~Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They Now?a

Where Are They Now
LARP - A
Compiled by Don Barrett
db@thevine.net

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A-1: KKBT, 2003-06. A-One taught junior high school for three years before joining afternoons at "the BEAT." He left the BEAT in late summer of 2006 following a format flip.
Aalvik, Egil: SEE Swedish Eagle
Abbott, Phil: KBET, 1997-98. Phil has an active voiceover career.
Abcarian, Robin: KMPC/KTZN/KABC, 1996-98. Robin is an editor at LA Observed and writer for the LA Times.
Abel, Judy: KIKF, 1986-89; KNX, 1989-94; KJQI/KOJY, 1994-95; KNNS, 1995-96; KKTR, 1998-99; KFI, 2000-01. Judy worked midday traffic reporter at KFI until the spring of 2001. She continues with one of the traffic services.
Abel, Mark: KTWV, 1991-2003. Mark works weekends at "the Wave."
Acampora, Anthony: KDAY/KDAI, 2004-06. Anthony was chief programming officer for Styles Media and pd for KDAY/KDAI from 2004-06. He now operates his own multimedia consulting firm.
Acosta, Dave: KMEN, 1996-97; KOLA, 1997. Dave is now working at KDES-Palm Springs.
Actor, Allen: KSRF, 1977; KOST, 1978-82; KBIG, 1983-85. Allen is doing voiceover work and teaching at Santa Monica City College.
Adam, Leigh Ann: KIBB, 1996-97; KYSR, 1998-99; KBIG, 1999-2004. Leigh Ann left morning drive at KBIG in early summer 2004.
Adams, Bob: KUTE. Bob owned KUTE in the 1970s when it was on the 30th floor of the Occidental Building.
Adams, Chris: KEZY, 1970s; KIKF, 1980-88; KEZY/KORG, 1988-97; KIKF, 1999-2000; KMXN, 2000-02. Chris worked weekends at "Cool 94.3fm."
Adams, Holly: KOCM/KSRF, 1989-92; KACD, 1996-98; KCRW. Holly works at KCRW.
Adams, Joe: KOWL; KDAY. Joe left radio in the late 1950s to be Ray Charles' road manager.
Adams, Ken: KYMS, 1993-94. Ken is at Christian radio KRDU-Fresno, and he also produces and hosts Christian ministry radio programs.
Adams, Mal: KNX. Last heard, Mal was working for CBS radio in Japan.
Adams, Sally: KHJ, 1977. Sally is working for Compaq as a marketing communications guru.
Adamson, Jack: KBIG/KBRT, 1979-86. Jack retired from Bonneville in 1994 and lives in Salt Lake City.
Adimu: KKBT, 2000-03. Adimu Colon worked afternoon drive at the BEAT and left the station June 17, 2003. He's now middays at WBLS-New York.
Adler, Gary: KABC; KLOS; KFWB. Gary is a production news engineer.

(Gene Autry; Ed Arnold; Army Archerd; and Jack Angel)

Adler, Jodi: KFWB, 1993-98. Jodi is acting and doing voiceover work.
Agovino, Michael: Michael was appointed head of the Spanish Broadcasting System L.A. cluster in the Fall of 2003, from president of Clear Channel Sales.
Aimerito, Sylvia: KNAC, 1978-83; KEZY, 1983-84; KHJ, 1984-86; KNOB, 1985-87; KNX/FM, 1986-87; KMET, 1986; KFI/KOST, 1986-87; KBIG, 1987-97; KZLA, 1999-2001; KRTH, 2003-07. Sylvia has an active voiceover career and works weekends at KRTH.
Alan, Bernie: KFAC, 1971-72 and 1987-88; KPPC/KROQ, 1972-73; KLVE, 1973; KVFM, 1973; KEZY, 1976; KOST, 1979-82; KZLA, 1982-84; KKGO, 1990-91; KCSN, 2004-08. Bernie was the voice of PBS' KCET for many years and now is part of KCSN, the Cal State Northridge radio station.
Alan, Magic Matt: KIIS, 1989-91; KMPC, 1996; KIEV, 1996-97; KIIS, 1996-97; KRLA, 2000. Matt is the morning man at Sirius' Totally 70s channel. He also hosts a syndicated cigar show, "Outlaw Radio."
Alan, "Radio Rick": KFOX, 1981; KWIZ, 1982-89; KWDJ, 1984; KQLH, 1989; KOLA, 1994-2001. Rick works weekends at the Inland Empire's KOLA.
Albert, Lee: KROQ, 1985-90. Lee participated for three years in the "Loveline" show on KROQ, providing legal perspective.
Alberts, Mal: KHJ. Mal has passed away.
Albom, Mitch: KABC, 2001. Mitch's syndicated show started on KABC January 2, 2001 and was dropped in the fall of 2001.

