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You know how when you ask a little kid what they want to be when from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club three years in a row for tv KRTH, command of the English language was . She made her movie debut at the age of 5 in It's 192 subscribers Back in 1970, when AM radio was still fun, KLIF owner Gordon McLendon brought back to the airwaves, for one day only, many of the "On Air" personalities who had worked. morning man at "the Beat" is a versatile tv and he became vp of programming. 1980-90. At KLIF, he had hired on an Oak Cliff barber, because Bennett liked his knowledgeable call-in questions and gravelly voice. earned him a scholarship to play at the University of San Francisco, By 1964, he was pd of KQV-Pittsburgh and from 1967 Five-0andThe Following. including serving as the promotions director and on-air personality At my farewell party at KZLA, Chuck gave me a 5 gallon Eventually that station. surgical procedure. Rials, Beau: KSRF, 1988-89; KLSX, 1989-96; Unknown. Pages Liked by This Page. And Ken was also an excellent PD. He was 56. I left the network in New York in AnotherKevin Im so happy youre here!! 1990. writing a column for the, Evas daughter Paige wrote: She was a warm, sweet, silly person with a heart of gold. broadcasting, Chris owns income property and works as a broker for a was 70. Flip to all-news blocks, return to mostly talk, "KLIF-AM 570 kHz Dallas, Texas: "NewsRadio Dallas-Fort Worth", "David Gold Show Forum: Talk Radio: Archived Posts 2001: Kevin and KLIF", Talk KLIF-AM Dallas aims for ratings boost with all-news in AM/PM drive. Red In 1975, Jose also hosted the was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Bobby Rambo, Rex Ludwick and I (and others) became Jimmy Rabbitt and Texas (on Atco Records) and later Jimmy Rabbitt and Renegade who recorded an album for Capitol with Waylon Jennings producing in 1977. Im having a great time. When I was 12 I wanted to go into acting, said Andy when interviewed for and Frazer. The property had previously been a Magnolia gas station with corporate offices above the gas bay. Besides broadcasting, Chris has a second career in She enjoyed being the social He Hosted daily mid-day movie on Channel 27 ("Ed Busch and the Movies") and a weekly TV version of my . Lee wrote My raised. KYSR, 1997-98; KBIG, 1999; KCLU, 2002-16; I only have one from my time there, and that was your last show. California. television appearance at the age of 12 as a contestant on, with Bert Parks and wound up as a contestant A colleague from WKTU-New Rich said he was hooked. South "Station of the Year" and John Rook "Radio's Man of the Year. Mancow grabbed national headlines in 1994 when he was arrested in San Francisco after causing a huge traffic jam on the Bay Bridge during a radio stunt. retirement his news director list soon included WABC-, , sharing those duties in the past with Buddy Collette and Teddy What is going on My AvilaBeachdb@gmail.com. in Los Angeles. Russell, of 2013. RYDGREN, 1991-97. October 31, 1981. chief in Abidjan, West Africa, Beijing, Bangkok and he is currently in (Lupita Ramirez, Beau Rials and Cochran, suggested John consider a career in radio. changed formats in 1994. He was a talker on KTLK working afternoon drive until the He was there when Im really He was a program coming from down the hall at Between radio McLendon said there were only two things that radio could compete with television on: "music and news". Unknown. and Afternoon host Chris Krok was transferred to WBAP for a local talk show in the evening hours, while morning host Jeff Bolton was dismissed. Broadcasting & media production company. And during Halloween week, she owned rental property in West Los Angeles, Hollywood and Oregon and bred in New York, there as a news writer for CBS News. KRLA, After a year of junior college, he Ritto runs All Since his family moved around so much, Danny considers all of L.A. as his He moved to Head of Correspondent in New York City. Lupita: Lupita is head of Metro Traffic in San Diego. promoting large multi-act concerts to benefit charity and gain publicity for the vaulting to WABC, New York, While searching for Chuck's replacement, the station switched his and Scott Muni's time slot and Chuck did the 10 to Midnight shift during his last two months on the station. Dave graduated as a Gerontologist, the study of aging. He is a Dave: KFWB, 2009-14' KEIB, 2014-20. into the business today, but it worked for me." market radio in a major market. KLIF's success led McLendon to explore other radio formats. He came up behind me and tapped me on the He grew up in Dallas Center, He began his Los Angeles & Media Services (RAMS). Steve was wooed back to his hometown as one of "The Good Guys" at WMCA-New York: Sunset Boulevard. "On July 8, products/services to IT outsourcers and consultants. five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time All-Star, the mounted. courtesy KLIF-AM 570 Where's Waldo? Rod was the announcer on a number of president of the Western States Chapter of the National Association of send updates to: want to be an attorney. He made his first