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B, Christian:
KSRF, 1991-92; KACD, 1997-98; KIIS, 1999-2004; "Indie 103.1," 2006-09.
Christian hosts a Sunday night show called Head Trip on Indie 103.1/fm.
B, Tony: KIIS, 1991-92; KPWR, 1992-96; KACD, 1996-97;
KDLE,
2003. Tony worked at Dance format KDL, 103.1fm until a format flip in late
2003.
B, Willie: KTNQ, 1976-78;
KIIS, 1980. Willie B. Goode is
doing afternoon drive for KQK-Memphis and voice tracking afternoons at WNTR-Indianapolis
and WOLX-Madison, Wisconsin.
Babcock, George: KFWB, 1961;
KABC, 1973. When George passed away he was 74. Besides radio, he was a
building contractor, plumbing contractor and an ordained minister. At the
age of 70, he decided to get his pilots license.
Babcock, John: KDAY, 1955-57; KFWB, 1957-59;
KMPC, 1959-61; KLAC, 1961-63; KABC, 1963-73. In 1970 Don Page
of the LA Times named John newscaster of the year
saying: "John Babcock is one of radio's premier
commentators and a leading documentarian." John
was born the day of the 1933 earthquake and started life as
an orphan. He was shuffled between foster homes until he was
adopted by the Babcock family. While he was in his delinquent
teen years, John was sentenced to two years in the Boys
Republic of Chino. Many years later, he became the president
of Chino's Board of Directors. "I am the first
ex-student to be elected president of this risk school."
After graduating from the University of Texas, John started
out in the newspaper business and WOAI-San Antonio. He came
to the Southland and started with KDAY. For part of his stay
with KABC news he hosted a morning talk show. John was
the California press director for Vice President Hubert
Humphrey in 1968 and 1972. In 1973 John joined KABC
television as a writer/producer and eventually went into news
management. "When I was at Channel 7's news assignment
desk I could get the reporters to do four stories a day. Then
it was 3, then 2 and now they think they're doing a favor by
covering one story." John retired in 1995 and was active
writing and running the Boys school. His wife of 17 years is
principal of the Dubonoff School for "kids at
risk." Their daughter attends the Peabody Music
Conservatory in Baltimore. John died February 1, 1997, at the
age of 63. Former KFWB newsman Al Wiman said unequivocally
that John "was the best news person EVER!"
Babcock, Sam: KDAY, 1962. Sam passed away December 11, 1971,
of a heart attack. He was 42.
Backus, Jim: KLAC, 1959-60. Jim died July 3,
1989, of pneumonia at the age of 76. He had suffered from
Parkinson's disease for many years.
Bad Girls Club: KLSX, 1995-96. A naughty
Saturday evening talk show hosted by Kathlyn Kinmont and
Kimberly Hooper. Kathleen is acting and seen in 1998 episode
of Mortal Kombat. Kimberly is also an actress and
appeared in an episode of UPN's Love Boat.
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(Neal Boortz; Joel Bellman; Jim Brown; Sheryl Bernstein; and Don Benson)
Bade, Dennis:
KUSC, 1982-89 and 1991-95. Dennis works at the Los Angeles
Philharmonic and hosts a weekly live concert on KMZT from the
Bing Theatre at the L.A. Museum.
Badeaux, Jon: KFXM, 1965-66; KMEN, 1966,
KWIZ, 1967; KHJ, 1968-77; KDAY, 1978-92. Jon is works for Entercom as the
traffic systems manager in the
Northwest.
Bailey, Carl: KBIG, 1952-79.
Bailey, Duane "Doc": KLIT,
1989-94; KEZY, 1996-98; KBIG, 1998-2007. Doc is the
production director at KBIG.
Bailey, Steve: KMPC, 1951-95. Steve was
director of the Golden West sports operations. Born in Logan,
Utah in 1925, he was a color commentator and producer of
sports projects at KMPC for decades. He started at KMPC as a
record librarian. Steve worked with such popular
sportscasters as Bob Kelley and Dick Enberg, and produced
game broadcasts of the Pacific Coast League L.A. Angels,
California Angels, Rams and UCLA. He was briefly the
announcer of the California Angels but his strength was
behind the scenes. Steve died November 24, 1995, of
complications following treatment for lymphoma. He was 70.
Larry Stewart wrote in the LA Times: "Steve was
a producer before there were producers. He worked behind the
scenes, but he was a real giant in the business."
Bain, Jim: KWIZ, 1965-69 and 1974-79 and
1981-85; KIQQ, 1973; KEZY, 1988; KGIL, 1998-2000. Jim does
fill-in at the Adults Standard format at Westwood One.
Baisden,
Michael: KKBT/KRBV, 2006-07. Michael's syndicated show started at the BEAT in late
Spring 2006 and continued to the format change and identity of V-100.
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(Jeff Baugh; Jeff Biggs; Eric and Nick Vidal [Baka Boyz]; and Joseph Benti)
Baka Boyz:
KPWR, 1993-99; KKBT, 1999-2000;
KDAY, 2005-07. Eric and Nick Vidal moved to Miami in early
2003. They work morning drive at XMOR-San Diego.
Baker, Cory: KGBS, 1978-89. Cory worked
for the High Desert 98/99 station until late summer 2009.
Baker, Dave: KGIL/KMGX, 1990-92. Dave is
production director at "91X" in San Diego.
Baker,
James: KBIG, 1999-2001. James was pd at "Star 101.3" in
San Francisco until November 2006. He is now the FM Supervisor for Saudi
Aramco's radio stations in Dhahran.
Baker,
Pam: KFWB, 1998-2000 and
2001-2004; KRTH, 2004-05; KKBT, 2005-06; KHHT, 2008-09.
Pam is an AE at KTWV and KRTH.
Baker, Todd: KZLA, 1999; KBIG, 1999-2001;
KKGO, 2007. Todd works afternoons at WKKT-Charlotte.
Baldwin, Mel: KNX, 1951-66 and 1980-91;
KNX/fm, 1971. Mel is living in Florida where he races small remote control
boats.
Ballance, Bill: KNX,
1952-55; KFWB, 1955-65;
KGIL, 1966; KGBS, 1969-73; KABC, 1974-77; KWIZ, 1977. Bill died September
23, 2004, at the age of 85.
Ballance, Lance: KOST,
1989-98; KBIG, 1998-2002. Lance is pd at WMC-Memphis.
Ballou, Rick: KCTD/KMPC, 2000. Rick
worked
evenings at "One-on-One" sports.
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(Billy Burke; Rich Buhler; Chris Brodie; and Sam Botta)
Balter, Sam:
KLAC,
1940s-61 and 1967. Sam was one of the most popular sports
broadcasters in Los Angeles radio history. He was the former
captain of the UCLA basketball team and a member of the gold
medal-winning U.S. basketball team in 1936 when the sport was
introduced to the Olympics for the first time. Sam was the
voice of UCLA football and basketball teams and worked at
KLAC from 1946 to 1961. He also was a sports columnist for
the Los Angeles Herald Express. Sam
died August 8, 1998, at the age of 88.
Banana, Rico: KDLE, 2003; KDAY,
2005; KHHT, 2006-07. Rico works at Hot 97-New York.
Banda, Tom: KXEZ, 1993-95; KYSR, 1996; KIBB,
1996-97. Tom represents Latin artists.
Banet, Brenda: KKLA, 1999, 2001-02. Brenda works weekends at KKLA and
on Christian Pirate Radio.
Banks, Bill: KNAC,
1976-95. Bill left his post as operations manager at Liberman
Broadcasting in the summer of 2002.
Banks, Doug: KDAY; KHJ; KFI, 1978-82. Doug
works afternoon drive for ABC Radio Networks.
Banks, Robin: KNX/fm/KODJ/KCBS,
1989-2005.
Born in London, Robin worked weekends at "Arrow 93."
Banks,
Robin: KKGO, 2006-08. Robin worked
morning drive at Go Country 105.1/fm until February 2008. She returned to
Metro and lost her job in early fall of 2008 due to downsizing and was
rehired in late 2009. She provides traffic for KFMB-San Diego.