(Hank Allison; Steve Angel; and Ted Alvy)

Aldi, Roger: KMLA, 1964; KHJ, 1964-72; KRLA, 1972-74; KPOL, 1974-75; KDAY, 1975-89. Roger is senior minister of the First Church of Religious Science in Houston.
Alexander, Bill: KPWR, 1987-93; KYSR, 1994-99; KELT, 1999-2001; KMXN, 2002; KPSA, 2002-04; KSUR, 2004-05. Bill left Oldies 1260 & 540 AM in the summer of 2005. He's a bartender in Orange County.
Alexander, Clark: KGBS, 1969-74. Clark died of a heart attack while on the air at KGBS in 1974.
Alexander, Dave: KOCM/KSRF, 1991. Unknown.
Alexander, Eddie. Unknown.
Alexander, Kermit: KLAC, 1984. Kermit lives in Riverside, close to his father, (and hero) a former World War II Marine Veteran. Kermit is active on several boards, which directly benefit children and education.
Alexander, Mark: KUTE, 1974-77. Unknown.
Alexander, Pat: KUSC, 2004-06. Pat is now with Classical KWTU-Tulsa.

(Kermit Alexander; Gloria Allred; Art Astor; and Don Anti)

Alexia: KWST, 1976-78; KROQ, 1978-79. Alexia owns Wine Country DJ in Sonoma County.
Allen, Bob: KKGO, 1986; KSRF, 1986-87; KNX, KGIL, KJOI & KLAC [traffic] 1987-89; Transtar 1988-90; KIKF, 1989-90; Dial-Global 24/7 formats, 1994-2008; KKGO, 2007-08. Bob has returned to Fresno radio.
Allen, Bob: KVCR, 1966-68; KCIN, 1971-72; KBBL, 1973-74; KMEN, 1975-76; KDES, 1976; KACE, 1977; KQLH, 1987-88. Bob resides in Redlands and he is currently working as a Title Examiner in Newport Beach.
Allen, Caron: KPOL, 1976-78. Last heard Caron was living in Glendale and working for Peat Marwick.
Allen, Dex: KBLA, 1961-62; KDAY, 1969-70. Dex owns a number of radio stations.
Allen, Don: KIKF, 1985-96. Don worked as Don Conlee at KEZY.
Allen, Don "Early": KKTT, 1983. Last heard, Don was working morning drive in Buffalo.
Allen, "Hurricane" Gary: KEZY, 1986-90; KCBS, 1991-98. Since 1998, Gary has been doing contract radio engineering. He is also a tv station engineer at KESQ/TV 3 in Palm Springs. He worked as Mark St. John at "Arrow 93."
Allen, Keith: KTWV, 1991-97. Unknown.
Allen, Laurie: KIIS, 1982; KNX/fm, 1983-84; KMGG, 1984-86; KPWR, 1986-94; KKGO, 2008-10. For 11 years, Laurie worked at the Bright AC format at Dial-Global (Westwood One Radio Networks) until late 2008. She does weekends at KKGO, "Go Country."

(Greg Ashlock; Adimu; Laurie Allen; and Mitch Albom)