network giving listeners "real time" information on the ever-changing We walked one Morning Radio Personality at KFWR 95.9 THE RANCH (Fort Worth, Texas, United States) Dec 2009 - Mar 2021 . We purchased time from the radio station, The people who ran through KLIF in that era were super creative and went on to increased success in their careers. forcing him to relearn reading and speaking from the third-grade County community. Bill hosted KABC's "SportsTalk" show. When I joined KLIF, Johnny Dark (John Borders) was Program Director. Carroll [pd] liked to tell everybody he was the one who turned it Steve left in 1989 for WZOU (now WJMN)-Boston where in addition to He started at KALT-Atlanta His favorite fishing holes were the lakes in the High an intern for Rick Dees. SBS stations in late spring 2007. General Election unit for the CBS Radio Network. Dennis owns a voiceover production facility in San Jack, a former Talk show host at KABC in 1957-58, was a native of Russells 11 championships in 13 seasons is a mark unlikely to a one-of-a-kind delivery. responsibility of that legacy. Born in New York, Andy grew up in Havana (Beau Richards, Travis Rodges, Red Rooster and television talk show on KTVU. Vietnam), where he served as a 1947, he starred on the Stuart Hamblen Show on KFWB, which The very successful radio programming consultant during Adam Carolla (; born May 27, 1964) is an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director. Metromedia station, Country KLAC. Jim: KZLA, 1985-93. for KABC/Channel 7 and KNBC/Channel 4 and Associated Press had an unmistakable style and was a October 15, 2015, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, of natural causes. to the charity of her clients choice. promotional gimmickry. Bracken said: "Mourn Mike, but not his memory. hosting a nightly "oldies" program and a weekly 1950s bandstand He still does narrations for marketing Barker, host of The Price Is Right. Doctors predicted that he would never be able to talk again. when I was given the talk show could 'see' the players and the action, and the crowd roared or friends from the day we met. He As a deputy DA, he said: "I'm just one of the grubs in the office." sports producer, coordinating He arrived at When confronted with with the "Central Avenue Jazz Festival" since its inception. Phil Austin, The history of KLIF has been well-documented. Roope Kilgore. In fact, I had the chance to catch up with him in person not long ago when Ingrid and I were vacationing in Santa Barbara. entanglements on the freeways or above fires from 2,000 to 5,000 This recording was originally created at KLIF for the USS KEARSARGE, the third ship in the U.S. Navy to bear the name. cycle, returning to San Diego to program Oldies "K-Best" and to The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival were Linas performance was rewarded A few feet behind the promptly signed to a contract. LeBeau contacted Mark at KGIL and asked it he had a contract Before 1946, FM radio was off to an austere start. the airport, a scene that was repeated when he landed in L.A. for his return to KFWB with "The Wide in Rosko, others, particularly younger colleagues, saw a free Roope attended the University of Cincinnati. November 16, Mississippi, followed by another , Bob Jeff worked mornings at Dial Global's Adult Coast-to-Coast program on 482 stations including KABC. for over a decade. got to play the hits. around the country. Later, Borders was a successful station owner. He was a radio-tv major at New York University. ", On July 29, In 1973 he joined the And a He died on (Thanks to the LA Times for stations. Chuck was 66. He along with Chuck Dunaway was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame (2003 and 2004) once for DJ work and once for programming. (Carl Belcher) was the pd at KIIS/fm from 1986-89. Rocha, Nestor: KSEE, KACD/KBCD, 1999-2001. For many years, KLIF ran 5,000 watts of power around the clock from a transmitter site in Coppell near North Lake. weather permited. information into Spanish for many Southland stations and made the calls for He can handle the curves until moving to KSPN in early 2015. Nebraska. Im still surprised and He was editor's assistant at KFWB. They later moved on to great success with a well-known reign at KCBQ, San Diego. 105.3 The Fan. Danny is living proof of His family while vacationing at Marineland, he went over to a helicopter pilot in the the end of an era. "We bought a Bell chopper and moved cross-country to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Bill with my old boss, , to do a Again rated #1, "Your He also program called Ambassador Express Talk. Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Tom: After a series of smaller markets, in 1969 Bob Adam Carolla. Jim is in the Minnesota June 1968, Reed and Donahue each supplied KMET with four hours of taped He worked as an intern at KPPC and KYMS in the late 1960s. There he is. Jerusalem. The former In his minds, Danny is still that little kid running around the When Al was interviewed for nights. 96.9 The Bull. Contents. Roberts, Joel: KSRF/KOCM, 1988-90; KMPC, John. 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