Banister, Raymond: KROQ,
1980-2004. Raymond works morning drive for a radio station in Prescott,
Arizona.
Banoczi, Jeannette: KNOB,
1966-87. The former owner of KNOB built stations in Las
Vegas, San Bernardino, Lake Arrowhead and Palm Desert.
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(Pepe Barreto; Bill Brundige; Betty Breneman; and Gary Bryan)
Barajas,
Larry: KNX, 1998-2010. Before joining the KNX traffic team,
Larry was an airborne reporter for Shadow Broadcast Services
in San Diego.
Barber, Andy: KROQ, 1974; KTNQ, 1978; KWST, 1981-82.
Andy works for COX Radio in Tulsa.
Barber, Jerry: KLOS/KABC, 1972-83.
Jerry
now works for Disney ABC in Hollywood in the "on air promo
department" for the ABC/TV network.
Barkley, Roger: KLAC, 1961-67; KFWB,
1967-68; KFI, 1968-86; KJOI, 1986-89; KABC, 1990-96. Roger
grew up in Odebolt, Iowa, and dreamed of being either a radio
announcer or preacher. "I guess the ham in me needed to
have a stage." After high school he attended the
American Institute of the Air in Minnesota and was a page boy
at WCCO-Minneapolis. He started his radio career at
KYSM-Mankato, Minnesota. Two years later he was pd at
KSUM-Fairmont, Minnesota. He moved on to KALL-Salt Lake City.
Roger served in the U.S. Army and returned to the microphone
at KBOX-Dallas followed by KIMN-Denver. As director of
programs at KLAC, Roger hired Al Lohman for the morning show.
When the station was sold to Metromedia, the new owners began
a search for a two-man morning team. "We figured we were
all going to be fired so Al and I thought perhaps we should
do the morning show as a team. this way we could buy some
time to look for another job." The partnership lasted a
quarter of a century. During the 1990s, Roger teamed with Ken
Minyard for mornings at KABC. Roger passed away December 21,
1997, after a short battle with cancer. He was 61.
Barker, Bruce: KPLS, 2000-01; KKLA, 2001-02. Bruce left his
post as operations director at KPLS in the summer of 2001.
Barnes, Brenda: KUSC,
1997-2007. Brenda was
the general manager at KUSC.
Barnes,
Clarence: KIIS, 1999-2006; KMVN, 2006-09. Clarence joined the Rick Dees morning
show at Movin' 93.9/fm in the fall of 2006 and left in early 2009 with a
format flip to Spanish.
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(Chris Booker; Jodi Becker; Brian Barnhart; and Andy Barber)
Barnes, Jeff: KCXX, 1999-2002. Jeff worked
all-night at the Inland Empire station.
Barnes, Hoss: KBBQ, 1968-71. Hoss is a
family, communications and relationship counselor in Phoenix.
Barnett, Russ: XTRA, 1960-62; KMPC, 1963-72;
KABC, 1972-73. Russ worked at KLIF-Dallas and when
Gordon McLendon (owner of KLIF) turned XTRA into the
world’s first all-News station in 1960, he tapped Russ
as manager for the launch. On New Years Day 1963 Russ joined
KMPC as pd and was named Program Director of the Year by
Gavin. "From the time I was a young guy, I felt that if
I could go on the air and add a few smiles to the lives of my
listeners through my rather corny sense of humor and make
enough money to support my family, I’d be well pleased
with my contribution to life. Know what? I am." At his
memorial, the Count Basie band played in honor of Russ. Russ died October 16, 1998, at the age of 69.
Barnhart, Brian: KMPC/KRLA/KLAC, 1998-99.
Brian was part of the Anaheim Angels broadcast team. He's now the play-by-play
voice of the University of Illinois football and basketball teams.
Barone, Don: KIEV, 1972. Unknown.
Barragan, Jaime: KYMS, 1993-95; KLOS,
1995-96. Last heard, Jaime was working in the Inland Empire.
Barreto, Pepe: KALI, 1977-85;
KLVE, 1985-2001; KXOL, 2004-07. Pepe anchored the very successful Spanish morning
drive slot on "K-Love." Born in 1947 to Peruvian
parents, he and his wife moved to California in 1972 and
started as a dj in San Francisco. He came to the Southland in
1985 to work at KLVE and KVEA/Channel 52. Pepe works mornings at KXOL. He
received a Star on Hollywood in Spring of 2004.
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(Bob Buchmann; Bob Brill; Barbara Barri; and Guy Black)
Barrett,
Dickie: KDLD/KDLE, 2005-06. Dickie, the announcer of the ABC Jimmy Kimmel
Show, started doing mornings at "Indie 103.1fm" in late January 2005.
He left in the spring of 2006.
Barrett,
Don: KIQQ, 1971-73. Don is publisher of LARadio.com.
Barrett, John: KRLA, 1961-69. John is
partnered with Norm Epstein in a travel-related marketing
firm.
Barrett, Rona: KFWB, 1985. Rona is living in
the Santa Ynez Valley.
Barri,
Barbara: KZLA, 1979-93. Barbara is constructing a non-commercial radio
station in East Hampton, New York.
Barry, Bill: KMPC, KZLA; KOST; KGIL,
1984-92. Bill hosted The Channel 5 Theatre on KTLA
from 1971 to 1981 and the weekly Pinbusters show. Bill
was a reporter with Shadow Traffic in Los Angeles at the time
of his death in October 1993. He was 50.
Barry,
Lee: KRLA / KTIE, 2007-09. Lee reports traffic and news from AirWatch for
KRLA and KTIE.
Barry, Thom: KLAC, 1987-93. Thom is a
successful on-camera commercial actor.
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(Rich Boerner; Michelle Boros; and Erik Braverman)
Bartel, Dennis: KUSC, 1975-80;
KUSC, 2007. Dennis, aka James Bartel, works mornings at KUSC, after fourteen
years on-air at WGMS-Washington, DC. Previously he was the founding program
director and an on-air personality at WJHU-Baltimore (1986-1990), and dj at
WQED-Pittsburgh. His book of short stories Voyeurs was published in
2006. It contains two stories set at radio stations.
Barth, Paul: KWIZ, 1971-74. Last heard, Paul
owned a station in Redding, California.
Bartholomew,
Casey: KFI, 1994-99. Casey and Scott Hasick worked mornings at KTRS-St.
Louis until the Spring of 2006. Casey now works with a new partner at New
Jersey 101.5.
Bartlett, Christopher: KFI. Unknown.
Bartley,
Dick. Dick hosts a number of syndicated Oldies programs.
Bass, Dick: KMPC, 1976-87. Last heard, the
former Ram running back was the customer relations executive
for a trucking firm, ICX.
Bastida, Don: Don is director of ops at
AirwatchAmerica.
Bastien, Brian: KPOL; KFWB, 1968-77;
KBIG/KBRT, 1977-80; KFWB, 1980-83. Brian has an active
voiceover career.
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(Jonathon Brandmeier; Foster Brooks; True Don Bleu; Bernadette; and Dennis Baxter)
Batchelor
John: KFI, 2008-09; KABC,
2009, John's
syndicated show was carried on Sunday nights until late 2009. He's now heard
all-nights at KABC.
Bauer,
Jacque: KWIZ, 1980-82; KIQQ, 1981-82; KBRT, 1982. Jacque
works for a promotion company in South Bend.
Baugh, Jeff: KFWB,
1986-2008; KNX, 2008. Jeff is an
airborne traffic reporter at all-News KNX.
Baxter, Ed: KROQ: KMPC; KIIS. Ed works morning drive at KGO-San
Francisco.
Baxter, Danny: KDAY; KRLA, 1964-65; KHJ,
1968; KGBS, 1969. Danny is retired and lives in Las Vegas.
Baxter,
Dennis: KCAA, 2007-09. Dennis works morning drive at the Inland Empire station.