Allen, Mark: KWIZ, 1976-80. Mark is now an attorney living in Seattle. He serves as the President of the Washington State Broadcasters Association.
Allen, Mike: KABC, 1969-70; KMPC, 1970-72; KFWB, 1974-75 and 1977-78. Mike lives in Phoenix.
Allen, Norm: KSFV, 1964-66. Norm was gm/owner at 106.3/fm. The broadcast facility was at 212 S. Brand Blvd in San Fernando. Norm eventually sold the station or returned the license.
Allen, Perry: KRLA, 1959-60; KHJ, 1962-63; KFI, 1976-77 and 1980. Perry died January 31, 2007. He was 75.
Allen, Steve: KNX, 1946-48; KHJ, 1961; KCBH, 1969. Steve died October 30, 2000, following injuries he received in a traffic accident. He was 78.
Allen, Terry: KPPC. Unknown.
Allen, Whitney: KQLZ, 1989-91; KIIS, 1991-94; KMLT, 1998-2004; KZLA, 2003-06; KKGO, 2007. Whitney worked afternoons at Country KZLA until a format flip in late summer of 2006. She now works afternoons at Country 540 and 1260.
Allison, Hank: KFWB, 1968-74. Henry Roger Allison III, better known as Hank Allison, died September 6, 2008, of a blood clot at the age of 64 in Nashville. “After covering the SLA shoot-out, I figured that I didn’t survive Vietnam to be killed on the streets of Los Angeles.,” Hank said while being interviewed for Los Angeles Radio People. After the SLA shoot-out he was given a “safe” assignment covering a court hearing, when he ended up in the middle of another shoot-out, this time a domestic quarrel. Hank and his wife bought a farm and moved to Montesano, Washington. He went back to school to earn a clinical psychology degree. Born in Patterson, New Jersey on October 8, 1943, Hank moved to the Southland with his parents when he was 6. After San Fernando High School and Woodbury College, Hank served two years in the Army with the 1st Cavalry Division. After the service he pursued journalism and became a writer for the South Bay Daily Breeze followed by the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. During the 1968 Examiner strike, Hank was driving his car when he heard that KFWB was going all-News. “I pulled my car over to the curb, called the station and applied for a job.” He started as an editor and moved to outside reporter. “It was a fascinating time working for a news station. We covered the Manson trial, Bobby Kennedy’s assassination and the Ellsburg trial. KFWB was on top of all of it.” In 1974 Hank moved to Nashville and for the better part of a decade worked for the CBS and ABC stations while attending law school. He graduated from the Nashville School of Law in 1983 and began practicing law in Nashville. “The information gathering, organization and public speaking skills from that first career are brought to bear now as a trial lawyer,” he said.
Allison, Joe: KRKD, 1957; KXLA, KFOX. Joe, a former Country dj and pd at KRKD, KXLA and KFOX, died August 2, 2002, in Nashville. He was one of the most influential figures in the rise of modern country music. Born October 3, 1924, in McKinney, Texas, he began his career as a disc jockey in 1944 at KPLT-Paris, Texas and went on to become a songwriter, recording and music publishing executive, record producer and tv producer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1952, succeeding Tennessee Ernie Ford on his daily KXLA radio program. While at KRKD, Joe hosted Town Hall Party on KTTV/Channel 11 and ABC’s Country America. He and his wife, Audrey, wrote Teenage Crush for Tommy Sands. As the former pd of KFOX, he joined the country music department at Liberty Records in the early 1960s. He was a founder of both the Country Music Association and the Country Music Foundation. He wrote for Jim Reeves’ a huge crossover hit, He’ll Have To Go that topped the country charts for 14 weeks and inspired cover versions by Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Eddy Arnold, and Mills Brothers. In 1976, Joe was elected to the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame. In 1976, Joe was elected to the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame Foundation. In a R&R salute to country, Joe reflected: "My best memory was having Tex Ritter as my mentor and father figure. He would take the time to show me things and teach me. He taught me to be fair and to give back to the business the things you take out of it. Tex was that way; he was probably the greatest man who was ever in our business. He was the wisest man I ever met. My worst memories are now. The business itself is beginning to forget the people who brought them here." He retired from the music business in 1970 and spent his later years buying and selling antiques and paintings, finally retiring in 1988 after a heart attack. He was 77.
Allison, Mike: The former announcer for the Los Angeles Kings hockey on radio is now living in Minnesota and teaching.
Allison, Randi: KRLA, 1983; KRTH, 1983-84; KFI, 1984-87. Randi writes for tv and films.
Allison, Steve: KABC, 1967-69. Steve died of brain cancer.
Allred, Gloria: KABC, 1993-2002. Gloria left KABC on October 29, 2002. She was most recently partnered with Mark Taylor. Gloria continues with her high profile law career.

(Dwight Arnold; Dan Avey; Ted Atkins; and Kim Amidon)

Alpert, Dave: Dave is with ABC News.
Alspaugh, Blanton: KKGO, 1997-98. Blanton left her program director position at KKGO in the summer of 1998.
Alvarez, Arturo: KWKW, 1988-90; KTNQ, 1990-92; KWKW, 1992-98. Arturo, long-time all-night dj/talk show Spanish host, is a bartender at Champions at the LAX Marriott.
Alvarez, Nicole: KROQ, 2004-10. Nicole joined all-nights at KROQ in the summer of 2004 and now works evenings.
Alvy, Ted: KFWB, 1967; KVFM, 1967; KPPC, 1968 and 1970-71; KMET, 1968-70 and 1973-76. Ted is writing a cybernovel and paperback titled, 60's L.A. Underground Radio: I was a Teenage Disc Jockey featuring the adventures of B. Mitchel Reed.
Alyn, Mark: KCSN, 1971-80; KFI 1973-76; KRLA, 1975-77; KVEN, 1986-88. Mark hosts a weekly show on Cable Radio Network and owns Mark Alyn Communications of Thousand Oaks.
Amador, Andrew: SEE John Clark
Amaya, Pam: KRLA, 1995-1999. Pam left radio to go to law school.
Ambrose, Mike: KFWB, 1965; KRLA, 1969. For over a quarter of a century, "Captain" Mike Ambrose was an enormously popular San Diego weathercaster. He died August 29, 2008. He was 69.
Ambrosini, Michael: KNX, 1980-2006. Michael was a reporter for KNXNewsradio. In 1999 he won a Golden Mike Award for Best Individual Writing. Michael left KNX in the summer of 2006.
Ameche, Jim: KBLA, 1961-63. Jim was the younger brother of Don Ameche. Jim was the original voice of Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy in the radio dramas. He also was the announcer on the radio version of Amos 'n Andy. Jim died of lung cancer on February 4, 1983, at the age of 68.
Ames, Christopher: KHJ, 1970-72; KRLA, 1972-73; KNX/fm, 1973-80; KFWB, 2003-09. Christopher wrote Class Action and appeared with Gene Hackman. He returned to radio in the fall of 2003 and left the all-News station in March 2009.
Amidon, Kim: KUTE, 1983-84; KHJ, 1984-85; KRTH, 1985; KOST, 1985-2007; KTWV, 2010. Kim worked with Mark Wallengren for 22 years in morning drive at KOST. She left November 29, 2007. She went from weekends at KTWV, "the WAVE" to morning drive in late spring 2010.
Amos, Wally: KRLA, 1970s. Famous Amos, the cookie creator, is a motivational speaker.
Anders, Holly: SEE Whitney Allen
Anderson, Bob: KMPC, 1948-52; KNX, 1957; KPOL, 1958-59; KLAC, 1959-61; KABC, 1961-2007. Bob is part of the news operation at KABC.

