his career as an on-air talent at KFYE Radio in Fresno. From 1986 to 1996 he worked as a pdfor KJUG in Tulare and over the next three years managed more than 15 employees at KNAX in Fresno. In 1998 he accepted the PD position at Premiere Radio Networks where he oversaw all aspects of programming on After MidNiteBlair Garner, Club Country Live with Tony & Kris and several other syndicated programs.

Santiago is a California native and graduated from California State University with a BA in Radio-TV Communications.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she wrote an essay fordiversity: “Radio, I've just had enough of you and your mission as a broadcaster. As the coronavirus pandemic now ravages everyday life, suspending every reliable comfort from work routines to sports and entertainment to actual human contact, we must be looking for consistency somewhere—an echo of the familiar, a related connection. Something that binds us to something recognizable. A service that radio clocks used to provide - and public radio still does. Throw away the rule book. This is a new normal. You have absolutely no reason not to figure out how to fill in the void in a way that might actually create a new lane for you. INNOVATE. Instead, what is radio doing right now? Completely ignores his greatest and probably ultimate strength. smh I've had enough of you radio. Perhaps you are finally paying the price for your fundamental misunderstanding of how people have always used this medium. And maybe you deserve it.”

On October 24, 2021, Oscar was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident in Dallas that claimed his life. He was 57.

His family wrote on Facebook: "Since hearing the news, our family has struggled to come to terms with the pain of this tragic loss. So many of you have supported Oscar throughout his battle with cancer and other health struggles he has endured with willpower, determination and courage. There is a huge hole in our hearts that will be difficult to heal, especially for our mom and dad and their two sons, Nico and Joey."

Oscar detailed his journey on his website. "

“While working for WEZW in Milwaukee, I began working and mentoring at-risk youth in the Southside Milwaukee area in my free time. In mid-1993 I returned to my hometown of Costa Mesain Orange County, where I was Executive Director for Save Our Youth and Director of Program Services for the Boys & Girls Clubs Contacted and recruited in Ana, California and mid-2007, my experience and proven commitment to scouting quickly distinguished me and quickly advanced me to the position of Assistant Regional Director for Hispanic Scouting for the Atlanta Southern Region. I attended Fullerton College and Clemson University and have had numerous accomplishments throughout my career. including being recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach for 10 consecutive years.

In 1996 Kenny was recruited by KLOS as an entertainment reporter on KCOP/UPN-13. He remained with KLOS until late summer 1996, then left to devote himself fully to his expanding UPN-13Pop-WeltSegment that included the youth political beat as well as the fill-in sport. Originally from Dallas, he first found fame as an All-State football kicker, turning down then-OSU coach Jimmy Johnson to attend show-focused Sam Houston State on an NCAA football scholarship.

After graduating, "Sarge" joined KTXQ-Dallas and contributed to FOX/TV's entertainment programming. He demonstrated his advertising and sports versatility by appearing on KQLZ-sponsored halftime shows at L.A. games. After Pirate Radio went under, Kenny starred on the Coca-Cola-sponsored TV music/interview show AX-WAVE, which has over 20 million reached viewers on the Nippon TV Network in Japan. He has been an active participant in the Big Brothers program for many years. Kenny lives in the San Fernando Valley with the two survivors of three fat cats he rescued from a shelter.

dr Michael Savage is a multimedia icon in the conservative movement, he was heard by 10 million listeners a week on The Savage Nation. In 2019 he launched the podcast The Savage Nation. He is also the author of more than 25 books, including nineNew York TimesBestseller. In 2007,SPEAKERThe magazine presented Michael with the "Freedom of Speech Award".

In 2016 he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Savage was also instrumental in the populist movement that catapulted Donald Trump to the White House in the 2016 presidential election. dr Savage has a master's degree in medical botany and a second in medical anthropology. In addition, he received his doctorate. from the University of California at Berkeley in Epidemiology and Nutrition Sciences. He is a passionate conservationist, committed to his family and a proud patriot of his country.

Rick hosts a podcast. “We talk Crossfit, Party Wagons in Nashville and what the rock equivalent of Drake vs. Pusha T is. I don't think you will like my example."

Saxton was a sports reporter for 12 years but wanted a new challenge. He became a stockbroker in the 1980s, but after the 1987 stock market crash, he combined his careers and joined the Financial News Network as a news anchor. He could be heard on every morning drive at KFWBMoney messages with Richard.

Joe, a former Republican congressman from Florida, is an attorney at Beggs and Lane, the oldest law firm in Florida, and a former publisher and editor ofDie Florida-Sonne, a newspaper.

Joe was born in Atlanta and is marriedMika Brzezinski, daughter of diplomat and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as an advisor to President Lyndon B. Johnson and to President Jimmy Carter as National Security Advisor.

Born in 1942 in Delaware, Ohio, Rick began his radio career while still in high school as the "go-fer" for L.A. radio legendDave Hull, "The Hullabalooer" at WTVN in Columbus, Ohio. (Years later he became Dave's boss at KHJ) Rick's first on-air job was in 1963 with WDLR-Delaware, Ohio.

After serving in the Army overseas with Armed Forces Radio, he moved to Southern California in the late 1960's to pursue a dual career as a broadcaster and actor. While working as an air personality and PD on several top L.A. networks, he studied acting in his spare time and performed in local theater productions and occasionally had small roles in television productions. Speaking of his radio days, Rick said, “I've been very fortunate to work with and know so many great LARPs, includingThe real Don Steele,Robert W. Morgan,Wolfmann Jack,Sweet Dick Whittington,Maria Turner,Jim Ladd,The Hullabalooer,Rachel Donahue,David Hall,Mark Dennis,John Young(Great John Carter),Paraquat Kelleyand so many others it would fill this whole book."

dr Scheele is a pioneering career strategist and coach. As a career expert for NBC'sToday's show, columnist for AARP'sModern MaturityIn addition to her position at Northridge, Dr. Scheele understands the working world from students just entering the market to seasoned executives developing meaningful next strategies.

She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree from California State University Northridge as an English Fellow, and a Ph.D. from UCLA with distinction as a Change Management Fellow. She has written three books:skills for success;Start your career in college; and,Career strategies for working women. Her weekend show on KABC followedDr. David Viscott.

Dean was born and raised in Milwaukee where he played a lot of sports. "Always been a huge Packers fan and my parents had relay seats for the Bucks as they were an expansion team [remember Lew Alcindor?]. Packer fan as a kid, but Brett Favre made up for it tremendously," Dean said.

Dean attended college and then law school at UCLA. Halfway through college, he realized that the law practice wasn't for him, but he graduated, passed the bar exam and never used his law degree. Dean took a marketing job after law school and came to the revelation that he could do whatever he wanted. "So I did an internship at The Press Box at Prime Sports [now Fox Sports]," Dean said. "After six months, I auditioned and got a job as a sports host in Monroe, Louisiana.

“After 9/11, everyone thought talk radio was supposed to be politics all the time. Everyone kept screaming and forgot that everyone has a life at home – they have ethics, morals, values ​​and principles that they share with their spouses, family, friends, relatives, work and anything else that needs attention.” She explained, that feminists started out with the best of intentions of equal pay and equal opportunity for talent and ability. Schlessinger told King that feminists were co-opted into being “feminine, loving, and sweet, mother, wife, and also being with the be at home with children.”

Before appearing on Larry King, she was on Hannity & Colmes. Alan asked Laura to respond to the recent attacks. "You give strong advice, but you haven't always lived up to the things you tell other people. Is that a fair criticism of you?' Laura quickly replied: "Of course not. Hypocrisy means I'm doing stupid things today and standing up for something else. Thirty years ago I did stupid things. I admit it. I regret. I'm embarrassed, but I was a feminist and those were the values. And today I have something different to teach, but I understand where a lot of the people are coming from because I've been there."

“But being a radio DJ has always been my favorite job. The act of putting a record on and sharing it with everyone out there in the audience listening was just wonderful. The station's signal barely reached Robertson Blvd. when I started in April 1977, but someone told me at the time that just one person listening would be enough. I called my first show View from the Bridge, a title taken from a Sonny Rollins album. I will be retiring from writing a weekly column for KCRW in late 2020, after 43 years on the network — 36 years on the air and seven years online.