Baxter,
Frank: KRLA. Frank headed "Oak Knoll Broadcasting," the non-profit group
that operated KRLA between licenses. During the 1950s, the professor of
English at USC, produced Shakespeare on TV, which won seven Emmy
Awards. He starred on a PBS series as "Dr. Science," explaining science to
children. He died on January 18, 1982. He was 85.
Baxter, Gene: KROQ,
1990-2007. Gene, as
Bean, is part of the Kevin & Bean morning team at KROQ.
Bayley, Lee: KIQQ, 1978-80. Lee was
president of the Dallas Golf Association for six years.
Barrazo,
Miguel: KPWR, 2006-07. Miguel started evenings at Power 106 in the fall of
2006.
Beach, Sandy: KDAY, 1970-71. When Sandy left
radio, he founded Rogers Sound Labs.
Beach, Sandy: KROQ, 1977. Sandy, nee Brad
Sobel, died April 19, 2007. He was 54.
Beasing, Dave: KXEZ, 1993-95; KYSR, 1995
and 1996; KRBV/KSWD, 2008-09. Dave was appointed program director of the new
Bonneville station (100.3/fm The Sound) in the spring of 2008.
Beasley, Dave: KGFJ, 1973-74. Unknown.
Beaton, Fred and Bill: KIEV, 1961-98. The
Beaton brothers owned KIEV until selling the station to Salem
Communications in 1998.
Beck, Glenn: KIIS/AM, 2001-02;
KMXE/KLAA, 2006-07. The syndicated host joined Orange County's 830AM in late summer
of 2006.
Beck, Ken: KIQQ, 1976-78; KMPC, 1978-82;
KFI, 1982-83; KMPC, 1988-92. Ken is national director of news/talk/sports at
Entercom.
Beck, Thom: KRLA, 1966-70; KIIS, 1970-72;
KBBQ, 1972; KGFJ, 1972; KRLA, 1974-76; KFI, 1980. Thom was
one of the founding members of the nationally acclaimed and
highly innovative satirical news group, "The Credibility
Gap" in 1968. He narrated the popular "Pop
Chronicles" in 1969, a weekly series that chronicled
popular music from the mid-1950s to 1969. In the early 1980s,
Thom worked evenings at KIIS when it was MOR. He also hosted
a midday jock show at KRLA. He returned to his roots in Texas
and taught acting. Thom died a few years later of a heart
attack.
Becker,
Jodi: KFI, 2005-09. Jodi was part of the KFI news department until late
spring 2009. She returned to Wisconsin to get married.
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(Sam Babcock; Boyd R. Britton; Mike Bell; James Bartel; and Willie B)
Bee, Ron:
KRLA, 1980-89; KLAC/KZLA; KBLA. Ron works for the Asian
station in L.A., KBLA.
Bee, Tommy: KBLA, 1957-64; KBCA, 1966-84.
Tommy has passed away.
Beebe, Richard: KRKD, 1958-59; KRLA,
1959-70; KPPC, 1971-72; KRLA, 1981-85 and 1991-94; KGIL; KMET; KABC; KMNY. Best remembered as a co-founder and
member of the nationally acclaimed and highly innovative
satirical news group, "The Credibility Gap." Born
in Pasadena and raised in Alhambra, Richard had a
relationship with KRLA that lasted over five decades. He
played Colonel Splendid on "Emperor" Bob
Hudson’s daily drama. Richard died August
29, 1998, at the age of 68.
Beigel, Les: KFWB, 1967; KBIG, 1968; KLAC,
1969; XPRS, 1973; KGBS, 1974-78. Les owns a production studio
in Southern California.
Beiler, Ed: KWIZ, 1973; KABC, 1973-76; KIEV,
1976; KGOE, 1978-79; KGIL, 1986; KABC, 1989-90; KIEV,
1994-96; KWNK, 1996. Ed was known as "Superfan" and
was last heard in Kansas City.
Beirne,
Brian: KRTH, 1976-2004. Brian left the legendary Oldies station on December
15, 2004. He is a concert promoter of groups from the early Rock era.
Bell, Art: KABC, 1995-2000; KFI,
2001-02 and 2003-07. Art's syndicated
show aired from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. nightly on KFI. He retired at the
end of 2002 and in early Fall of 2003, Art returned to Premiere for weekend
syndicated work.
Bell,
Mike: KROQ, 1988-89. Mike live afternoons
on '98.5 The Fox' in Bakersfield and voice tracking afternoons at Country
KTPI in Lancaster/Palmdale.
Bell, Tom: KACD, 1997; KSSE,
1997-2005-06. Tom was gsm at KSSE and left in late 2006.
Bellamy, Sam:
KMET, 1974-83; KMPC/KEDG, 1987-89. Sam lives in the San Fernando Valley.
Bellman, Joel: KBIG, 1987. Joel is press
deputy to LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.
Bemis, John: KFMU, 1964-65; KLFM, 1965; KFOX, 1965-66; XEGM, 1966-68; KGFJ,
1968-73; KWIZ, 1972-74; KUTE, 1973-74. John lives in Lake Havasu City,
Arizona and has
a career in real estate.
Bender, Aron: KFI, 2007-10. Aron
the evening news anchor at KFI.
Bender, Marty: KROQ. Marty is program
director at WFBQ-Indianapolis.
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(Casey Bartholomew; Mike Butts; Corbett Brattin; Cindi Burkey; and Bob Borquez)
Benedict, Chuck: KLAC, 1963-69. Chuck, a charter member of
the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association and a two-time
president of the organization, died at his home in Glendale on November 9,
2002. He was 83.
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(Irma Blanco; Art Blaske; Charlie Brailer; Brian Bastien; and John Butler)
Bennett,
Beau: KIIS/AM/KXTA, 1997-98. Last heard Beau was pd for a
station in Boise, Idaho.
Bennett, Chuck: KFI,
1963-69. Unknown.
Bennett, Frank: KNAC, 1975-78; KWST,
1978-80, KROQ 1980-83. Frank left afternoon drive at KUFX-San Jose in late
2001.
Bennett, Matt: KFOX, 1982. Unknown.
Bennett, Mike: KFI, 1984; KIKF, 1985-88 and
1992-93; KYSR, 1993-96; KBIG, 1996-98. SEE Mike Carlucci
Bennett, Myron: KABC, 1960. Unknown.
Benoit, Sharon: KMPC, 1969-74. Sharon is the
executive editor of SAM (Sales Advertising Marketing).
Benoit, Steve: KNNS, 1995-96; KNX. Steve is
sales manager of Universal Mail & Courier in Van Nuys and
is part of Shadow Traffic.
Benson, Don: KIIS, 1981-82. Don is
president of the radio division at Jefferson-Pilot.
Benson, Gordon: KGIL, 1965-66; KEZY, 1966.
Unknown.
Benson, Sam: KLAC, 1947-84. Sam is retired
and he plays a lot of golf.
Benson, "Uncle" Joe: KLOS,
1981-94; KLSX, 1995-96; KLOS, 1996-97; KCBS/fm, 1997-2005; KLOS, 2005-09. Joe
left the Classic Rocker "Arrow 93" in March 2005 following a format
flip and started afternoons at KLOS in late spring. Joe was moved from
afternoon drive at KLOS to weekends in late summer 2009.
Benti, Joseph: KJOI, 1987. The longtime
television broadcaster and newsman, dispensed commentary on
"K-Joy." He was seen on KCET. He describes his current vocational
status as "retired and extinct."
Bentley, Jason: KCRW, 1991-97; KROQ,
1996-97.
Benzing,
"Big Wave Dave”: KFSH, 2002-09. Dave works afternoons at "The
Fish."
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(Chuck Blore; Big Boy; Rodney Bingenheimer; and Dr. Joy Browne)
Berg,
Dale:
KYMS,
1981-83; KBRT,
1983; KOCM,
1983-84 and 1987-91; KYMS,
1991-92. Dale is working nights at KDES-Palm Springs as Michael Wood.
Berger, Ed: KEZY, 1979; KWIZ,
1980-85; KFI, 1995-2003. Ed
died December 9, 2003, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was
44.
