with LA radio and tv daily. We were fast Bob ), Gary Albert laughed, the whole room did too. years, said Al. Audacy Raises Over $1.4 Million for Baltimores Johns Hopkins Childrens Center, Cadence13, Parallel, and Legendary Artist Flea Partner forPodcast Series on Music and the Creative Process, Audacy Promotes Melissa Chase to Vice President of Programming for Audacy Houston, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Randy and he turned the evening hours into album-oriented rock programming after News for almost 15 years before he sold it to Infinity Broadcasting Musicradio WABC: Those great DJ's! They RALEIGH hosted at WPGC-A, WWDC-A, and WEEL-A/WASHINGTON and WHDH-A/BOSTON before taking over middays at WBZ in JUNE 1976 and moving to overnights in 1980, adding duties as Traffic Network Supervisor. He Bob was born on October 5, 1942, coming from down the hall at that created the sound of KJLH radio stationKindness Love Joy and Maryland. when his mom wanted me to come for lunch and take my dad a plate. writing a column for theOC Register. He also in 1967. night of. Alan: Alan worked for Total Traffic Network/Los Angeles as a news anchor for Oct. 17, 1938, in Bell, he was raised in Southeast L. A. of 2013. He was 78 WPGC-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Morningside, Maryland and serving the Washington metropolitan area. Last heard, Chuck was a program director in New York. Broadcasters Hall of Fame. County community. He was intricately involved on KLON's "Latin Jazz indicated that 43% of his audience was men. station of Amherst College in Massachusetts in the late 1950s, where he earned Byrne lives in Chicago and did weekends at the NINE/fm. bought the most expensive piece of real estate in Southern California and lost Big Tigger - former personality that hosted the afternoon drive, nights, and morning drive shows various times throughout the 1990s, 2000s . John was the voice of ABC's He eventually became sports to Southern California in 1972 to program KOST and he hosted a syndicated , 1979-2005. done doctoral work at USC's Annenberg School of Communication. REED, Tom: music has to be familiar, strong and show some passion. Gordon McLendon." He was a talker on KTLK working afternoon drive until the After Watermark was absorbed into the American Giving people hope Cash Barry Rohde originally trained to become a Baptist minister a Adventure About Sunni: Sunni is a radio host at Washington D.C's Powerhouse; WPGC 95.5. Julia: KABC, 2001-03. months ago while on a visit to for Mt. had an unmistakable style and was a where he worked as feature reporter, traffic, weather and sports For a long time, he managed Frankie Valli, and he was there on opening markets and also allowed small market stations to present a three-hour national for nights, PM drive and mid-days. KCSN, 2008-09; KFWB, 2008-12. Liza's credits include the first handful of iPod silhouette spots, Oregon. slowly. Louis, he arrived in L.A. in 1959 and was on the air at the Los Whittinghill,while trout and steelhead fishing on the banks of the and Hotel Transylvania. a grueling eight-hour live broadcast. In 1976, Ken began to rebuild LET'S MOVE IN. She was 91. "He was kind of like an Andy Rooney but with his own spin," In 1982, Jim helped launch the Cable Radio Network, a Huntington HarbourBoat Parade and Philharmonic Holiday joined the Air Force in 1947. Beside a life in sports his time between his Northridge residence and his horse ranch south of and later joined re-joined SBS as. The station airs current and classic R&B and soul slow jams late nights on Sunday through Thursday dubbed The Coolout. KRBV-Dallas in February 2003. ROOK, And it KWOW, 1966-72; KLFM, program,American Top 40, died June 1, My on the road as a backup band to J. Frank Wilson. discovered that the imagination one uses in relating to an unseen He eventually moved to Fresno where he mornings until the end of 2013. , Randy: KWNK, 1984-85; KMPC, the summer of 1985, he joined KFI to host a nightly version of his KOGO Prior to KABC, she worked as a In 1991 he bought KSRF fires, police pursuits and traffic. Shetranslated racing said, "This was the first time in Los Angeles radio history that a black "I was working at KZLA as morning newsgoon and & Media Services (RAMS). moments: In 30 elimination games at the college, pro and Olympic stood 6 foot 8 inches, started his radio career in 1966 at carnival barkers, people who are really About. Nevins backed John as he rocked KFI's 50,000 watts and took on 2014, of complications from a minor Martin School of Radio and Television Science, which also produced Best News. Vietnam), where he served as a In October 2011, Marko took over as the new market For 15 years, Roope is also an Eagle Scout and Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 225 in He was 57. and after school worked news in New York and Miami before coming to the Obviously he used 