I also loved listening to KGFJ, an R&B station that played nothing but R&B and what was then known as "Race Records". Johnny Otis also had a show on TV there where I heard Marie Adams & The Three Tones of Joy Ester Phillips and the Johnny Otis Orchestra. I heard Little RichardsTutti Fruttiwhen I was eight and it electrified me."(from the KCRW website)

Michael is Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire, Editor-at-Large for Variety, and contributor to Los Angeles public radio station KCRW, where he hostsThe split, a podcast about the TV industry, and contributes to itThe businessandPress start.

Previously, he was Chief Content Officer forTV-Guide-Magazine, where he helped launch the websiteTV-Insider. With more than 20 years of experience in the television business, Schneider frequently appears on news and entertainment shows as a television expert, moderating panels with industry leaders, showrunners and talent. He also served as a judge on a Fox Reality Channel show you probably haven't seen. before tV Guide Magazin, he spent 12 years as the television editor ofdiversityandDaily Variety, and was LA bureau chief for the weekly TV trade magazineElectronic media(later known asTV Week).

A German website advertised his show, which could be heard on the internet. “A must for music lovers and a must listen for football fans, because Wolfgang delivers football results from all over the world to his audience.The American Continental Hourswas a southern tradition - and as American as apple strudel."

"After Pirate I went to WPLJ New York in 1991 and then to my first solo morning show at WOVV-West Palm Beach," Todd wrote.

“In early 1994 I was hired at Power Pig, WFLZ to do mornings where I started the MJ & BJ Morning Show. Power Pug was discontinued in 1995 and we became 93-3 FLZ. In 2001, BJ left and it became MJ Morning Show. In October 2001 I also started the Cut Show, which was syndicated and still airs on about 50 stations today. The MJ Morning Show ended in 2012.”

"I focused on thatThe Cut Showuntil January 2015 when I went to WOR-New York to work in the mornings. I left WOR in October 2017 after we could not agree on the terms of a new 3 year contract. The afternoon editing show continued. In October 2020, I rebooted The MJ Morning Show with most of my former team on WRBQ-Tampa Bay Q105."

Michael worked at two national networks. The radio network RKO and CBS News, radio. RKO was particularly significant because the format and style was designed for FM music stations. It was the cutting edge of less formal "conversational" messaging. This experience helped create a basis for his documentary storytelling and corporate videos, both of which are important parts of Michael's current repertoire. His distinctive voice is also known for its soothing quality, particularly heard in medical narratives and commercials for hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.

In the summer of 2009, theLA timeschronicled a heartbreaking story about a former LARP traffic reporter and her then 6-year-old daughter, who has been schizophrenic since birth. Her daughter's story was reported around the world and Oprah retold the story. Some highlights: January Schofield suffers from delusions, hallucinations and tantrums so severe that not even her parents feel safe. She threatened to climb into an oven. She kicked and tried to bite her little brother. "I'm Jani and I have a cat named Emily 54," she says in the introduction. "And I'm Saturn-the-Rat's babysitter." About 1% of adults suffer from schizophrenia; most become ill in their late teens or 20s. About one in ten commits suicide. Doctors and other mental health professionals do not fully understand the disease, which has no cure. Jani's extremely early start left her almost helpless. The incidence in children under the age of 13 is around one in 30,000 to 50,000. In a national study of 110 children, only one was diagnosed at age 6. Jani lived in UCLA Psychiatric Hospital for a time because she was unable to return to her family's home in Valencia. Last fall, she attempted to jump out of a second-story window.

The Schofields are angry but resigned that there are so few resources to help a psychotic child. No dorms in California accept Jani because of her extreme behavior. It's really day to day," Michael said.

Art is credited by many for working with him to streamline the all-news format at KFWB. “When I was news director I always had a good relationship with the program directors I worked with. They had great production flair and good editing skills. Was one of the bestKen Draper. We worked together on KYW-Cleveland and WCFL-Chicago. I hired Ken as editor-in-chief at KFWB."

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company research director Jim Yergin discovered that the average time a person listened to radio broadcasts of all news was twenty minutes.Bob Klina local advertising agency with the slogan "Give us 22 minutes and we'll give you the world". Ken changed the 30 minute news cycle to 20 minutes. "Ken and I pushed the 20-minute cycles of A, B, and C stories. The A stories ran three times an hour, the B stories twice an hour, and the C stories just once an hour."

Art is from Ohio and grew up on a farm near East Liverpool. He attended a one-room school. "I went through eight classes in one room, not a class in eight years!" He received a B.A. from Westminster College with majors in Bible, Philosophy and Psychology. "The principal adviser told me to leave the language department and go into something that makes a living." Consequently, he took the triple major. Art worked for Westinghouse for 17 years and joined Group W at KYW in 1960. Prior to joining KFWB, he was an associate general manager at KYW-Philadelphia, and prior to that he ran Group W's national foreign intelligence services as bureau chief in Washington, DC founded. Art left L.A. for Hubbard Broadcasting's KSTP-Minneapolis and two years later Hubbard sent him to Albuquerque to run KOB AM&FM, which he took over and did so until 1990. He lost sight in one eye in 1969 and became blind in 1982. After 16 eye surgeries, Art left he some eyesight. He credits the National Federation of the Blind with having "changed my life. I have good mobility skills with my white cane and good independent living skills." Art ran for mayor of Albuquerque in 1993. "My three friends didn't vote often enough!" He was a director of the New Mexico Commission for the Blind for two years and is now president of Schreiber Enterprises, a consulting firm.

Carson was with RCA Records for 18 years, most recently in Denver.

In 1994 he joined Mike Curb's record label Curb AG. In the summer of 1997, he was named senior vice president of Disney Hollywood Records' Nashville Country Division.

Carson started in the programming department at KBLA in the mid-1960s while he was a student at Cal State NorthridgeDon Langford. Both worked at KLAC and stayed after moving to Country and KBBQ. Carson worked part-time on the show and in the programming department, then became music director and did some shows at KLAC.

He had been a car salesman when he came to WKBW-Buffalo as a time salesman. He became KB's GM in 1977 before joining KZLA in 1980. In 1981 he joined WKHX/WYAY-Atlanta as GM and remained there until the fall of 1996 when he retired at the age of 63.

Norm was hard on talent but soft-bellied. In his obituary in theConstitution of the Atlanta JournalnAtlanta's Morningstar Moby remembered Norm telling him. “Never think this is your radio station. This is my radio station.”

"Norm was brilliant," said Moby. "If you believed in him and let him know you believed in him, he was easy to work for." Even when Moby got into trouble with clients or listeners, he said Schrutt supported him. After retiring from radio, Norm became a talent agent for the next 23 years, working with entertainment attorney Joel Katz.

"Norm was my first GM at KZLA after flipping station country two weeks before I started there as a weekend talent in the fall of 1980," recalled the former KZLA pdRJ Curtis. "Rough, tough and boisterous on the outside but soft, sensitive and supportive on the inside, Norm was big and responsible," he wrote on Facebook.

Curtis had a front row seat for Norm's negotiating style during an AFTRA contract renewal process. Norm gave me a passport and saved my radio career. I honestly don't know where I would be now if he hadn't because I had zero career opportunities at the time." "Norm Schrutt was a force of nature," RJ wrote. “It's hard to imagine that so much energy has been quenched. My thoughts are with his family and friends.”

Bill covered the assassination of Robert Kennedy, the 1971 Sylmar earthquake, and the campaigns of Richard Nixon and Jesse Unruh. Bill was an Angeleno native, born August 31, 1926. He was raised in Alhambra and attended Pasadena City College, then St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. In 1949 he began his radio career at WSLB-Ogdensburg, New York. Bill returned to L.A. in 1951 and worked as a public relations director for the Southern California Edison Company. He returned to radio at KDWC-West Covina in 1958. Before KFWB he also worked at KBIG, KPOL and KKAR.

Bill undertook an early buyout from Westinghouse (owner of KFWB) and retired in 1990 and lived in Covina. He secured a real estate license but became the main administrator for his ailing wife.

Ed played football at Minnesota State University/Moorhead and eventually became the play-by-play announcer for the state of North Dakota. “In college I had the opportunity to do a small sports show in Moorhead, Minnesota on KQWB. That was my first recording," Ed said in a 2011 interview. Schultz began his media career as a radio and television presenter in the Fargo market.