Berger, Hal: KMPC; KHJ.
The baseball announced died February 6, 1980.
Berger, Stew: KQLH, 1986-88; KWIZ, 1988-91;
KHTX, 1992-94; KFRG, 1995-96; KOLA, 1997; KFI/KOST, 1998-2001; KLAC,
2001-02. Stew broadcasts
news at KRLA from the AirWatch.
Berk,
Peter: KIKF, 1981-83; KFAC, 1983-86; KPWR, 1986-88; KZLA, 1988-91; KABC,
1991-97; XTRA/fm, 1997-98; KFSD / KCEO / KSPA, 1998-99. Peter is
president of Berk Marketing.
Berman, Averill: KGFJ. Averill was murdered
by sportscaster Stan Duke in 1969.
Berman, Dr.
Jenn: KYSR, 2004-05. Dr. Jenn hosted an evening therapy show every night on
"STAR 98.7." She has a practice in Beverly Hills.
Bernadette: KRTH, 1980-90; KKBT, 1990; KJLH,
1991-94; KKHJ/KBUE, 1994-97. Irma Molina is a massage therapist in Portland.
Bernal, Raul: KLAX, 2000-01. Raul works mornings at Spanish KLAX as
"Dona Mela."
Bernard, Joe: KFWB, 1965-66. Joe was pd at
KFWB. Unknown.
Bernardini, Tony: KROQ, 1987-90. Tony
was gm at WBCN-Boston since 1978 and from 1987 to 1990 he was
the gm of 'BCN and KROQ. The San Diego native would spend two
weeks a month at each station. In late 2003, Tony became vp,
Infinity/Boston, a consulting position.
Bernhart, Bruce: KNX, 1981-91. Bruce
broadcast the evening news at KNX. He performs with the
String Fever Bluegrass Band in Northfield, Minnesota and is
an executive headhunter.
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(Pat Buttram; Art Bell; Larry Barajas; Todd Baker; and Adrienne Bard)
Bernstein,
Bob: KMEN/KGGI, 1995-96. Unknown.
Bernstein, Sheryl: KTWV, 1993-94. Sheryl has
a very active voiceover career.
Berry,
Chris: KNX 1982-86; KSPN, 2009. Chris left KNX and spent the next 10 years at CBS Radio
at the Washington News Bureau and WBBM-Chicago. From 1996 to 2002 he was vp/Radio
for ABC News New York. He went on to president/gm of ABC-owned WMAL-Washington,
DC. He was appointed general manager at KSPN in early 2009.
Berry,
Reed: KIEV; KRLA, 1998-99. "The Traffic Guy" hosted a traffic and general
topics weekend talk show on KRLA until the summer of 1999. Reed currently
serves as a contributing editor to the Web site LACar.com and he is the
driving safety expert for VideoJug.com.
Bertolucci, Robin: KFI/KLAC/KXTA,
2002-09. Robin joined Clear Channel/LA AM stations
as director of programming in February 2002. She was voted #1 Best Off-Air
LARP of 2006.
Bie, Peter: KIQQ, 1985-88. Peter
is
assistant operations director for Rincon Broadcasting in Santa Barbara.
Big Boy: KPWR,
1994-2009. Big Boy works morning drive at
"Power 106."
Bigby,
Tom: KFI, 1982. Tom is operations director at Sports WXYT-Detroit.
Biggs, Jeff: KXTA/XTRA
Sports, 1997-2006; KMPC, 2007; KLAA, 2008-09. Jeff hosts the afternoon drive show at
830 AM, KLAA.
Big Watusi: SEE Mark Mendoza
Bill, Brother: KACE, 1963-69; KUTE, 1973;
KGFJ, 1978; KEZY, 1978-79; KIIS, 1979-93; KMLT, (Lite
92.7FM), 2000-01. "Brother Bill" worked at the
Riverside "Lite 92.7FM" outlet until early 2001.
Billy the Kid: KIKF, 1994-2002;
KSPA, 2006-08. Billy worked
at KSPA in the Inland Empire until 2008.
Bingenheimer, Rodney: KROQ,
1976-2009.
Rodney has always seemed a step ahead of various trends from
the English invasion to glitter to punk rock. He has been
dubbed "Mayor of Sunset Strip" and owned the
English Disco. He's worked at KROQ weekends for decades.
Bingham, Bob: XTRA, 1960. Bob was managing
editor at XTRA News. Unknown.
Bingman, Frank: KLAC. KGIL. Frank has passed away.
Bingo, Mike: KSRF, 1985. Unknown.
Binkowski,
Brooke: KNX, 2006-07; KPCC, 2007-08. Brooke is in the news department at
KPCC.
Binn, Stacy: KABC, 1986. Stacy works for
Metro Traffic in Washington, DC.
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(Carl Brazell; John Babcock; Buck Buchanan; Lisa Bowman; B. Bailey Brown)
Biondi, Dick:
KRLA, 1963 and 1965-67. The Wild Itralian billed himself as
the "ugliest and skinniest disc jockey in the
world." In 1961, Dick won the Gavin Top 40 Disc
Jockey of the Year Award. During the KRLA 30-year reunion,
host Casey Kasem introduced him: "Dick was one of the
most beloved personalities to ever open a mike on KRLA"
In 1966, Billboard announced that Dick was the most popular late
evening dj. He was let go from the Oldies HD2 station in Chicago in the
summer of 2006. In late 2006 he joined Oldies WZZN-Chicago.
Birchum, Mr.: SEE Adam Carolla
Bird, Bob: KRKD, 1962-70. Unknown.
Bird, Eric: KMNY, 1994-97; KSCA, 1996-97;
KKLA, 1997-98; KIEV/KRLA, 1998-2001. Eric is apd at KRLA
(formerly KIEV).
Birdfeather, Barbara: KMET, 1969-71; KPPC,
1971-73; KPFK, 1973-74.
Barbara, best known as one of the early
female voices of Los Angeles “underground” radio, died April 26,
2009 following a long bout with
lung cancer. She was 69. Born in Mt. Kisco, New York,
Birdfeather worked as a professional astrologer, and wrote The
Birdfeather Astrological Space Book, published in 1969.
She wrote regular astrology columns for Cosmopolitan
and Rags.
"Barbara was an extremely kind
and understanding human and humane being,” recalls former
KMET program director
Richard
Kimball,
“and one hell of a good dj. Birdfeather preceded me on the
air every night at KMET, before
B. Mitchel
Reed
took over that slot. We always had a pleasant, on-air chat
about the happenings of the day. Even though we were both
adamantly opposed to the Vietnam war going on at the time, I
never once heard her say anything negative about those
responsible for that conflict. She simply made her point
known by the music she chose to play.” Later, Barbara continued writing about music
for various publications, and served as publicist for acts
including Scottish blues rocker Alex Harvey. More recently,
Birdfeather had worked as a floral designer.
Following a stint as a music reviewer
for the LA Times, since 1981 Barbara has been a
floral designer.
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(Jon Bruno; Howard Bloom; Chris Berry; and Jerry Bishop)
Birrell,
Harry: KFWB, 1968; KNX, 1968-99. Harry retired from KNX in
1993.
Bisheff, Steve: KSPN, 2007. The former newspaper sports columnist for the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and Orange County Register acts as an
"Insider" at KSPN.
Bishop, Bob: KCSN, KUSC. Bob is now working at KHFM-Albuquerque.
Bishop, Denny: KPOL, 1978. Denny is one of
the voiceover talents at KNBC/Channel 4.
Bishop, Don: KIQQ, 1975; KMGX, 1994. Don is
working the Country format at Westwood One.
Bishop, Jerry: KLAC, 1965; KFI, 1969-74;
KKDJ, 1975; KIIS, 1975-79; KGIL, 1983-85. Since the
mid-1980s, Jerry has been the voice of the Disney Channel.
Bishop, Pat: KFI, 1934-71. Pat Bishop
passed away in the mid-1970s.
Bishop, Robert: KPPC, 1969. Last heard,
Robert was living in San Diego.