(Alfred Archuleta; Magic Matt Alan; Mike Ambrosini; and Big Bob Anthony)

Anderson, Fred: KFMU, 1960; KRHM, 1960; KGBS, 1961-62; KNX, 1963-69. In the late 1960s, Fred was one of the original members of a then-revolutionary page in local tv news, KABC/Channel 7’s Eyewitness News. He also did stories with Elmer Dills and "The Food Life" for Channel 7. His roots are in radio and they laid the foundation for his move into tv. "When Eyewitness News was launched, there were many seasoned tv news people who auditioned. Robert Irvine hired ONLY radio people for the first team of Eyewitness News reporters. He believed the tv reporters of that day had developed lazy habits. They usually had all day to think about their story. Radio reporters, however, were used to meeting several deadlines a day, dashing to a phone to report a tight, coherent report and then rushing on to another story." Fred was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and caught the radio bug at 15 after a visit to a local station. Two weeks after his 16th birthday he was working part-time at WAAB-Worcester, through high school. He really wanted to be a musician, playing the trumpet and later switching to string bass. He went to Leland Powers School of Theater in Boston and then the New England Conservatory of Music. As he worked in radio at Boston stations WEEI, WBOS and WCOP, he played bass after hours in nightclubs. In 1957 he was hired to be nd at WHYE-Roanoke and as a one-man news bureau for UPI. Before arriving in the Southland, Fred was nd of WJBW-New Orleans. His first job in L.A. in 1960 was, as Fred recalled, "A little FM classical music station in the Farmers Market on Fairfax, KFMU. We all lost our jobs when it became one of the first stations to be completely automated." In the early 1960s Fred was part of the ABC Radio series, "Weekend West" which led directly to his being hired by KNX in November of 1963 to take over a half-hour program called "Kaleidoscope." To survive in the early 1960s, he also did engineer work for ABC and was one of the regular engineers for acerbic-tongued Joe Pyne. At KNX, Fred covered increasing amounts of science, space and medicine and eventually became the science editor. During his six years with KNX he was also a regular reporter for the CBS network program, "Weekend Dimension." In the LA Times' listing of the best of 1968, Fred was named Announcer of the Year. The Times said: "Fred Anderson anchored numerous special reports for KNX over the years, handling every assignment with forcefulness and integrity." Three weeks before his death: "I have many fond memories of radio and its power to be the theater of the mind. I love being in tv...but I do miss radio a lot." Fred died June 23, 1996. A week before his death he suffered a heart attack and had triple bypass surgery. Fred had been in critical and unstable condition after the surgery and suffered a fatal heart attack. KNX’s Beach Rogers called Fred one of broadcasting’s ture "nice guys," with no one in the business ever making an unkind word about him. Fred was 59.
Anderson, George: KMPC, 1968-80. George is in sales at KDWN-Las Vegas.
Anderson, Lynn: KHJ, 1979; KIIS, 1980-89. The former general manager at KIIS is with the RAB in San Francisco.
Anderson, Paul Oscar: KRLA, 1970-71; KROQ, 1972. Paul had one of those booming news voices at popular music stations in the late 1960s and early 1970s – KHJ, 1110/KRLA and KROQ. His voice has been stilled. Paul died Friday night, June 5, following a long battle with heart failure and cancer. He was 77. Paul’s career took him to major radio jobs in Chicago and New York. In 1971 he received the LA Times Award for “Best Documentary of the Year” for his project “Fifth and Main, Los Angeles.” Paul was born in Knoxville, graduating from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee. “I went into the military when I was 15 years old, finished high school when I got out of the Air Force at 18 and was married with a child,” he remembered during an interview with LARadio a few years ago. “I went to college when I had two kids and left Knoxville for the broadcasting wars in 1953. My first job was as ‘Dean’ of Midwestern Broadcasting School in Chicago.” His radio career started at KJFJ-Webster City, Iowa and then on to KWMT-Ft. Dodge, KOIL-Omaha, KISN-Portland, WIFE-Indianapolis, KIMN-Denver, WMAQ-Chicago, Monitor for NBC-New York, KCBQ-San Diego, and then Los Angeles. “I worked at 37 broadcasting facilities in a little over 35 years. I came home to Knoxville in 1974, just out of a drunk farm in Minnesota, married my childhood sweetheart on Valentine's Day 1975. To everyone’s surprise, including mine, I have been totally clean and sober since leaving Hazelden Center in Minnesota after six weeks of treatment. Over many years, I have owned a couple of ad agencies and a marketing consulting firm. I also have published a couple of textbooks on marketing [The Handbook of Successful Marketing for the Professions] and done hundreds of seminars on the topic. I taught Marketing at the University of Tennessee. I retired from air work in 1993. I had been among the pioneers in the South to do a talk show, which I did for about ten years at a number of stations in Knoxville. At the same time, I was doing a highly controversial news commentary at several stations.” When interviewed recently he said his sole occupation/avocation those days was writing – for publication – and songs for his daughter who sings country soul and lives in Santa Rosa, California. “Unfortunately, that's about all I can do – I suffer from heart failure, prostate cancer and diabetes. Except for the terminal illnesses, I feel pretty good. God, how I miss the mic.”
Anderson, Rick: KLOS or KMET. Last heard, Rick was working in Salinas radio.
Andre, Sean: KCMG/KHHT, 1999-2007. Sean worked middays at "Hot 92 Jamz" until December 2007.