Schultz began his broadcasting career playing sports on television. In the 1980s he was athletic director at WDAY/TV-Fargo. Schultz had an eerily similar presentation to Limbaugh, despite their contrasting political views. Ed opened his show with "From the Heart of America, the progressive voice of the nation's #1 where truth and common sense reign."

From 2009 to 2015, he hosted a daytime news and opinion program on MSNBC calledDie Ed-Show. He was a controversial presence. Ed was on LA Radio for three years, first on Progressive Talk KTLK from 2005-2008, then on KGILSaulus Levinebriefly went all-talk with his AM station.

Capt. Max was killed when his helicopter collided with an L.A. City Fire helicopter over Dodger Stadium on August 30, 1966. His successor,Jim Hicklin, was killed in his cabin aboard the cruise ship Princess Italia just before the ship was scheduled to depart on April 2, 1973 for a vacation voyage to Mexico. He was killed by a mad listener who told Jim he would kill him. Jim made the mistake of saying on the air where he was going on vacation. KMPC broadcast his funeral services live. KNXBill Keeneexplained that with Schumacher at the helm, "KMPC wrote the book on how to cover traffic in L.A."

In a Q&A post in the Friday Morning Quarterback, Scorpio said that one of the biggest mistakes a young programmer makes when it comes to the day-to-day programming grind. “It's a difficult transition for a young mixer, music director, night owl, etc. to be placed in the position of managing people. One of the biggest problems young programmers have is reacting to situations instead of REACTING to them. It's always better to deal with a problem calmly and in a controlled manner. Usually young programmers are too aggressive or too passive.”

As for time management: “Most young programmers are also on the air, so taking the time to monitor their station is overlooked. Most young program directors turn off the station after work and go home Solve problems when you don't hear either the morning or the evening program? Dealing with people! I used to say that the best part of my job is dealing with people and the worst part of my job is dealing with people. I recommend psychology and management courses in your spare time. Everyone always wants something from you? More airtime, more shoots, more hours, more commercials, etc. You have to know how to deal with that and you have to learn to say no."

Before joining KCRW, Gary was the reporter for the Capitol BureauLos Angeles Daily JournalPublic limited company, political editor of the

He graduated from California State University at Berkeley.

When the flamboyant Christian minister Dr. When Gene Scott died, his legacy seemed tied to his unique TV fundraising skills. But what you may not know is that not only did he (or his church) own television stations, he also owned a local radio station, 100,000 KHOF in Glendale, now KKLA. Scott's television programming and church services aired 24 hours a day on 99.5/fm in the '70s and '80s.

KGBS-VeteranBob Morganworked briefly as a cinematographer on Scott's television show Festival of Faith. "In my opinion, he is one of the finest Bible professors of modern times and has been blessed with the invaluable gift of teaching people about the Bible," Morgan said. However, Morgan said that Scott's known eccentricities and rebellious attitude were "counterproductive to [Scott's] teachings". "When I saw Dr. Watching Scott, I learned early on that the organization [the Faith Center] was not about feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, or sheltering the homeless," Morgan said, adding that the Christian message "should be about love and caring each other.” And, as others have said, “woe to anyone” who speaks to Dr. Scott or the Faith Center was a genuine message of faith."

Born in Laguna Beach in 1970, Hanna thought she would be an FM jock, but quickly got bored at school and fell in love with news instead. She was a weekend traffic reporter for KFI, eventually reporting full-time on all stations contracted to the AirWatch intelligence service.

In 2003, Hanna left Southland for an afternoon anchor job at WHP 580 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She moved to Phoenix in 2005 and worked at KFYI and KTAR. In 2009 he returned to KFI as a reporter or presenter. "While I was there, I covered several important stories including the train station fire, the murder of Chelsea King and the kidnapping of Jaycee Duggar. However, KFI was a poor fit and I was released in June 2010 but on good terms [as much as can be true] with references.”

“In September 2010 I was in Seattle working as a reporter for KOMO. When Sinclair bought KOMO I survived the first round of firings but not the second and was fired in 2014.” She moved across town to KIRO/fm and is now a reporter/talk show host covering the Legislature, City Hall, gun control, opioids/homelessness, the backlog of rape kits and breaking news.

He worked as an afternoon driver at KRTH for five years. Steve and his family moved to New Mexico in 1991 to open a horse ranch. He also programmed an oldies station, KBOM, and a classic rock affiliate, KTMN-Santa Fe, before leaving radio in 1995.

In 1998 he returned to KBOM. He also programmed Santa Fe station KTRC, an adult contemporary station, and country KVSF, where he hosted an "Americana" show called "The Real Deal" on Saturday mornings.

Steve currently resides in the wilderness outside of Blue Ridge, Texas. “I entertain as a singer/guitarist in senior communities in the Dallas area. I've finally reached my ideal demographic," Steve wrote via email.

During his time at KLOS he worked on Swing and hosted The Seventh Day. In the summer of 2016 he joined Classic Rock100.3/The Sound(KSWD). Is gonethe soundwhen the station was sold in autumn 2017.

Tony was part of a Foreign Service family. Tony has spent time in Kenya, Hong Kong and Taiwan where he got his radio start with American Forces Network Taiwan. Tony was born on May 5th in Bellefontaine, Ohio. "I have a few television and film credits, including the NBC daytime dramasSanta Barbaraandgenerations.

He has been in the broadcasting field since 1992. Along the way were performances in Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Cleveland, Los Angeles, Austin and Austin. Newy hosts the Emmy Award-winning Dallas program Out of Bounds.

Scruggs is known as NewDawg, descended from his brothers from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He was awarded the 1992 Omega National Leadership Award winner. In 1994, Scruggs graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and serves on the Board of Trustees. In 2003, the Newy Scruggs Sports Broadcasting Scholarship was established for students wishing to pursue a career in sports media.

Scruggs was born in Wiesbaden to a military father and an unknown mother. He lives in DFW with his nuclear family.

Cindy was born in Huntington, New York in 1962 and grew up on Long Island. She began her radio career at the college station in Oneonta, New York. In 1982 she joined a rock station in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Back to Long Island and WBAB and then in the afternoons to KATT-Oklahoma City where she became music director.

After reaching a salary cap, she transferred to KFOG-San Francisco in the evenings and then to KLOS.

Cindy left KLOS when theGreasemanarrived and then spent some time with KNACGregg SteeleandBryan Schock.

Cindy appeared in the Radio Girls 1998 calendar. She was October. The calendar has been described as a monthly look at the "sexiest female jocks".

In 2016, he returned as the Dodgers announcer for his final season, his 67th with the team. Vin, considered by most to be the greatest baseball announcer of all time, was born in the Bronx to a silk merchant's son. His father died of pneumonia when he was 7 and his mother moved to Brooklyn where he grew up playing stickball on the streets. He spent two years in the Navy before graduating from Fordham University, where he was a varsity basketball player.

He began his broadcasting career at Fordham, where he announced school plays over the campus radio station, then at WTOP-AM in Washington, D.C. Scully's remarkable tenure as the "Voice of the Dodgers," the longest consecutive service of any current major league station team , started in 1950 when he joinedRed barbera year after graduating from college as a member of the Brooklyn Club's radio team. Vinny is one of the most recognizable personalities in sports broadcasting.

A 1998 cover story in theMagazine of the Los Angeles Timessaid that Vin was "voted the most memorable person in Los Angeles Dodger history." His crowning achievement is his induction into the broadcast wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Vin says Barber once gave him winning advice: "There's one thing you can bring to the booth that no one else can, and that's to be yourself."

Vinny was a very private man. His partner for two decadesRoss Porternever been to his house.

He was born in Atlanta on December 24, 1974 and came to Southland from WSTR-Atlanta. He has hosted a number of television shows including:Wild Tierspiele, Click, the new edge,andGladiators 2000. In early 1997, Ryan went to K101-San Francisco for afternoons and returned less than a year later. His co-host at KYSR wasLisa Foxx. At KIIS he worked withEllen K. "We tried a lot of on-air elements," he told Mike Kinosian. "Some worked, some didn't. [But then] like all [successful] shows, we have to be a place that [we] wanted to be known for, and that's what we focused on.

He started a daily independent strip TV talk show in early 2004, but the show was canceled within the first year. He sat forLarry Kingmany times. "To be on this set and to be photographed in his chair is the most incredible experience in the world for any broadcaster. It's fantastic to host the show and do shows that I want to do and they want me to do," he told Kinosian.