BJ: KEZY/KXMX,
1994-2000; KIIS, 2000-07. Bjorn "BJ" Dahl is the
Director of New
Media at Clear Channel/LA.
Bjerre,
Miriam: KNX, 1973-77; KFWB, 1979-95. Miriam retired in 1998 and is living in
Connecticut.
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(Barbara Blake; PJ Butta; Dr. Jenn Berman; and Buzz Brainard)
Blabon, Duffy: KBLA, 1966; KGBS, 1974. Duffy
was general manager at KBLA. Unknown.
Black, Guy:
KJLH, 2007-09. Guy worked mornings at KJLH until he was replaced by Steve
Harvey in late summer of 2009.
Black, Tre: KKBT, 1995-96. Tre is the voice
of The Russ Parr Morning Show.
Blackburn,
Dan: KNX, 1972-76. Dan is hosting two syndicated television news/interview
programs in Los Angeles, a frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Times,
a recognized and widely published outdoor and a wildlife photographer.
Blackburn, Michael: KBCA, 1976. Unknown.
Blackwell, Mr.: KABC, 1972-74; KIEV,
1975-81. Mr. Blackwell dispenses his year list of Top 10
Worst Dressed celebrities.
Blackwell, Richard: KGFJ, 1993-96. Richard
is now with Continental Cable.
Blade, Richard: KNAC; KROQ,
1982-2000; KYSR, 2003-07. Richard is on Sirius Satellite Radio and worldwide
on Worldspace's Retro Radio.
Blair, Jack: XPRS, 1972.
Unknown.
Blair, Rob: KACD, 1998. Rob is a full-time
student at Chapman University and doing weekend and fill-in
weather on the NBC/TV affiliate in Palm Springs.
Blake, Barbara: KTWV, 1990 and
1997-2009.
Barbara produces the syndicated international contemporary
jazz show called "Citizen Planet" and works fill-in
at "the Wave."
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(Steve Bisheff; Glenn Beck; Brian Beirne; Buddy Baron; and Scotty Brink)
Blake, David:
KFI, 1989. David broadcasts morning drive news at WWL-New
Orleans.
Blanchard, Red: KABC, 1956; KXLA, 1956;
KPOP, 1957-58; KFWB, 1959-60; KNX, 1960-65. After 15 years at
KHJ/Channel 9, Red retired in 1980 and lives in North San Diego County.
Blanco, Irma: KCMG, 1998-2001; KHHT, 2001-02; KLAC,
2002-04; KBIG, 2004-09. Irma
works morning drive with Valentine at MY/fm 104.3.
Blase, Neale: KKDJ, 1972-73; KGBS, 1975-76;
KDAY, 1977-78; KWST, 1979-80; KNX/fm, 1983. Neale is
marketing an original collection of products based on radio
and music.
Blaske, Art: KFWB, 1968-71; KHJ/fm, 1971-72;
KLAC/KZLA, 1972-93. Art is doing voiceover work.
Blatt,
Steve: KUSC, 2004-05. Steve does weekend work at the Classical music
station.
Blatter, Steve: KLYY, 1997-98. Steve is
vp of music programming at Sirius Satellite Network.
Blattner,
Buddy: KMPC, 1962-68. Buddy was the radio voice
of the NBA's St. Louis Hawks in the 1950s and a longtime baseball
broadcaster including play-by-play for the Los Angeles/California Angels
from 1962-68. He died September 4, 2009, following a long illness. He was
89. Blattner also played parts of five seasons in the major leagues and was
a world table tennis champion, according to an obit in a St. Louis
publication where he had been living.. He founded the "Buddy Fund" in 1962,
an organization that continues to supply athletic equipment to
underprivileged children in the St. Louis area. Buddy was a table-tennis
whiz in his youth and won the world men's doubles championship in 1936. He
made his big-league debut as a Cardinals second baseman in 1942, although he
had only 1 hit in 23 at-bats. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-45, and
returned as the New York Giants regular second baseman in 1946, batting .255
with 11 homers. Blattner played parts of three more seasons for the Giants
and the Philadelphia Phillies before retiring. For his career, he appeared
in 272 games with a .247 batting average. Blattner turned to broadcasting,
teaming with Dizzy Dean on St. Louis Browns' radio broadcasts and then
announcing the Game of the Week on ABC television and later on CBS. He
joined Harry Caray in the Cardinals' broadcast booth for the 1960 season.
After six seasons with the Angels, he became the play-by-play announcer for
the Kansas City Royals from 1969-75.
Bleu, "The True" Don: KHJ,
1978-80. Don works mornings at K101-San Francisco.
Blinoff, Mark: KMPC,
1968-79. Mark died May 19, 2005. He was 70.
Block, Alex Ben: KNX, 1999. The former
editor of The Hollywood Reporter was the showbiz reporter at KNX.
He's now connected with an entertainment Web site and continues to write for
THR.
Block, Susan: KIEV, 1985-87; KFOX, 1987-93;
KLSX, 1998. Susan hosted a "singles connection"
show. In 2005, she hosted a DVD called 'Squirt Salon,' featuring images of
the elusive G-spot.
Bloom, Andy: KLSX, 1991-93. Andy most recently worked at Jacobs Media.
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(Robin Bertolucci; Jayne Bonfietti; and Ken Brett)
Bloom, Howard: KLAC/KMET/KTWV, 1977-87.
Howard started out as a screener for Arbogast and Margolis at
KLAC. He worked part-time after his work at a liquor store.
He worked his way up through the sales ranks at Metromedia
and was there for the end of the "Mighty Met."
Howard died of a heart attack in November 1993. He had been
working as gsm at Metro Traffic at the time of his death.
Bloom, Lisa: KABC, 2000-01. Lisa practices law
with her mother Gloria Allred and she works at Court TV.
Blore, Chuck: KFWB, 1958-63; KIIS. Chuck
owns an award-winning advertising agency.
Blow, Kurtis: KPWR, 1995-98. Unknown.
Blue, Bobby: KNAC, 1972-76; KMET. Bobby
works at the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa.
Blumberg, Loren: KPWR, 1994-95; KACD,
1995-98; KSSE/KSSC/KSSD, 1998-2007. Loren is Internet sales manager and
senior account manager at Spanish KSSE/KSSC/KSSD.
Bo, Jason:
KDLD, 2003; KIIS, 2004-05. Jason worked swing at KIIS/fm.
Bodine, Buster: KPWR, 1987-89. Buster has an active voiceover career
working from his home studio for such clients as Guitar Center and Warner
Bros. Records.
Bodington, Dave: KFI, 1968-69; KIEV, 1977-78; XPRS,
1978-80. Dave works at Voice of America in
Washington, DC.
Boerner,
Rich: KLSX, 1997-2009. Rich is creative director and voiceover for CBS
Interactive and gm/host of HotTalkLA.com.
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(Jon Badeux; Red Blanchard; Lance Ballance; Jim Backus; and Rico Banana)
Bohrman,
Stan: KLAC, 1967-68; KHJ; KNX; KGIL, 1985; KFWB, 1990-94. Born November 9, 1930, Stan grew up in
Van Nuys. He started as a dj at KFRC-San Francisco and
eventually abandoned music to pursue news broadcasting and
was part of Voice of America. Stan became a local fixture on
local tv news as an investigative reporter and anchor. During
his career he hosted talk shows on radio and tv. Stan had a
heart attack on October 13, 1994, and died at the Tarzana
Medical Center at the age of 63.
Boivin, Paola: KMPC, 1992-93. The Daily
News sportswriter co-hosted a sports talk show at KMPC. She writes for the Arizona
Republic.
Boland, Katie: KTZN 1997. Unknown.
Bolles, The Real Don: KSRF, 1990-92. Don is
a free-lance writer and appears frequently in the LA
Weekly.
Bollinger, Russ: KIKF, 1987. Unknown.
Boman, Tommy: KXTA,
1997-99; KFWB 2004-06.