(Dave Anthony; Arturo Alvarez; Holly Adams; and Larry Attebery)

Andres, Juan: KFI, 1996-98. Unknown.
Andrews, Charles: KUSC, 1998-2007. Charles works afternoons at Classical KUSC.
Angel, Bill: KWKW, 1955; KFWB, 1956-83. Bill started at KFWB in 1956 and stayed until his retirement in 1983. He bridged the gap from rock and roll to an all-News format. Born Angelo Fiorvanti, Bill was born and raised in Conway, just outside Pittsburgh. He started his radio career in 1938 at WJS-Pittsburgh and after serving four years in World War II, Bill came to the Southland with his Arkansas wife to work at KIEV. For two years Bill attended the Pasadena Institute for Radio and then worked in New Mexico and Wichita Falls. In 1955 he returned to the Southland and worked briefly at KWKW before joining KFWB as music director, freeway reporter and fill-in jock. He was assistant to Chuck Blore for the launch of historic "Color Radio/Channel 98" on January 2, 1958, which ironically was Bill's birthday. Bill covered Vietnam for Westinghouse in 1967. "I went to Vietnam mainly because my son was wounded. He tragically died in the fall of 1996 from Agent Orange." In 1983 Bill turned 65. "I was making the most money of my life and I walked in and quit. I just walked away and retired." Bill underwent vascular bypass surgery a few years before his death. He died July 18, 1998. He was 79.
Angel, Jack: KMPC, 1968-70; KFI, 1970-76; KIIS, 1972. Jack is a voiceover talent in Hollywood. He was the voice of "Teddy" in A.I.
Angel, Jill: KODJ, 1989; KNX, 1990-96. Jill is living in Lodi and working the health and safety section of the California Highway Patrol in Sacramento.
Angel, Steve: KFWB; KGIL; KNJO, 1994-95. Born in 1945, Steve graduated from Dorsey High School and served in the Army in Vietnam. Steve's broadcast career spanned 20 years, including stints in sales at KFWB and KGIL, before becoming vp/gm at KNJO. Steve died of leukemia on October 5, 1995, at the age of 50.

(Charlie Arlington; Chris Adams; Jack Armstrong; and Mark Alyn)

Angotti, Roberto: KNAC, 1982-85; KROQ, 1989. Roberto is promoting reggae bands.
Ansilio, Suzanne: KLSX, 1990-93; KQLZ, 1991-92; KLOS, 1993-2005. Suzanne left 'Fresh' in Las Vegas in late 2008.
Anson, Bill: KFWB. Born in Chicago in 1908, he was discovered by Paul Whiteman. Bill was the first host of the old "Play Broadcast," a game show offered nationally by the Mutual radio network. He also was a composer and lyricist. Bill helped create the popular tune When I Write My Song recorded by Herb Jeffries and was also a lyricist for The Man Upstairs made popular by Kay Starr. He was one of the first members of AFTRA when it was formed in 1939. Bill worked Southern California radio in the 1940s and 1950s. The popular host of KTTV/Channel 11's Glancin' with Anson died in June 1983, of a heart attack. He was 75.
Anthony, Big Bob: KIQQ, 1974; KHJ, 1977-78. Bob is the founder of EMF Broadcasting, which includes the Christian Music Radio Networks Air 1 (CHR) and K-LOVE (AC), heard in 200 cities. Bob currently lives in Oregon, and is the president of a non-profit ministry called “Gospel Spots.”
Anthony, Dave: KODJ, 1990-91. Dave consults radio stations, provides voiceover services for regional, national and international clients from his own studio, and frequently appears on-camera in film and on television.