In early 2021, Ryan ended his 14th year as the presenter ofE!'s Live from the red carpet.

Dave grew up in East San Jose and was a drummer in the Bay Area with various rock and soul bands throughout high school ('63-'67). He took half his senior year off when he was asked to attend a USO show for 4 months and tour France, Italy and Germany. When he got back, his HS Speech English teacher John Snyder [once the night owl at the local Top 40, KLIV] suggested that Dave should take a left turn from his career as a drummer to try radio. Along those lines, in the fall of 1967 he went to William B. Ogden's Radio Operational Engineering School in Huntington Beach, a trade school, to prepare to take the FCC First Class Radiotelephone Operators License Test. Passing the test in 1967. Dave recorded his first mock air check at his local Top 40 station after befriending KLIV DJs John Lester and Dave Sholin.

Born in Detroit,

He also works in New York and eight stints in Chicago. "He hired me at the WCFL in Chicago in 1969," he saidPaul Christy, a Detroit radio station veteran. "He was very special, one of those guys who took you under his wing. I knew I screwed up my audition but he made me relax and come back 2 or 3 times that afternoon until I got it right."

Paul was an intern at KYSR when he got the opportunity to host "Club Mix 9-5-9" until the station was sold to Clear Channel in 2000. Love song dj on KOST' by my senior class."

“After leaving radio I went on tour DJing for national touring acts like Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Ozzfest and it was amazing. I'm in Texas now and currently still DJing for corporate events, weddings and special engagements. I also live stream sets with my 'Lockdown Throwdown' show. I've been trying to get back behind the mic so we'll see."

In 2019, Tamo joined iHeartMedia's "DC101" for weekends and to fill in the alternate WWDC-Washington. At the end of the year she switched to the evenings.

Tamo's radio career originally started in Norfolk, Virginia and has taken it across the US! From North Carolina to Minnesota to Texas and finally to California. When she's not on the air, Tamo can be found dining at the newest restaurant in town, going hiking, or snuggling with Emma, ​​her Cavalier King Charles! Tamo loves the great outdoors, she has even hiked the Rockies and the Appalachian Trail.

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He began his broadcasting career in 1965 at the age of 14 at his home station KAML in Kennedy, Texas. Steven initially played guitar on a live country music program, but in less than a year became the weekend announcer for the 250 Watt station, a position he held throughout high school. In 1968 Steve moved to San Antonio and began studying at San Antonio College. While making his name at college station KSYM, Steve got a part-time job as a news anchor at KITE-AM. Although the news job wasn't Steve's ultimate goal, the media vine took him to a morning opening show on KITY/fm.

By 1970, using the air name Charlie Scott, Steve quickly made the transition from mornings at KITY to his true goal, weekends and then nights at KONO. Steve was increasing nighttime ratings on KONO for three years when he was noticed byBob Pittmann(of MTV fame) and joined WPEZ in Pittsburgh as Striker McGuire, where he spent a decade before returning to San Antonio in 1994 to host the morning show on KTSA. In 2000, Steve returned to the station he considers his first home, KONO, where he hosted the highly rated afternoon driving show for 13 years.

"The death of John Kennedy changed my career path," Brent wrote when interviewed forLos Angeles radio guys. "I was DJing with WJBR-Wilmington when Kennedy was assassinated and I was so moved by my role on the radio. People just wanted to touch a media person, it made them feel better. After all, television babysat the nation for 96 hours.

Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Brent attended Ithaca College. After college he moved to New York and worked at ABC News and was a writer/producer at Hartwest ProductionsFuriousMagazine inJoe Pyne. Brent worked at the KGB-San Diego for three years, feeding KMET news. “When I arrived at KWST, people started calling me and wondering why I left KMET. I never knewAss jungused so many of my feeds."

Kim's career has spanned television, radio, entertainment, pop culture, voiceover and even musical theater. She appears regularly on television to cover the latest entertainment news across various shows and networks including CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel, TV Guide Network, E! and national morning shows. For several years she did a weekly Hollywood program on CNN and CNNi. She has worked with MSNBC as a contributor and has also appeared on a variety of other networks including Cheddar, ESPN, G4, CNBC and Oxygen and shows onHardballtoThe Pussycat Dolls present: Girliciousdiscuss everything from pop culture to current events. Kim has also appeared onThe Tonight Show,Politically incorrect,American Candidateon Showtime, hostedSleep like a President, a travel show for the Fine Living Network, and has appeared on the live red carpet countdown shows at the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Golden Globes for TV Guide Network.

Kim's acting credits include roles on sitcoms, includingSpin City,The single guy,boy meets worldandhead cases. Kim grew up in New York and currently resides in Los Angeles with her dog Derek - a rescued Pekingese.

“If they knew JACK and let us run 93-One there would have been no need for a KODJ or an Arrow or a JACK/fm! Music radio is not dead; it just slept for a while. When companies figure out that there are unique and talented people who can tailor music to appeal to a wide range of listeners abroad, music radio will be back with a bang. After all, the premise here is that JACK is a well programmed music machine. .and if someone can do it for me, then why should I take the time to download songs to my iPOD. The problem is that JACK is a machine, a computer formula claiming to be a human making independent decisions. It actually sounds pretty good, but it's not mandatory because there's no passion.

"Fact: There is no magic formula that works coast to coast. If local and regional tastes are ignored, you end up with the boring productTom Leykisand others explode. But with pressure from the advertising industry to present a "special" product, the focus will shift from research and computers to real, creative live programming. The product becomes a function of the creative person in control, and it will be unique [within some broad parameters] every hour, every day. You won't be able to find the product anywhere except your hometown on your favorite channel because they will destroy the mold and start fresh every day. Local radio stations in L.A. will sound uniquely L.A., and further down the coast the same type of station in San Diego will have a distinctive San Diego sound and feel. Stations that are successful in Kansas City will never find the same success in L.A., any more than talent in one market is immediately recognized and valued in another. How many times have we seen "superstars" from other markets flop in L.A.? Radio is dynamic, not static. Radio is about the now. Like bread, you cannot bake it today in one city and expect it to smell and taste the same in another city tomorrow. People know the difference. Listeners are far smarter than the formula programmers give them credit for. Formats that are copied, packaged and exported [for reasons of cost] are becoming old and common.

Charlie grew up in New York, graduated from Columbia University and earned a master's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. After the army, he worked for several newspapers, including theLouisville Courier-Journaland then went to the Associated Press. "When Westinghouse founded all-news radio at WINS-New York in 1965, I was intrigued and began working part-time while still working at AP." In 1967 he became full-time editor, then assistant news director.

“When the nd was offered the position at KFWB, my curiosity was piqued: I've always wanted to see California. We thought we'd stay here for a while and then head back east, but we liked it and stayed.” In 1974, Charlie returned to reporting. In 1990 he received the Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. "There's hardly a better chance to cover everything than as a reporter for a pure news channel."

Serr is also highly skilled in production and station imaging and has been instrumental in the branding of Arrow 93 (KCBS/fm) and Go Country 105 (KKGO).

Jeff began his on-air career in 1970 with KBLF-Red Bluff, CA, then moved to KSJO-San Jose and later to the Powerhouses in San Francisco. In 1982 he moved south to Los Angeles, where he began working weekend and temp shifts at KIIS/fm. In 1982 he was seconded from Magic 106 (KMGG) to handle the afternoon shift and later evenings at KBIG. "As you know, I was with CBS for 17 years on KNX/fm/KODJ/ and Arrow 93." Jeff is a native Californian who has spent his entire radio career in his home state. He started at KBLF-Red Bluff at the age of 15. After high school he went to college in San Francisco and worked at KPEN and KSJO-San Jose. While in San Francisco from the mid-1970s to 1982, Jeff worked at K101 and KYA. He started at KIIS with weekend work. Less than a year later, he was working afternoons on Magic 106. Year on the Unistar Satellite Oldies Channel 1987-88 Jeff was at KBIG on the evening shift.

When asked if he remembered the Kennedy assassination, Boomer said he was only two years old. "For some reason I remember it. I was at the hair salon with my mother and I remember all the ladies were crying. It haunts me to this day.”

He spent a year at Los Angeles City College and then dropped out to tour with a few big bands, including his own. Chico returned to California at the age of 23. In a 1975 interview with the Latin Quarter, Chico said, "I didn't feel like I was going to make The Big Bands, my love was classical music." KOWL (later KDAY) found success on the black market. As the station turned its attention to the Mexican-American market, Chico debuted the first show for a Chicano audience in February 1949.