Tommy was the producer of the Dodgers Radio Network for KFWB until the fall
of 2006. He’s now the Broadcast Manager for Learfield Sports based in
Missouri overseeing the broadcast production of 36 college sports networks.
Bonaduce, Danny: KYSR,
1999-2005; KSLX, 2006-09. The former
member of the Partridge Family tv series, Danny
started mornings at "Star 98.7" with Jamie White on
September 15, 1999 and left July 1, 2005. He joined morning drive at KLSX
on January 2, 2007 and in early 2008 moved to a one-hour afternoon shift.
Danny is working morning drive in Philadelphia.
Bond, Lyle: KHJ, 50s. Lyle died on a San Diego golf course
in the 1970s.
Bonds,
John: KMPC, 1988; KNX, 1989. John is the publisher of the Taste of Vegas
Restaurant Guide and works at KSFN-Las Vegas.
Bones: KNAC, 1991-92. Last heard, Bones was
working in Las Vegas.
Bonfietti,
Jayne: KFI, 1998. The Cooking Babe died February 20, 2009, at the age 49.
Bonilla,
Tera: KMVN, 2007-09. Tera worked middays at Movin' 93.9/fm until a format
flip to Spanish in early 2009.
Bonk, Thomas: KMPC, 1992. Thomas is the golf
writer for the Los Angeles Times and is seen
frequently on golf telecasts.
Boogerman: KROQ, 1994-95. Unknown.
Bookasta, Gary: KROQ, 1973-78. Last heard,
Gary was a lobbyist in Washington, DC.
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(Tony Bruno; Tammy Bruce; Terry Bradshaw; Buddy Budnik; and Charlie Brill)
Booker,
Chris: KLSX/KAMP, 2009-10. Booker joined AMP Radio for middays from New York on June
1, 2009.
Booker, Levi:
KJLH, 1979-84 and 1986 and 1992-2008. Levi works morning drive at KJLH.
Boone, Pat: KPZE, 1988; KJQI, 1993-94. Pat
appears at various entertainment events.
Boortz, Neal: KGIL, 2007. Neal's syndicated show begins on KGIL (1260AM)
October 29, 2007.
Bordonaro, Bob: KKGO, 1982-86; KCTD,
1998-99; KMZT, 2000-01. Bob left his post as the gsm at
Classical "K-Mozart" in the spring of 2001.
Borgers, Helen:
KLON/KKJZ, 1981-2010. Helen is celebrating her 25th anniversary at the all-Jazz station, KKJZ.
She works afternoon drive.
Borgers, Ken: KLON, 1978-2000;
KCRW, 2005-09. Ken left as the afternoon voice on "All Things Considered" at
KCRW in the summer of 2009.
Boros,
Michelle: KAMP, 2010. Michelle started middays at AMP RADIO on March 1,
2010.
Borquez,
Bob: KFSG, 1980-86. For the past nine years, Bob has been growing the
syndication of The Dave Ramsey Show.
Botta, Sam:
KFI, 2004-05. Sam left the KFI news department in early summer 2005.
Botula, Mike: KNOB, 1966-67; KFWB, 1968-71;
KRLA, 1971-72; KMPC, 1972-77. In the spring of 2001, California Governor Gray Davis appointed Mike to
the Department of Child Support Services as Assistant Director of
Information and Public Affairs in Sacramento.
Bowden,
George: KSGV, 1963-65; KGGK, KNOB 1965-67. After a career in tv, George
taught in the Los Angeles City College Radio-TV-Film Department from 1975
until his retirement in 1995.
Bower, Jayne: KFWB, 1990-93. Jayne is
working at WWJ-Detroit. She and husband Jeff live in
Ann Arbor, have two pre-teen boys. Jayne produces a
"Labor Pains" feature which is cool.
Bowers, Jason: KIIS, 2001;
KYSR, 2004-07. Jason worked swing at STAR 98.7. He's now with the AC outlet
at Dial-Global.
Bowker, Bill: KNAC, 1970; KYMS, 1972-74;
KWST, 1975-77; KROQ, 1978-79. Bill works at KRSH-Santa Rosa.
Bowman, Don: KBBQ, 1970. Don is living in Branson,
Missouri.
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(Jim Bain; Bruce Barker; Paul Byron; John Bemis; and Brooke Binkowski)
Bowman,
Lisa: KABC, 1983-1987; KMPC, 1987; KLAC, 1990. Lisa is a cabaret singer and
publishes
TheReligionNetwork.
Bowman, Paul: KFOX, 1986. Unknown.
Boxer,
Jack: SEE Joe Terry
Boyd, Donnell: KKTT, 1979; KGFJ, 1980;
KLAC/KZLA; KABC. The well-like KFWB sales executive died in late 2001.
Boyd, Ed: KKDJ/KIIS, 1973-79. Ed is a
consultant living in Miami Beach.
Boyd, Glen: XTRA, 1959. Unknown.
Boyle, John: KLSX,
1998-2009. John was co-host of the syndicated John & Jeff Show that was heard
on the third shift at KLSX until a format flip to AMP RADIO in early 2009.
Bozeman,
Victor: KFAC, 1969-70. Victor Emmanuel Bozeman grew up in Kansas City. He
arrived in Southern California from WNYC-New York to pursue an acting
career. When he left KFAC he became an NBC/TV staff announcer with a
lifetime contract. Victor appeared in several tv series including:
Ironside and Get Smart. He died November 26, 1986 at the age of
57.
Bozzi, Dick: KRTH, 1974. Dick is a former
program director at KRTH. Unknown.
Bracken, Dennis: KNX, 1963-77. Dennis
collapsed shortly after returning from Santa Anita racetrack
in the spring of 1977 where he had done the "color"
for the KNX radio broadcast of the Santa Anita Derby.
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(Brother Bill; Michael Baisden; Brent; and Jason Bowers)
Bradbury, B.R.: KIQQ, 1974-75; KHJ, 1977;
KPOL/KZLA, 1977-79. B.R. Bradbury, best known as the
newsman with Robert W. Morgan, died of a massive heart attack
January 17, 2001. He had a massive heart attack while driving
home from a meeting. A motorist saw his car go off the road
into a ditch and called 911. The car had automatic door and
window locks, which wouldn't open from the outside so the
paramedics had to break in. They tried to revive him for over
an hour but to no avail, according to a family member. B.R.
was born in Aberdeen, Washington, on September 4, 1942, and
he spent several years at Grays Harbor College. His first job
was at KHOK-Hoquiam, Washington. In 1965 B.R. moved to
KOL-Seattle, then in 1970 to KFRC-San Francisco. It was at
KFRC that he changed his on-air name from Bill Munson to his
real name Bill Bradbury. (According to Frank Thompson, B.R.
grabbed onto his first two initials at the last second when
he began his first on-air newscast at KFRC. Apparently there
was another Bill on the news staff.) In 1972 B.R. transferred
to KHJ, where he was the newsman for Robert W. Morgan. He
went with Robert to KIQQ ("K-100"). At the 1973
annual Billboard Radio Programming Forum, B.R. was
voted best newsman. In 1980 B.R. returned to Seattle and
worked at KJR. In 1985 he joined CKLG-Vancouver, B.C. as news
director. He retired from radio in 1995 and opened his own
insurance agency in Blaine, Washington. Lan Roberts, a
longtime friend and colleague remembered B.R. "He was a
true professional and one of the nicest people you would ever
meet in radio or tv." B.R. was 58.
Bradley: KROQ, 1997-98; KYSR,
1998-2006.
Bradley worked afternoons at "Star 98.7" until 2006. SEE Bradley
Wright
Bradley, Bill: KLAC, 1956-57; KDAY, 1958-60;
KLAC, 1960. Bill retired to Palm Springs and died July 4,
1997.
Bradley,
Tim: KCRW, 1978; KMGG, KIEV.
Tim is involved in the world of
voiceover and hosts "All Strings Considered" at KCSN.
Bradley, Wayne: KMGX, 1992-94. Wayne is working for Smooth
Jazz WGLX in Wilmington, North Carolina.
He's also executive director at Triovisions.