(Christopher Ames; A-One; Bob Arbogast; and Terry Anzur)

Anthony, Ken: KLOS, 1991-92; KLSX, 1994. Ken works for Demers Programming.
Anthony, Michael: KFOX, 1973-75; KWOW, 1978; KNOB, 1978; KORG, 1991. Michael lives in Orange County is the director of the National Business Development Council.
Anthony, R.: KGFJ, 1984-85. Last heard, Marc Anthony was working in New Orleans.
Anthony, Roger: XTRA, 1980. Unknown.
Anthony, Ted: KLAC, 1975-76. Ted is the booth announcer at WDIV/TV and evening jock at WLTI-Detroit.
Anthony, Tom: KIKF, 1981-90. Born Winston Burnette, he is a professor at CSUF in Fullerton.
Anti, Don: KDAY, 1958-62; KFWB, 1962-68; KFI, 1969; KLAC, 1970. Don was an active part of the music presentation at 1580/KDAY and Top 40 KFWB, died on May 23, 2009. Born in San Francisco in 1940, Don graduated from Lincoln High School in 1957, and then went on to City College of San Francisco. In the spring of 1958, he joined KYA-San Francisco. Following stops at KLAC, KFI and KNBR-San Francisco, he went to work at Mercury Records, followed by MCA in the early 1970s. In 1975 Don started Anti/Muscolo Promotions. Five years later he joined Feedback Magazine and then became an independent record promoter. “In 1985 I joined Jeff McClusky in a partnership.” Don had been recovering and making nice rehabilitative progress following a series of strokes that sidelined him a few months back.

(Famous Amos; Joe Allison; Roberto Angotti; and Paul Oscar Anderson)

Antoinette, Karla: SEE Karla with a K
Anzur, Terry: KABC, 1997; KFI, 2010. Terry has a talent coaching business and continues to be active in her acting and voiceover career. She does weekend news at KFI.
Aparicio, Nestor: KMPC, 2000-01. Nestor left Sporting News 1540AM in late 2001.
Applegate, Bobby: KPPC, 1971. Bobby is the father of Christina Applegate.
Arbogast, Bob: KMPC, 1962-67; KLAC, 1967; KFI, 1968; KGBS, 1969. Bob died March 21, 2009 of cancer, at the age of 81.
Arbogast, Pete: KGIL; KFOX; KNX, 1983-95; KDAY, 1984-85; KFI, 1985-86; KHJ/KRTH, 1986-87; KNX, 1984-95; KFWB, 1997; KMPC (1540), 2001-06; KSPN, 2006-09. Pete is the play-by-play announcer for the USC Trojans. He left 1540/The Ticket when USC did not renew broadcast rights with the sports station.
Archer: KQLZ, 1989. Archer and his wife Valerie work at XHEPR-Juarez, Mexico/El Paso and operates a full-service radio prep at danoday.com.
Archer, Robert: KBIG, 1999-2006; KFI, 2007-10. Archer broadcasts weekend news at KFI and works at Dial-Global.
Archerd, Army: KABC, 1972. Army spent most of a half-century in show business, most of it at Daily Variety. The former talk show host at KABC in the early 1970s died September 8, 2009, at age 87. According to Variety’s Web site, Archer died of a rare form of mesothelioma, “a cancer thought to be the result of his exposure to asbestos in the Navy during WWII.” Army introduced the stars on their arrival at the Academy Awards for 30 years. Army’s Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame is in front of the Chinese theater, where he emceed dozens of movie premieres. He broke one of Hollywood’s biggest stories on July 23, 1985, when he printed the Rock Hudson story on AIDS, despite denials from all quarters. Army was born on January 13, 1919 and raised in his birthplace, the Bronx. He graduated from UCLA at age 19 and started work in the mail room at Paramount Pictures. A few months later when World War II was declared, Army joined the Navy. After the war, Army and Bob Thomas opened the AP bureau at the Hollywood Citizen News. Army covered Hollywood. His first local tv show in the ’50s was Heart of Hollywood on KNXT/Channel 2. He talked about the tv show: “I’d call up Bob Hope and Bing Crosby and say, ‘Come on down and be on my tv show tonight’ – and they’d say, ‘Why not?’ and come on the show.” Over the years Army appeared as himself in over 100 movies and tv shows. He has been honored by every major press group in the Southland. On April 15, 1996, Army was saluted by the Museum of Television and Radio with “An Evening With Army Archerd,” celebrating his showbiz coverage for 50 years. Generations of show business actors and studio heads respected Army because of his integrity, truthfulness and kindness.

(Sylvia Aimerito; Juan Andres/Johan Beckles; Fred Anderson; Robin Abcarian; Pat Alexander)

Archuleta, Jr, Alfred: KFWB, 1973; KJOI, 1973-75. Alfred works for Albertson's.
Ardolino, Dr. Danielle: KACD, 1996-97. Danielle is a regular contributor at Home & Garden TV.
Arlington, Charlie: KBBQ; KLAC; KFWB; KMPC. The forty-year veteran of Los Angeles radio and tv died in 1989 at the age of 74, following surgery. He was born September 23, 1905. One of his quiet pass times was repairing grandmother and grandfather clocks in his San Fernando Valley garage. One of his peers said of Charlie: "He was always meticulously dressed. He wore a shirt, tie and jacket as he popped out of his mobile unit, bullets at his feet! Somewhere in the early ‘40s he made his name as the feds closed in on an illegal gambling ship off the Southern California coast. With bullets flying Charlie did a live broadcast of the incident and the arrests that followed." Charlie graduated from Syracuse University. During World War II, he voiced hundreds of news broadcasts to the entire Pacific Theatre of Operations from the Office of War Information Headquarters in San Francisco. For many years he voiced The March of Time and Pathe Newsreel. In 1965 Don Page of the LA Times chose Charlie as announcer of the year. Charlie rode a motorcycle and in addition to his work as a newsman, he had a pool cleaning business. During his stay in the Southland, Charlie worked news on the Mutual Network. He had a way of phrasing that set him apart, e.g., "Among the halls and walls of Sacramento...."
Armstead, Tony: KACD, 1998-99; KRLA, 1999-2000. Tony hosted "Commonsense" at KRLA.
Armstrong, Dave: KWIZ, 1981-87; KYMS, 1987-91; KKLA, 1994-2000; KIEV, 1999-2000; KRLA/KFSH/KKLA, 2001-03. Dave left the general manager post at the Salem properties in Southern California for vp of operations at Salem/New York and Boston on May 23, 2003. In the fall of 2006, he was appointed head of the Salem cluster in San Diego.