Chico presented music by Tito Puente and Perez Prado along with the likes of Billy Eckstine and Duke Ellington. Chico stayed with KOWL until 1957, when the station changed its name to KDAY and moved to Top 40. He moved to KALI until 1967. During the 1950s he produced a monthly series of musical performances and dances called Latin Holidays at the Hollywood Palladium.

In early 1969, Chico joined the State Employment Redevelopment Department as a labor broker, which he did for many years. He said: "I work exclusively with disadvantaged youth, most of whom are from the barrio - dropouts, some with prison sentences, others with mental hang-ups or drug addiction or alcoholism. It's the same old story: the persistence of poverty." Chico offered some advice to young Mexican Americans: "Prepare yourself for mainstream media — that's key."

In addition to calling various professional and collegiate sports in America, Seward has been "on the mic" for NBC's Rugby Olympic coverage, Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Rugby Sevens World Series, Varsity Cup, Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Cup, European Figure Skating Championships, FINA Synchronized Swimming World Cup, Vuelta a Espana, Eneco Bike Tour, Tour of Belgium, Tour of Norway, Dunkirk 4 Days, Paris Marathon, IBU -Biathlon World Championships, Tour de Ski and the Four Hills World Cup ski jumping. Seward has also appeared on NBCearly todayalong with programming on MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Universal Sports and the horse racing network TVG.

He received multiple Golden Mikes as a sports host at CBS Radio in Los Angeles and has been honored with multiple Best Radio Anchor Staff awards, the highest honor bestowed by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. Seward hosted "DodgerTalk" on the Dodgers Radio Network and has been voted "Top Sports Update Anchor" by radio stations thirteen timesLos Angeles Daily News.

Seward was previously anchored for ESPN, hosting shows such assport Center,ESPNEWSand2day at the races. During his time at ESPN, Seward was a regular on ABCWorld news this morning. He has also been part of ESPN's coverage of the Summer Olympics and one of the anchors for NBC'sOlympic Zone. In addition to sports anchoring, Seward has been in feature films such asSteve Jobs,Moth,kill well,zodiac,Ruby and Recount, along with appearances on television showsDie Dress-up-Gang, II'm dying up here,Scandal,Rake,Key & Peele,It's always sunny in Philadelphia,Touch,Middle,Everyone hates Chris,The eventand several others. Seward was also the host of Sega's popular video game Virtual Fighter 5.

He was a frequent guest host for Rush,Glen BeckandSean Hannityon her nationally syndicated radio shows and is the only talent to have hosted all three shows.

Buck formerly served as a CIA officer in the Counterterrorism Center and Office of Iraq Analysis. He has completed official trips as an intelligence officer in Iraq and Afghanistan and other hotspots around the world, conducting intelligence briefings for senior US officials, including the President. Buck also served in the Intelligence Division of the New York Police Department (NYPD), working on counter-terrorism issues.

He was born and raised in New York City, where he currently resides.

She joined the station as a consultant in September 1977 and was officially appointed manager a few months later. Ruth oversaw the conversion of a station originally located in a middle school playground with the oldest transmitter west of the Mississippi River. Today, KCRW's 13 stations deliver their broadcast service to much of Southern California. Online, the station has one of the largest audiences of any American radio station and offers three discreet 24-hour program streams on KCRW.com. KCRW's 26 podcasts are downloaded 1.2 million times a month.

Seymour is also a familiar voice to KCRW listeners. She was often a hostessThe politics of cultureand has spearheaded the station's on-air subscription promotions. She credits KCRW's large and loyal subscriber base for enabling the channel to get involved in ambitious productions and important digital ventures.

Bob was the last DJ on KHJ before the station switched to country music.

He was born in St. Catherine's, Ontario and grew up in western New York near Buffalo. He began his radio career in Arizona, where he worked at Yuma and KRUX. From KUTY-Palmdale, Bob first came to KDWB-Minneapolis in 1965. He worked mornings at WKYC-Cleveland, KXOK-St. Louis and KING Seattle. In the early 1970s, Bob was at KJR-Seattle, WIXY-Cleveland, KDKA-Pittsburgh, and back at KDWB for morning work and work. Bob worked in the morning as "BS in the Morning" with Ed Nix at KWIZ. At KFI he was hired to work the rotating shift and ended up as an afternoon driver for two years. He left KFI at KCBQ-San Diego at noon and returned to the Southland for KHJ. In the 1980s, Bob founded The Actor's Workshop in Orange County. Under his birth name R.J. Adams, he turned to acting. Bob has appeared in nearly 60 episodic television shows, including one regular roleSpringfluten. He was frequently seen onHill St. Blues,murder she wroteandHotel. He appeared in 8 major films includingRocky IV. Bob lived in Mission Viejo and continued to work as an actor, coach in his workshop and produce documentaries.

Michael Scott Shannon's name derives from two early influences: Scott Muni of WABC and Tom Shannon of CKLW. Scott is a radio history buff and told thisLA timesthat he has over 2,000 hours of KHJ "Boss Radio" and 500 hours of KFWB "Color Radio" airchecks from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Scott dropped out of high school in Indianapolis at the age of 17. “I wanted to escape from everyday life. I thought I was James Dean," he told a trade publication.

In the 1970's Scott was a jock and PD on several Southern stations, later moving to Casablanca Records, was national PD for Mooney Broadcasting and record manager at Ariola Records.

In 1979 he returned to radio as Pd at WPGC-Washington, DC and later WRBQ-Tampa/St. Petersburg. in onebillboardInterview Larry Berger of WPLJ-New York said of Scott, "I always thought of Shannon as a PT Barnum character. He was better than anyone at making hiss on a radio station and quite a talented on-air personality ."

Born in Burbank, Ben grew up in the home of two Reagan Republicans, where intelligent conversations about politics and philosophy were encouraged. Ben quickly became a sensible political thinker and a powerful writer. He left KRLA in early 2017.

Ben joined UCLA at the age of 16 and has never been afraid to challenge the liberal professors and faculty. At 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States, and his columns have been printed in major newspapers and on websites. He is also Editor-at-Large of Breitbart.com and a national best-selling author.

Ron caught radio fever when he was just 7 years old. After his father helped him set up a radio station in his bedroom, Ron honed his skills playing radio at home and on his high school and college radio stations. All this practice helped him land his first "real" radio jobCasey Kasem'sAmerican Top 40. From there, Shapiro worked his way up to become a director at ABC/Watermark, owners of AT 40.

Eventually, Ron ended up as production manager at KIIS/fm and won numerous awards. Shapiro later became the PD of Southern California's first trimulcast radio station, Lite 92.7. He has been Head of Production for Spotify's podcast network since 2016. Over the years, Ron has produced radio programs for The Fox Broadcasting Company and United Stations Radio Networks, and is also a co-owner of internationally syndicated radio programsTop ten every now and thenandThe stories of classic rock. Shapiro consulted Inter-FM in Tokyo, Japan, Beatz 106 in Costa Rica and Xpat Radio in Cabo San Lucas. Ron definitely realizes how fortunate he is to be able to turn his hobby into a lifelong passion.

Michael was one of the moderators at all-News KFWB. “The page and sound of an AP teletypewriter punching out headlines around the world with factory precision was all it took. The news bug bit me at age 17 on a half-day high school program at a vocational FM in Tacoma, Washington, circa 1977. While attending college, I played elevator music for a Seattle-area station (my first paid gig ). Next up is KBBY in Ventura, as the one-man band News Director.

There were stints at Money Radio, Financial Broadcasting Network and Metro Traffic in Los Angeles before ending up at KFWB in May 1990 as a casual reporter. riots and even the entertainment industry in Southern California. Nice! In retirement I spend a lot of time on the back of a Harley. It's great fun."