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(Dick Biondi; Neale Blase; Laura Brodian; and Peter Berk)
Bradshaw,
Terry: KXTA, 1999-2000. The former Pittsburgh Steeler QB
worked a noon talk show beginning August 23, 1999, at
"XTRA Sports 1150." He left following the Super
Bowl in 2000.
Brady, Jim: KLAC, 1987-88. Jim, one of
Toronto's great morning drive jocks from 1973 until 1987, is
working morning drive at WRVF/WCFA-Toledo.
Brager, Stan: KLON, 1997-2001. Stan hosts a
Sunday morning jazz show at KLON.
Brailer,
Charlie: KFWB, 1969-93. Charlie, longtime anchor at all-News station KFWB,
died November 7, 2007. He had been part of the station’s morning drive for
many years until his retirement in 1993. He underwent successful heart
transplant surgery in the early 2000s, but continued to battle other medical
concerns. Charlie was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was a
journalism major at the university of Maryland. After graduation he served
as a Voice of America producer for the Far East. Charlie went into the army
and was stationed at Fort Huachuca in Tombstone, Arizona and was editor of
the post newspaper. After the service, he joined Mutual Broadcasting as an
engineer and eventually joined Westinghouse in their Washington, DC bureau.
That assignment brought him to Southern California. “Broadcast news changed
in 1963. When I got into broadcast journalism it was not entertainment and
it was not to titillate. I was standing in Arlington cemetery watching a man
dig a hole where they would bury John Kennedy. President Kennedy personified
a mood of optimism. With his assassination I knew things would never be
quite the same again. Americans became disillusioned.” Charlie and his wife
retired to the Antelope Valley where he ran very successful pet-sitting
service. “I feel fortunate to have been a reporter on some historic events
over a four-decade period.”
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(Billy the Kid; Lee Barry; Buddy Blattner; and Burt Brown)
Brainard,
Buzz: KZLA, 2000-05. Buzz left Country KZLA mornings in late 2005.
Brainin,
Janet: KZLA/KPWR, 2000-07. Janet was made DOS of the two Emmis/LA stations
in early 2004.
Branch,
Heather: KNX, 2009-10. Heather broadcasts weekend traffic at KNX.
Brand, Ed: KMPC, 1987; KLAC. Ed works the
Adult Standards format at Westwood One.
Brandmeier,
Jonathon: KLSX, 1998-2000; KCBS/fm, 2004-05. Jonathon worked middays at the
FM talk station, KLSX, and left the station in the fall of 2000. He returned
to the Southland for mornings at "Arrow 93" in the Spring of 2004 and in
March 2005 the station flipped to jockless JACK/fm. He now works mornings at
WLUP-Chicago.
Brandon,
Leah: KYSR, 1995-2001; KIIS, 2001-04; KFI, 2004-07. Leah is a free-lance
voice imager and works in the South.
Brandt, Gary: KPOL, 1963-70; KIIS, 1970-72.
Gary is the director of marketing at WOR-New York.
Brandt, Michael: KROQ, 1983. Michael is gsm
for two Clear Channel stations in San Francisco.
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(Mike Botula; Amanda Brinkley; Dave Beasing; Steve Bailey; and Frank Bresee)
Branson, Bob:
KFI, 1969. Unknown.
Brattin, Corbett: KRTH, 1991-92; KFI; KNX;
KXEZ. Corbett is is semi-retired and living in the Palm Springs area.
Braverman, Erik: KFI; KABC,
1996-2008. Erik
left his post as the operations manager at KABC in late 2008. He is a
consultant to the LA Dodgers and co-owns Braverman Brothers production
company.
Brazell, Carl: Carl is president of
Metromedia, which owns stations overseas.
Breckow, John: John went to work for Rhino
Records.
Breeze,
Connie: KRTH, 2002-03. Connie is pd at KPSI-Palm Springs.
Breneman, Betty: KLAC; KFWB, 1954-58; KHJ,
1958-73. Betty is president of Breneman Radio Services and
produces The Breneman Review audio magazine.
Breneman, Tom: KBLA, 1958. Tom
was ceo of
Breneman Radio Services. He died September 9, 2003, at the age of 70, after
a lengthy battle with cancer.
Brennen, Tom: KRKD, 1958. Unknown.
Brenner, Carol: KWST, 1976; KZLA, 1977-79;
KMPC, 1979-80. Carol left radio to study for an M.B.A. at
Pepperdine University in order to prepare for the business
side of radio.
Brent:
KBIG, 2006-08. Brent is with Virgin Radio, based in Dubai.
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(Don Barrett; Sam Bellamy; and Bill Banks)
Bresee, Frank: The radio performer and
broadcast archivist wrote Radio's Golden Years.
Breshears, Carol: KPFK; KFWB, 1978-81. The
former program director at KFWB is president of the Radio and
Television News Association. "I want to preserve
journalism the way it used to be!"
Brett, Ken: KMPC, 1987-91. The former Dodger
was part of the Angels broadcast team. He died November 18, 2003, at the age
of 55.
Brewington, Ron: KLON, 1982-87; KGFJ,
1992-94; KJLH, 1992-97. Ron is a stringer for UPI radio and
his movie reviews frequently appear in movie ads.
Brick, J.T.:
KLAC, 2009. J.T. works evenings at Fox Sports Radio, which is carried on
KLAC.
Bridges, Gene: KLAC, 1989-93. Gene went to
work for St. Judes Children's Hospital.
Briem, Ray: KGIL, 1953-54; KLAC, 1960-67;
KABC, 1967-94; KIEV, 1995-2001; KRLA, 2001-02; KPLS, 2002-03. Ray left KRLA September 29,
2002 and joined KPLS in October. He is now semi-retired.
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(Hugh Brundage; Dr. Susan Block; Joe Benson; and George Babcock)
Briggs,
Eddie: KBBQ, 1968. Unknown.
Briggs, Lynn: KJLH, 1989-91; KACE, 1991-92.
Lynn is at WRKS-New York.
Brill, Bob: KNX, 1987
and 2006-10. Bob became a
UPI correspondent and later West Coast bureau chief for UPI Radio Network
based in LA. He owns KC Kings Sportscards in Ventura and works swing at KNX.
Brill, Charlie: KFI, 1975-76. Charlie was the
Captain on USA Network's Silk Stockings.
Brink,
Scotty: KHJ, 1965-66 and 1968-70. Scotty lives in Oklahoma City and was voicetracking for an Oldies station in
Chicago.
Brinkley, Amanda: KNX; KYSR, 1997. She is
working as Renee Brinkley at KNBR-San Francisco.
Britton, Boyd R.: KKDJ, KIIS, KTNQ; KWST;
KHTZ; KNWZ; KROQ, 1987-2010. Boyd, as Doc on the Roq, is the
news director at KROQ and works morning drive.
Brodeur, Gene: KMPC, 1971-80; KUTE/KGFJ,
1982-84. Gene produces a bi-monthly series on political and
social issues for Montana Public Television.
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(Dr. Frank Baxter; Helen Borgers; Ken Borgers; Stan Brager; and Billy Bush)
Brodian,
Laura: KUSC, 1987-88; KFAC, 1989; KKGO/KKJZ, 1990-97; KGIL, 1997-98; KMZT,
2002-07; KCSN, 2008-09; KUSC, 2010. Laura worked at Classical K-Mozart until early fall of 2007.
She worked afternoons at KCSN until station automated in late September
2009. Laura is an arts reporter covering the Inland Empire.
Brodie, Christine: KMET, 1984-87; KTWV,
1987-2002. In 1988 she was appointed program director. She resigned from the
"Smooth Jazz" station in the Fall of 2002. In early 2007, Chris joined the
Smooth Jazz Network at Broadcast Architecture as Vice President of Affiliate
Relatons.
Broeske, John: KABC, 1988. John is pd at
KMJ-Fresno.
Brookler, Rob: KIQQ, 1984-85. Unknown.
Brooks, Foster: KHJ, 1962. Foster
died
December 21, 2001, of apparent heart trouble.