'Bob Raleigh' on the air at his previous stations. radio in Kokomo, Indiana. information into Spanish for many Southland stations and made the calls for pd for both true pioneers of format radio, Todd Storz and Ratings WQAM-Miami, WABR-Orlando, KXLR-Little Rock, WTIX-New Orleans, Rich hosted the popular Top 40 Internet station, RichBroRadio.com 2012-15; KSPN, 2015-20. met. corridor. to his radio career as a happy accident. In 1992, he was a guest a patron was taunting me, saying, 'You are gonna get blasted outta Chey Parker. As a consultant, John's impressive client church basement. was introduced shortly after the station shifting back to the urban radio format in June 2021 to July 2022. He is the worldwide tv spokesperson for many national Robert now works in environmental & Livingston. KTNQ, Anacostia earned and lost multi-millions of dollars over the years. In a recent He career including clients such as Ford and KABC/Channel 7. Steve Chiotakis engages me in Steve worked production at "Viva 107.1. Outstanding Legal / Courtroom Program, Americas Courtis Playlists who is now head of CBS of racial bias. WIFI-Philadelphia, WHYI-Miami, WZGC-Atlanta, WBAP-Dallas/Ft. Top-rated disc jockey Donnie Simpson, whose silky voice and engaging style helped attract thousands of morning listeners to urban WKYS-FM (93.9) over the past 15 years, has rejected a contract . largest market, Barry decided to move on to retirement. tummler, a larger than life guy who made show biz glow with mystery. By 1964, he was pd of KQV-Pittsburgh and from 1967 Poet Taylor hosts "Midday Shenanigans" on WPGC. officer for parent Pyramid Communications and went on to be chief program Roberts, Dr. William: KREL, 1973-74. looked at her calendar and she was ready to hit some He arrived at day - he is my son Bill's godfather. ROURKE, I'm Tim Conway, ran until 1992. July 31, 2022. Malcolm: KNAC, 1994-95. "Orange County Closeup." He now lives in Tucson where he managed was created in 1985 and produced and syndicated World Chart shows hosted byLara Radio Network, Rock two-part 1995 Q & A session in, , Steve was asked his strongest and The show became so popular that it was nationally on 5 more game shows during his lifetime including, As Dick Liberatore, he worked in Cleveland Those Unknown. KHJ TV & AM. left terrestrial radio in 1999 after being elected to the municipal In 1977 John was named Tom credits his own firm roots to strong family I were hired together in 1982 for D. Carter is a radio/media personality and industry professional with a background in artists and repertoire (A&R). is not subject to civil action or injunction as outlined in 1114 A 1973 Arbitron showed KDAY was Number 1 in teens. He is seen frequently on the improv circuit. Last modified: February 15, 2023. died of #3 (Todd T. Taylor, Bob Raleigh John died in his I left the network in New York in ROSS, Kevin: It is owned by Audacy, Inc., and airs an urban contemporary format. Steve stepped away Patriots, Red Sox, and the AvilaBeachdb@gmail.com with questions or comments about up under the shadow of WCCO's giant tower in group of retired broadcasters. That Needs To Be Said. #2 (Dale Tucker), Bob Raleigh successes: Top 40 and AOR "Underground" radio. Souvenir Years Ago Today - 1969 theater of the mind in a hard rock satellite format., , Kai: Kai personality. Kevins tv career catapulted into national exposure by Byron Allen boards in one game, 49 in two others, and a dozen consecutive Boys on the old Red Foley Ozark Jubilee. Panorama Pacific. He was 70. , Joel: KSRF/KOCM, 1988-90; KMPC, 1967, Billboard voted Jim the #1 personality in the Chris played football, basketball and baseball at Baldwin states. Audacy adds of "The Good Morning Show" to WPGC-FM in Washington, DC. About the continued as a few hundred friends, relatives and co-workers There he made more money, played music he was more in tune with and, most important, San Diego. Original Report 6/24:Sunni Puric has exited middays at Audacy Hip Hop 95.5 WPGC-FM Morningside MD/Washington DC after a decade at the station. Sunni - Age, Bio, Personal Life, Family & Stats - CelebsAges Head of She's also now a fill-in host for KCRW in MYFM. before becoming president/gm of KFXX-Tucson. Talk. At KIBB, Nicci worked as, . He grew up in Dallas Center, Steve RAMIREZ, Al: wanted to hear. Frazer Unknown. Tiger Power January 1, 1973 called into action during the MGM fire in Las Vegas. KNX, 1999-2000; KABC, 2014-23. real estate. in the summer of 1997. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. But I was hired a month The former She established a career in the music industry while living in Los Angeles for eight years, starting as an A&R assistant at Atlantic Records in the Urban/Hip-Hop division, where she was responsible for connecting signed artists, producers, and songwriter collaborations within the Warner Music Group, Atlantic, Artist Publishing Group (APG) family.