He began his radio career in the '60s with WPIC-Sharon, PA and WBVP in Beaver Falls, PA for $77 a week. Sharell has hosted and produced Weekends with Sinatra & Sharell for 13 years. From 2002 to 2010, Jerry was President/CEO of the non-profit charity Society of Singers, which has been helping singers in need for 33 years. There he was the co-producer of numerous benefit events that received nationwide attention. He spent many years as the A&R manager for a number of radio companies and artists. In 1995, Sharell joined WEA Corp. in Burbank as Director, Media Relations and Corporate Events, he conceived and edited a documented history of WEA Corp. He also served as Media Relations Director for Warner/Chappell Music Publishing. In 1994, Sharell was executive director of the MusiCares Foundation, the charity set up by the Grammy/NARAS organization, where he co-produced the honoring of Tony Bennett as MusiCares Person of the Year. From 1987 to 1992, Sharell was svp, Talent Marketing at Westwood One for five years, specializing in syndicated radio shows and events. He commissioned and oversaw more than 300 radio concerts featuring superstars. Sharell also served as executive producer for televisionBillboard-Award-Show(Fox TV) from '92. From '83 to '87, Sharell managed the MCA Video Distribution System and became senior vice president of MCA Home Video. He was responsible for marketing many of Universal Pictures' hit videos, includingscarface,Back to the FutureandFar away from Africa. In 1973 he was hired by David Geffen to manage the Asylum Records label, which then merged with Elektra Records. Sharell is a past president of City of Hope, Entertainment Division and a 46-year voting member of the Recording Academy and a member of AFM/Los Angeles.

Bob spent most of the 1960's as General Sales Manager during the exciting days of Top 40 KFWB. He then moved to KPOL before working as General Manager at KIIS. He served on KFWB during its glorious run as a top 40 broadcasterBob PurcellandChuck Blore. But Bob also faced the personal challenge of recovering from parotid cancer and losing his home in Sherman Oaks in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Raised in the Midwest, he calls Joplin, Missouri home. "I've always had an appetite for radio. All I wanted to be was a sports reporter. I loved sports!” Bob went to the University of Denver because he thought it was “the best radio school in the country.” Between my freshman and sophomore years, I joined the Navy, where I was injured, which ruined any hope of participating in the sport.” After graduating, he began his radio career in Craig, Colo. for $75 a week. Bob later was an athlete with KXEO-Mexico, Missouri. After three months he went into sales because he discovered that salespeople made more money than athletes. Bob was in sales at WHB-Kansas City for the legendary Top 40 years. He then took over the Peoria, Albuquerque, San Diego and Wichita stations. He moved to the West Coast, worked at KDEO-San Diego and then eventually consulted KFMB and KERO/TV-Bakersfield. Bob was the first station manager at KIIS. When he left in 1971, he then joinedTed Randalin San Francisco for an advisory role.

“Today you starve to death in the smaller markets if you sell newspapers. People are just too busy to read a newspaper and they get the news somewhere else.” Whether said the whole approach to new advertisers was different was just a few years ago. "You can't sit down and talk to them about how tall the tower is or how many watts the stations are, they just want customers to come out the door."

Before her career in radio, Karen, who is from Southern California, worked for ten years as a VIP guest hostess at Disneyland; Coordinating the ultimate Disney experience for tourists, dignitaries and some of the biggest stars in music and entertainment. She also earned her music degree while working at Disney and, after completing her undergraduate degree, attended broadcasting school to further develop her passion for language, theater and storytelling.

After moving to radio, Karen began hosting Lovesongs on KOST 103.5 and has graced the airwaves making musical love connections for listeners for more than 2 decades. Throughout her career she has been featured in numerous publications (R&R,shineMagazine, Huffington Post) and has also received various industry awards, including being named L.A. Nighttime's Favorite Personality, winning the Genii Award for Excellence in Radio, and receiving nominations for Excellence in Broadcasting and AC Personality of the Year “. Outside of radio, Karen is actively involved with charities such as ASPCA and CCI (Canine Companions for Independence) - a group that raises and adopts service dogs for people with disabilities.

She started at Radio Ventura and applied to KQLH-San Bernardino. her future husbandAlex Toastwas the pd and recalled, "She really didn't have much experience, but I knew I wanted to hire her. I told her she MUST send a cassette to KOST in six months because it would be perfect for the Love Songs program.” Karen moved to KWIZ and Alex moved on. When Karen got a part-time job at KOST, Alex called to congratulate his former employee. Another year passed and Karen saw Alex play on TV and she called with congratulations. Both were available and she started dating. They married four years later. "When I hired Karen in San Bernardino, I didn't know I was hiring my wife."

She graduated from high school in Lodi, attended college in Stockton, and then worked odd jobs in San Francisco. She moved to Tucson to go back to school, studied journalism and worked as a club DJ. local gm,The rich "brother" Robbin, heard her tape and loudly told Rich to his PD: "Get her on air tonight!!!"

She worked in the morning andJim Sharpethe FM. They soon fell in love and were married on October 16, 1987 during a morning simulcast drive that was broadcast on all local television stations. Two years later, while competing at different stations in Phoenix, they decided to team up and went to KXKT-Omaha. Less than a year later, they were doing mornings at KRSR-Dallas. When Westinghouse sold the station two years later, Jim moved into program management and the Sharpes took their morning show to WMXZ-New Orleans. They came to the Southland from The Big Easy and worked mornings at Star 98.7.

After five years of marriage, Jim was desperate to have another child. While on the air in the summer of 1994, Melissa gave Jim a copy to read which contained the positive results of a home pregnancy test. The news left him speechless. They have made TV appearances togetherDie Marilu-Show,BaywatchandCBS this morning. In a 1995LA timesIn the interview, the Sharpes spoke about a difficult time in their marriage when they first moved to Los Angeles. Sometimes collaboration doesn't work. Melissa mused, "We'd drive to work together, we'd do the show, we'd go off the air, we'd go to breakfast or lunch, we'd go to the gym together—it was like, argghhhhhh!" A breakup made everything even worse. "It's just because I'm so damn irresistible," Jim said. "She couldn't take not living with me." Melissa concluded, "We belong together. We're madly in love.” In 1995, the couple left Star 98.7 and moved back to Phoenix in 1996.

Pat was present at the launch of theDrake/Chenaultera at KIQQ. He told thatLA times: "This will be the first time FM has had a chance to prove its viability and strength from the perspective of a big personality."

Pat was born on January 22, 1945 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was not yet 30 years old when he arrived in Southland. He attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha and joined KOIL-Omaha in 1966 in sales. Pat was also Executive Vice President/GM of Drake/Chenault Enterprises. In 1980 he became President and CEO of TM Communications, then the largest producer of jingles and production libraries. He took the company public in 1985 and sold his shares in 1987, buying four radio stations.

In 1991 he founded AVI Communications, a broadcast services company specializing in the development of new businesses for television and radio. He has won numerous awards including a Clio, a gold medal for film production from the New York Film Festival. Pat also served as executive producer of one of the biggest corporate shows of all time, The Coca-Cola Centennial Celebration, with an audience of 14,000 bottlers from 140 countries.

Pat began his 40-year media career in Omaha selling radio advertising, which led him to management and later his appointment as VP & General Manager of a KIQQ. After seven years in LA, he was recruited by Roy Disney to run TM Communications in Dallas. Corporate shows and also own radio stations.

Speaking of his radio journey, Bobby said: “It's been a slow process. Not everyone can do family-friendly radio. It's so easy to walk the dirty road, which we never do. Our chemistry worked so well. Shaw's predecessors at KFSH wereTed ZiegenbuschandBilly Burke. He started out as a producer on the morning show. "I thought I'd never be able to do the morning show, but with Billy's expertise, it kind of rubbed off on me, and when Billy left I was ready to do it," he said.

In the late 90's Bob graduated from the Academy of Radio & Television Broadcasting.

In a January 2021 tweet, Desmond wrote: "After 12 wonderful years I've just finished my last shift at @KNX1070. It was an amazing run... SO grateful to have worked with such a talented and fun team! What started as weekend sleepovers in 2008 and grew into a career in flight news and traffic reporting."

His journey has been one of a kind, filled with a career change, a late start in radio, announcements, programming and a battle with cancer, all before he turned 50. Rick was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. His father was a salesman and he had a brother who lived in Orange County. While visiting family, Rick's father decided to uproot the family and start a new life in Southern California. They moved in with his uncle until they bought a house in Anaheim. Rick studied accounting at Cypress College and eventually became a senior planner at a manufacturing company. His brother was an engineer at KEZY and Rick volunteered to answer the phone in the evenings. He met PD Dave Forman and Jack Snyder. "I put a tape together, it was the most unprofessional tape imaginable, but Dave in his infinite wisdom heard something and gave me my first job in radio. I was 26 years old.”