(Mike Ambrose; Whitney Allen; Archer [KBIG]; and Bill Alexander)

Armstrong, Jack: KTNQ, 1978-79; KFI, 1980-81; KKHR, 1984-86. Jack died March 22, 2008. He was 62.
Arnold, Dwight: KLYY, 1999; KMZT/KJAZ, 2000. Dwight's Sunday Night Music Meeting airs on KRCK-Palm Springs. He also works weekends at KSCF (Sophie 103.7)- San Diego and is national pd for Hip Cricket Mobile Marketing.
Arnold, Ed: KNBB, 1962; KNOB, 1963; KOCM, 1964-68; KDAY, 1968-69; KOCM, 1970-74; KHTZ/KRLA, 1984-85; KMPC, 1986-88. Ed is the on-air announcer for Dr. Robert H. Schuller's Hour of Power.
Arnold, Lee: KLAC/KZLA, 1987. Unknown.
Arthur, Bob: KNX; KABC, 1969-90. Born Joseph Arthur Prince in Kansas, June 2, 1921, Bob was one-half of the popular "Ken and Bob Company" morning news block on KABC. He studied journalism in college and began his career on tv in Wichita. He came to the Southland in the mid-1960s and worked for KTLA/Channel 5. After two years at KNX, Bob started at KABC in 1969 as a newsman. Beginning in 1973 and for the next 17 years "EGBOK" was Ken Minyard and Bob's catch phrase for "everything's gonna be OK." There was a spontaneous chemistry between the two. Ken was the more talkative of the two, would comment about news events or quirky happenings, while Bob, the more authoritative newsman, would provide wry one-liners and snappy observations. Bob retired in 1990. He explained the success of the team to the LA Times: "I've heard it said that it was like eavesdropping on a poker game where the stakes weren't very high." Bob died March 25, 1997, at his home in Albuquerque at the age of 75. According to former KABC partner Ken Minyard, his body was cremated and the ashes were spread off the Southern California coast. Half a bottle of Chivas Regal was poured over the ashes. "He didn’t want to waste a full bottle," according to Ken. His wife said: "His nickname was ‘Mr. News.’ The thing he was most proud of was he interviewed John F. Kennedy twice."
Artis, Dick: KWOW/KPMO, 1955-59. Dick lives in Washington, DC and works as a systems consultant.
Arvin, Steve: KGBS, 1964-65; KMPC, 1965-85. The former entertainment editor has retired and travels extensively with his wife, Ann.
Asher, John: KMPC. The genius behind Dick Whittinghill's "Helen Trump" soap opera and the marketing campaign, "Did You Whittinghill This Morning?" died in the mid-1990s.
Ashley, Lorelei: KOCM; KOST, 1991-92. Lorelei runs a video production company in Orange County.
Ashlin, Tony: KLON, 1977; KGER, 1989-95; KMAX, 1995. Tony produces Christian radio programs for Branches Communication and heard on Hal Lindsey's "Week in Review" (over 100 stations) over the USA Network.
Ashlock, Greg: KFI/KLAC/KXTA/KIIS/KBIG/KOST/KTLK/KYSR, 2001-10. Greg is president/market manager for the Clear Channel/LA cluster.

(Perry Allen; Archer [KQLZ]; Leigh Ann Adam; and Suzanne Ansilio)