During his time at KEZY, Rick collaboratedMark Dennis. "I've never met anyone like Mark Denis. I was in Dallas when I heard he died. I cried for days. He was an amazing man. And Dave Forman was an ace in my eyes.” Rick's radio journey began in the summer of 1980. Two years later, KEZY hit the news. "I thought I was going to run in L.A.." He received two part-time job offers — one withTommy Hadgesat KLOS, the other atMichael Sheehyat KNX/fm. “The station came off the automated Mellow Rock Today format and I was part of the first live group. Six months later, it blew up and became Hit Radio/KKHR,” Rick recalled.

Bob followedTom Donahueon the night shift at KPPC. He was just getting out of jazz and getting used to "underground rock" when Tom fired him for playing a Lambert, Hendricks and Ross cut. Bob left radio after his brief stint at KPPC to become a TV/film writer and producer. He wrote about "every fourth episode of Simon & Simon". Bob wrote the feature lengthReturn of Sherlock Holmes.

Born in New Jersey, Bob was 7 years old when his father moved the family to Southern California with heart disease. Bob grew up in the San Fernando Valley.

Harry's radio career hit an early peak during the heady days of KRLA and the Credibility Gap, an irreverent view of the news in the late 1960s. Its variety of achievements is overwhelming. He started out as a child actor inAbbott and Costello fly to Mars. He played bassist Derek SmallsThis is spinal tap.

Harry has always been on the cutting edge of parody. He played the role of Eddie Haskell in the pilot episode ofLeave it to beavers. He left the cast ofSaturday night livetwice and had a role inThe right stuff.Harry was fired twice from KMET in the 1970s. He used to listen a lot to Jean Shepherd and Bob and Ray, whose influences are evident in his free monologues and slick comedy skits.

In his multifaceted career he does a weekly radio show "Le Show", in which readings from obscure trade magazines alternate with cleverly produced episodes of "Clintonsomething". He also records the voice of Mr. Burns (and 19 other characters).The Simpsons. He is working on the first musical comedy about the relationship between J. Edgar Hoover and his longtime assistant, Clyde Tolson. In the October 1996 issue ofThe summagazine, Harry was listed in the "Buzz 100 Coolest".

Licia worked with MorgenfahrtToni Hartat Gospel/Urban KGFJ. She is a versatile entertainer, talented actress, singer and dancer. Licia portrays the wacky Sarah on the popular, nationally syndicated radio soap opera It's Your World, which airs on theTom JoynerMorgenshow.

She was nominated for Best Actress by the NAACP Theater Awards for the musicalA little meditationand starred in Jayne Kennedy's long-running musicalThe African AmericanandFor colored girls. Licia starred in Bill Bellamy's filmHow to become a player.

She founded Shearer Energy Productions, a communications/entertainment company that producedThe Sacred ConnectionNational Gospel Newsletter. Licia, from Ohio, earned a master's degree in broadcast journalism and radio/television communications.

The quintessential production master, Michael developed a passion for music from an early age. “When I was 13, my parents gave me a small Sony tape recorder. It fired my imagination and opened up a whole new world for me.” His early radio work was between Houston and Honolulu, and he came to the Southland from KGB-San Diego. Eventually he became Managing Director of KNX/fm. Michael recalled that the station "gained the highest ratings and revenue in its history and ranked as the sixth most-watched radio station in the United States." There he was awarded 26 gold and platinum records for his early and enthusiastic support in the development of new artists. In 1985 he was asked to start and develop a broadcasting division for HLC/Killer Music, a respected music production company best known for its collaborations with Levi's, Gatorade and Wheaties. His company earned a reputation as the nation's leading jingle broadcaster.

In 1990 Michael joined KTWV where he led the creative/production department. His work has received international awards, with his entry surpassing 13,800 other entries from more than 29 nations. He was program director for the Discovery Music Network on cable television. In 1992, Michael worked mornings on The Wave, and he switched to evenings in 1993 when the New Age station adopted a female morning drive team. Michael spoke about the production: “I don't care what the medium is... Producing is a state of mind.

Born and raised in Hollywood, Stanley graduated from Fairfax High School and pursued the film business. He employed KROQ'ersDoctor Nemo, who was the Young Marques for one of his films. They developed a friendship.

"We had Adam West and Linda Blair come to Pasadena to fake their projects. The shows were half scripted and half improvised.”

Stanley continued to directLobsterman from Mars(a title inspired by a working relationship with Orson Welles).

She then worked in a music, media and marketing company in association with Charles Wright Productions. Currently, LaRita "Jazzy Rita" is Shelby's Director of Digital Media Strategy & SalesLee Bailey's Electronic Urban Report on EURweb.com. She also works independently as a consultant, writer, producer and entertainer for her own company SB Music, Media and Marketing. www.LaRitaShelby.com orwww.JazzyRita.com.

In 2015, she received an Unsung Heroes of L.A. Award from Hands For Hope, a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles. LaRita is a member of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Sandy had a harrowing experience before arriving at the Southlandn. She was working at a radio station in Monterey when a listener entered the station and shot up all the equipment. Since 1990 she has produced and hosted a number of smooth jazz concerts and music events in Monterey Bay. She was recently named Promoter of the Year by local newspaper Monterey.

In 2010, while on vacation in Chile, Andrew experienced a major earthquake (8.8). "I was in my room at 3:30 a.m., sleeping in a room with floor-to-ceiling windows on a cliff that basically looked out over the ocean. It's a little miracle," Siciliano described to LARadio senior writer Alan Oda as it felt during the shakes When a 500-car train passes its worst point, it's a 500-car train that just kept going.” He contrasted his experience with earthquakes in California: “Here we're used to hitting the worst Period - bam, it's over - [but] there, the worst point was just the beginning, because then it had another 45 seconds of its greatest impact that was still ongoing. You stand there and think, "When will it stop?" but it doesn't. At first I thought it was a downpour, not an earthquake, so I went to the window - which we all know is the wrong place - then I felt, plaster falling on me like dust and I wondered how the rain got into my room, then I realized it wasn’t rain it was the ceiling.”

As a freshman, he started in the research department of KROI-Sacramento and then went on the airwaves with stints at KROY, KZAP, and KXOA, all Sacramento stations. In November 1982, Bryan was selected by pdJhani Kayeto kick off the new KOST format and afternoon drive. He was the number one afternoon AC talent in L.A. for more than a dozen years. According to Bryan, he was the number one in his time slot for more than three years in the early '90s.R&Rconsistently had him in their national list of the Top 25 P.M. recorded. Drive Time Dominators.

His personal on-air highlights include shows from Tokyo and Rome, as well as satellite broadcasts from DisneyWorld in Florida. Bryan also performs at the Hollywood Christmas Parade each year. He rated KOST for this release: "I loved working at Radio Station of the Year."

Greg has been a radio host since 1989 and works in San Diego, L.A. and Phoenix. When he's not on the radio, he usually works in his home studio as a voice actor, voicing all kinds of commercials and projects for radio, television and the internet.

"Although most of his work doesn't air, it pays the bills and I have a lot of fun," Greg wrote on the KRTH website.

He is also a graduate of Le Cordon Blue Culinary Academy and spent some time cooking in Italy in the summer of 2010.

His best memory is working at 35 stations in 22 markets. He was known as Lee Simms or Lee Baby, a nickname given to him by pdWoody Roberts at KONO in San Antonio. He had 41 jobs, worked twice at some stations, and was fired 25 times. Lee says, "I think I actually wanted to be a DJ, but I never took an insult from anyone." He committed suicide on January 27, 2015 at the age of 72. He was suffering from cancer.

Jan came to the Southland from KING-Seattle. She got her first job on the radio at a 250-watt station while she was still at school. She has hosted classical, jazz and pop music shows for over a quarter of a century. "My job is to break through the mystique and bring out the purely human element of people who just so happened to be musical geniuses. Haydn was a chicken-pecked husband. Schubert was shy and didn't get dates. Rossini gave up composing to become a gourmet chef.” Jan is married to a former KBIG personalityDon Simon.

Lou Simon joined Pop Standards KLAC from the ABC Radio Network in New York. "I planned the music, expanded the library, produced Daisy Torme's show and whatever else there was to do." "Brad's a great marketing executive," Lou said, "and he spent too much time on the nuts and bolts. He didn't have to schedule music every day. It takes time to get it right.”

This wasn't Lou's first time in the market. During his radio tour, he was the only morning man during the period KKHR played the Top 40 - August 1983 to May 1986. When the format switched from 93.1/fm back to KNX/fm, Lou stayed in the afternoons and he was music Director. Lou claims he is a lover of gold.

“I was born and raised in New Jersey; I don't really see a place as my hometown, but my years near Philadelphia were about the right time to earn that title (I'm still a fan of Philly sports teams, have lots of friends in the area and have a craving for cheesesteaks and wawa and a hint of The Accent, so I guess that counts)," said Perryarea space.

“I don't know if there's anything interesting about my education – I graduated from Haverford College, where Judd Nelson was in my class briefly and it got a lot of attentionMare by Easttown, and Villanova Law School, where nothing interesting happened at all, but I'm personally proud of three NCAA men's basketball championships that I had nothing to do with.

Simon concluded: "My career, abbreviated: program director at New Jersey 101.5 [Walter Sabo's invention, which I helped launch] and KLSX in Los Angeles, and operations manager and weekend public affairs host at Y-107. He also spent 6 years at Nerdist Industries and a year as a producer at the very odd Comedy World Radio Network. I joined All Access in 1997 and was promoted to Editor/News-Talk-Sports in 1999 and vp in 2011. I can't remember when I started my column, but it's been going on for a long time. I've done other things, mostly in the media, but I've forgotten most of it."

Born November 10, 1956, David Adkinson rose to fame in the 1990s for appearing in his own HBO specials, appearing in several television series, and acting in the filmsNecessary rudeness,house guest,First child,Jingle all the wayandgood burger. His stage name came from admiration for Sinbad the Sailor.

He began his stand-up comics career by appearing onstar search. Sinbad won his round against his fellow comedianDennis Muellerand made it to the final. He appeared upDie Redd Foxx-Show, andAnother worldi.e. In 1997, Sinbad was releasedSinbad's Guide to Life: Because I Know Everything, a book of comedic short essays.

He became a single father to his two children. “Black men are already in charge and already taking care of our duties, but no one emphasizes that. I hear all this bad talk against men and their children. I'm just so fed up. More than anything I show that life has changed, the world has changed. And now the key isn't just going to be parenting, it's going to be mentoring, where people who aren't even in your family have to go in and help. And we're going to accept that responsibility, which we used to do in our culture."

Sisanie started her radio career at KHTS in San Diego.

She was born on March 31, 1984 in Orange Country. Sisanie, the bilingual Mexican-Peruvian beauty, discovered her passion for radio in high school. She was only 19 when she began her internship at iHeartMedia. She has twins, Aiza Delmar and Maxon Jae Villaclar. Sisanie also hosts her podcast,Partnership with Sisanie.

She was an on-air reporter for Fox's KTTV/11 and was sidelined after coming forward to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Sivan told TheWrap.com in an exclusive interview that she was stunned by her treatment on the ward after her bombshell report that Weinstein masturbated into a plant in front of her at a restaurant in New York City in 2007 stunned her. "I just felt like the station I put my heart and soul into for seven years just used it as an excuse to get rid of me," she said.

After high school in Charleston, Ned attended USC and the Don Martin School of Broadcasting in the mid-1940s. He began his radio career at WTIP-Charleston, followed by WATG-Ashland, Ohio and WKOY-Bluefield, West Virginia.

In 1950, Ned began a 17-year career at WCHS-Charleston as a radio DJ and television news anchor. He was JFK's announcer in the 1960 election. In 1968 he followed his WM GM as pd to KDAY. "One day as I was leaving KDAY, a van full of unkempt kids pulled up at the train station and asked me to play their record. It turned out to be Charles Manson and his group. Manson was from Charleston and lived a block from my wife and across the street from my elementary school. Kind of scary."

Ned spent a decade at KFI, first as a journalist, then as a Pd. Motorcycles, sailing boats and airplanes have always fascinated him. When he joined KGIL, he started a motorcycle accessories wholesale business which he ran for over a decade. Ned lives in the San Fernando Valley.

Sky was born and raised in Encino. It was clear early on that he would do radio. He founded the first campus radio station at Mulholland Junior High in Van Nuys. Sky began his career at the age of 16 working a weekend night shift at KTNQ. At the age of 18, he spent full time at KHTZ while visiting Cal State Northridge. After college, Sky programmed KLAV-Las Vegas, XTRA and worked afternoons at KGGI-Riverside. Beginning in 1985, he worked mornings at KPOP-Sacramento and later cross-town at KWOD. While in Northern California, he hosted local television news and hosted a game show.

He worked nights on The Beat and became their promotional voice and executive producer. At KRLA, Sky worked as Bobby Romero in the afternoon. In the mid 1990's he worked as a sky walker for WW1 Oldies Channel, KACE and KOLA-Riverside. He then worked in Madison and Milwaukee. In the summer of 1998, Sky returned to the Southland to program the "K-Lite" trimulcast, which featured KMLT. In the fall of 2001 he came to KRUZ-Santa Barbara in the morning.

In 1977, Slade earned her B.S. Degree in Telecommunications from Kent State University where she was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. In 1991 she received her M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University. After graduating from Kent State University, Slade was hired as an account manager at Xerox Corporation in Cleveland. Over the next ten years, she worked for Xerox in various positions, including marketing consultant, project manager and dealer sales manager.

In 1988, Slade was promoted to Regional Sales Manager in Atlanta. In 1989, she returned to Los Angeles to serve as Vice President and CEO of KJLH, R&B artist Stevie Wonder's radio station. As general manager, Slade led the network's programming and sales, as well as efforts to address local and national issues in the African American community. Under her direction, KJLH Radio received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and the NAACP Image Award. Slade has been honored by the California Legislative Black Caucus Foundation and the Black Business Association and received the Phenomenal Woman Award from California State University, Northridge. Radio Inc. magazine named Slade one of the 25 Most Influential African Americans on Radio.(from the HistoryMakers website)

He started his radio career in 1983 and has been with KOLA since 1994. KOLA has been playing classic hits (pop hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s) for over 20 years. This 30,000 watt power plant covers Inland Empire, Orange County and portions of Los Angeles and San Diego counties. He was born and raised in Colton.

Vic is a big fan of vintage cars.

Born on March 26, 1954, Curtis comes from as diverse a background as an American activist, radio talk show host, and founder and executive director of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of unarmed crime. Sliwa was the Republican nominee for the 2021 New York City mayoral election, which he lost to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

BLOW:KROQ, 1992-96 and 1997-2017;KLOS, 2019-22.Doug “Sluggo” Roberts joined KLOS in late summer 2019 as Assistant Pd / Music Director. Doug was associated with KROQ for most of the 1990s and worked in swing until 2017.

In early 2021 he teamed up with Kevin Ryder at KLOS in the afternoons.

Born on August 5, 1926 in Savannah, Tommy was an influential black athlete in New York City in the early days of rock 'n' roll. In the 1950s he owned the Smalls Paradise Club in Harlem. He attended Savannahy State College and served a stint in the US Coast Guard. Tommy became the first black disc jockey in Savannah at WSAV in 1947.

In 1952 he moved to New York and became the original "Dr. Jive" on radio station WWRL. His weekday radio shows, with the slogan "Sit back and relax and enjoy the wax / From three-oh-five to five-three-oh, it's the Dr. Jive show" — became popular with teenagers and featured vocal groups, blues, rock and roll, and Latin music.

In 1955 he began presenting live rhythm and blues revues from Rockland Palace and the Apollo Theaters, and in November 1955 Tommy presented an unprecedented 12-minute segment on the nationally networked The Ed Sullivan Show, starring Bo Diddley, LaVern Baker and the Five Keys. In the spring of 1956, he was elected to the unofficial post of "Mayor of Harlem," and a parade was held through the city in his honor.(Source: Wikipedia... Photo of Smalls with Jayne Mansfield)

In early 2018, radio/TV station owner and cable/streaming content producer Kevin Adell offered Tavis a sanctuary as Smiley shies away from being cut by PBS and Public Radio International following allegations of sexual misconduct towards staff. His path to salvation takes him into inspirational territory via The Word Network, avoiding current events.

By March 2020, a Washington, DC jury ruled that the former public television host had violated the morals clause of his contract by engaging in sexual relations with several subordinates. Now, they agreed, he owes the station nearly $1.5 million.

In late 2020, Tavis bought KDAY (1580AM) for $7.1 million.