Ashman, Chuck: KABC, 1976-77; KMET, 1980; KMPC, 1981; KFI, 1990; KBLA, 1991-92; KNNS, 1996. Chuck anchored the news (both straight ahead and satirically) at Channel 11 in its Metromedia pre-Fox/TV days. But he has always been a radio man who took some time off to do tv. He hosted talk radio on KABC and KFI. He moved on to a marketing role in the film industry and now consults to high tech companies while producing in-flight radio programming for United Airlines.
Askew, Ted: KUSC, 2003-05. Ted worked weekends at the Classical, KUSC. He's now with Classical KVOD-Denver.
Astor, Art: KHJ, 1965-70; KDAY, 1970-72; KHJ; KIKF, 1980-2000; KMXN, 2000-03. Art owns stations in San Diego and the Inland Empire.
Asuna, Bernardo: KPWR, 1997. Unknown.
Attebery, Larry: KNX, 1970-72. Larry worked for Channels 11 and 13 for over four decades. He died May 5, 2006.
Atkins, Steve: KHOF, 1964-68; KYMS, 1986-90; KORG, 1991; KMXN 2002. Steve was working morning drive at KMXN (1510 AM).
Atkins, Ted: KHJ, 1970-72; KIIS, 1973. Ted is retired and living in Pittsburgh. He is writing about his experiences with Phil Spector between 1965 and '72.
Attack, Jack: KIKF, 1992-94. Unknown.
Austin, Harold: KKBT, 1993-97; KIBB/KCMG, 1997-98; KKBT, 1999-2000; KTNQ/KLVE/KSCA/KRCD/KRCV, 2001-02. Harold works for Broadcast Architecture as vp of its new Hispanic division.

(Dex Allen; Charles Andrews; Bill Angel; Ted Askew; and Laurie Allen )

Austin, Phil: KROQ, 1977. Phil is part of the Firesign Theatre.
Austin, Tracy: KIIS, 1995-98. Tracy is a program director in Brisbane.
Autry, Gene: KMPC/KSCA. The former owner of KMPC and KSCA was America’s first singing cowboy. Gene did it all. His career spanned more than sixty years in the entertainment industry. He has been the only entertainer to have five Stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, one each for radio, records, movies, television and live theatrical including rodeo performances. Beginning his radio career in 1928, by 1937 he was America's Favorite Cowboy. His CBS radio show "Melody Ranch" ran for 16 years. He produced and starred in close to 100 television shows. Gene appeared in 94 feature films and made 635 records including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which has sold over 30 million copies. In 1961 he acquired the California Angels. He owned a hotel in Palm Springs. His Western Heritage Museum opened in November 1988 and has attracted millions of tourists. Gene died October 2, 1998. He was 91.
Avenatti, Jeff: KNAC, 1984; KOCM. 1990. Unknown.
Avery, Mark: KLOS, 1993-94. Mark has an active voiceover career.

(Judy Abel; Bob Allen; Sean Andre; and Lisa Axe)

Avey, Dan: KWIZ, 1978; KFWB, 1976-86; KFI, 1986-89; KFWB, 1989-2001; KABC, 2001-07. Dan was a remarkable radio man. No, strike that, Dan Avey was a remarkable man. Dan Avey died August 15, 2010, following complications of prostate cancer. He was 69. Dan was a proud man. He loved his family (four girls) and he loved his radio family. He won 15 Golden Mikes and more than a dozen other major awards for sports, news anchoring, reporting and writing at KFWB. He served in Vietnam as a green beret captain. Born in Spokane, Washington, he was raised in Whittier. "I spent my high school years hanging out at KFWB [ironically, since I ended up there later], going in at night to pull records and referee fights between Bill Ballance and B. Mitchel Reed,” Dan remembered when looking over his career. He went back to Spokane for college and law school at Gonzaga University, where he also "warmed the bench" on the basketball team. His first job in radio was at KXLY-Spokane as a college freshman. For the next 7 years he was the morning dj, sometimes pd, and afternoon tv kid show host of Mr. Wallaby and Dan. He spent a year in the mid-70s running the Fabulous Forum and its teams for Jack Kent Cooke. He was one of the early color men for the Los Angeles Kings. In the late 1980s he teamed with Gary Owens and Geoff Edwards on morning shows at KFI, where he also did a nighttime sports show. In 1990, he ran Metro Traffic's LA office. Dan has taught sports PR and broadcasting at USC and Cal State Northridge. He was a news anchor at all-News KFWB a number of times. He also teamed with Ken Minyard when Ken returned to KABC following a brief retirement. In 2006, Dan received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Just before the Star unveiling, Dan addressed the crowd. “As I told Doug McIntyre the other morning, it feels like you’re going to your own funeral. Everybody’s all dressed up and they say nice things.” Johnny Grant presided over Dan's ceremony: “Whether the story is social, political, or of an entertainment nature, Avey’s 30 years as a journalist make him a credible and professional broadcaster. His well-known straightforward approach to the news has made him one of the most trusted broadcasters in Los Angeles. Talk formats, play-by-play sports and his unparalleled news and features, he has received over 30 journalism awards for writing and reporting news, as well as his expertise in sports, show business, the law, economics, political and the military.” Dan thanked his broadcast colleagues. “My career has been illuminated by the brilliance of the people I’ve worked with. I got to hang out with everybody from the Beatles to John Wooden. From the President of the United States to OJ Simpson and everybody in between. Today is like the frosting on the cake. I am so indebted to all of you I’ve worked with. Some of my bosses really took a chance – Jhani Kaye, Greg Tantum, and Erik Braverman who worked for five months to get me to KABC. To all my colleagues, friends and family, it is great to have you all here. You have enriched my life by being here.”
Axe, Lisa: KACD, 1996. In the late summer of 2001, Lisa left mornings at "The Peak"-Denver. She's now married and last heard was living in a mountain community.

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