Brooks, John: KFWB,
1979-2009; KNX, 2009-10. John is a
news reporter at all-News KNX.
Brooks, Monica: KPWR, 1987-89; KCMG,
1998-99. Monica works mornings at WMZQ-Washington, DC.
Brooks, Oscar: KPPC, 1981-82; KMPC, 1983-88; KMNY, 1988-89. Oscar
works with the Department of Justice as an adjudications officer.
Brown, B. Bailey: KDAY, 1970-72.
B. Bailey died suddenly at his San Antonio home October 24, 2003. He was 57.
Brown, Bill: KMPC, 1961-65; KHJ, 1965-74;
KRTH, 1974. Bill has designed a custom weather service on the
Internet that he is marketing.
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(Harry Birrell; Reed Berry; Roland Bynum; and Chuck Benedict)
Brown, Bobby: KGFJ, 1985. Bobby is working
for the ABC network.
Brown, Burt: KZLA, 1987-97. Unknown.
Brown, Charlie: KFWB, 1961. Charlie is Chuck
Blore.
Brown, Charlie: KGFJ, 1972; KIQQ, 1975.
Unknown.
Brown, Don: KHJ. Don has passed away.
Brown, Doug: KROQ; KHJ; KRTH; KMGG; KRLA; KNX/fm. From 1972 to 1991, Doug was a production
director/engineer for a number of Southland stations.
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(Clarence Barnes; Miguel Barrazo; Sandy Beach; and Tera Bonilla)
Brown,
James: KMPC, 2002-06. The quarterback for the NFL Sunday Sports show started
in morning drive at all-Sports KMPC/1540 The Ticket for the Sporting News
Network in the spring of 2002, which ended in 2006.
Brown, Jim: KPOL, 1962-64. Jim is an
entertainment feature reporter for the Today Show on
NBC.
Brown, Laura: KFI, 1989-92; KROQ, 1990;
KABC, 1993. Laura is living in Newport Beach.
Brown, Stan: KBBQ, 1967; KGIL, 1967-76;
KBCA, 1976. Stan "the Animal" Brown has passed
away.
Brown, Steve: KRLA, 1972-74. Steve founded
American Video Service in Irvine.
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(Monica Brooks; Don Burns; Roger Barkley; Ray Briem; and Steve Bisheff)
Brown,
Thomas: KGIL, 1970-85; KJOI, 1989; KNX, 1973-98. Born Thomas
Brown IV in 1938 in Evanston, Illinois. He attended the
University of Washington and graduated from the University of
Illinois in 1960 with a degree in journalism. After the Army,
Tom worked at KCMO and WDAF-Kansas City, WHN and WNEW-New
York and KNBR-San Francisco. The LA Times radio
columnist Don Page said of Tom: "He's the biggest new
star in the big town. He's witty and has his own style."
Tom died January 31, 1999. He was 61.
Browne, Dr.
Joy: KGIL, 2007. The syndicated psychologist starts on KGIL on October 29,
2007.
Browning, Bill: KRLA, 1971-72; KFI, 1974-75;
KIIS, 1975-77; KOST, 1981-82. Bill is living in Kansas City.
Browning, Chuck: KHJ, 1970; KGBS, 1972; KFI,
1980. Chuck died March 3, 1988.
Browning, Reed: KABC, 1960-61. Unknown.
Bruce,
Johnny: KLFM,
1965; KFXM,
1967-70; KYMS,
1968; KWOW,
1970; KREL, 1971; KKAR,
1974-75; KROQ,
1976-77. Johnny is working at KDES-Palm Springs.
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(Tony B, "Big Wave" Dave Benzing; James Brown; Bill Browning)
Bruce, Larry: KMET, 1974-75 and 1986. Larry
is gm of
Nova 969-Sydney, Radio Australia.
Bruce, Tammy: KFI,
1995-98; KABC, 2003-09. Tammy worked swing and fill-in at KABC until the
summer of 2009. She now hosts an Internet show on TalkStreamLive.com.
Brundage, Hugh: KDAY, 1957; KMPC, 1965-72.
Hugh died in 1972.
Brundige, Bill: KEZY.
Chattanooga-born Bill Brundige, a
member of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame and a
fixture on Southland radio and television stations for over three decades
died in April 2004. He was 89. Born William Wenrich "Bill" Brundige on
February 2, 1915, he was in broadcasting for 40 years before retiring in
1975. Bill was the solid, no-frills sports broadcaster. He was the “color
man” for Chick Hearn in the very first simulcast after the Lakers
moved from Minneapolis. He started his broadcasting career in 1937 at
WAVE-Louisville. During World War II, Bill was the West Coast sports
director for Armed Forces Radio Services broadcasting to the Pacific
Theater. He was discharged in 1946 and moved to Washington, DC, to broadcast
for Mutual Broadcasting System. While in DC, he worked with Ted Husing on
the “College Game of the Week” for Mutual.
In the late 1940s,
Bill broadcast sports for Yale, Princeton, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit
Lions, and the Chicago Cubs. In 1952 the Cubs sent him to Southern
California to work at KHJ/Channel 9 to cover their Pacific Coast League
affiliate, the Los Angeles Angels. In the same year he joined Bob Kelley on
the LA Rams broadcast team until 1960. He covered sports for all the local
tv stations.
When
Walter O'Malley expressed an interest in bringing the Dodgers to Los
Angeles, Bill hosted TV's "Dodger Talk" in an effort to convince the
community that the Dodgers should be invited to locate in L.A. and be
headquartered in Chavez Ravine.
In 1964 he founded “Bill Brundige Auto Glass,”
which grew to a three-store chain. Bill claimed that with his company,
people could see right through him. He retired from broadcasting in 1975
upon removal of his left lung. He spent decades hosting a sports report on
KEZY, mostly from his home bedroom studio.
Bruno, Jon: KBIG, 1998-2000; KPLS,
2001-03. Jon broadcasts news on several stations in the Southland, including
K-EARTH.
Bruno, Tony: KXTA,
2000-04; KMPC, 2005-07; KLAC, 2008-10. Tony joined evenings at KLAC in the
fall of 2008 and left in early 2009 when KLAC and Fox Sports Radio merged.
He returned for evenings during the summer of 2009.
Bryan, Gary: KRTH,
2002-10. Gary started mornings at K-Earth on June 10,
2002.
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(BJ; Brother Bill; Leah Brandon; Janet Brainin; Stan Bohrman)
Bryant,
Willie: KDAY; KALI. Known as the "Mayor of Harlem"
when he was a New York dj, Willie died in 1964 at the age of
56.
Bubba, the Love Monkey: KQLZ, 1989. Various
personalities were Bubba during the early days of
"Pirate Radio."
Buchanan, Buck: KRLA, 1985-86; KRTH,
1989-93. Buck died August 6, 2005.
Buchmann,
Bob: KLOS, 2009-10. Bob was appointed pd at KLOS in early 2009. He arrived from WAXQ (Q104.3) in New York.
Buck Head: KYSR, 2001-02. Buck Head arrived from Las Vegas in the
Spring of 2001 and left in early 2002. He's now at WVMW (98.7 AMP) in Detroit.
Buckley, Richard: KGIL. Richard is president
of Buckley Broadcasting and the company owns WOR-New York and
other stations. He is based in Hartford.
Budnik, Buddy: KDAY, 1969; KRLA, 1972-73.
Buddy sells real estate in Hollywood and the San Fernando
Valley.
Buell, Bruce: KFAC; KUSC; KPOL. Bruce passed
away April 23, 1996. He was 77.
Buhler, Rich: KBBI, 1964-69; KFWB, 1968-72;
KNX, 1972-74; KFWB, 1974-76; KBRT, 1980-90; KBRT, 2008-10. Rich works afternoon
drive at KBRT, K-Brite.
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(Joe Buttita; Bill Ballance; Lee Bayley; and John Brooks)
Bull, Frank:
The former LA Rams public address announcer retired to Palm Springs and has
passed away.
Bunch, Don: KNAC, 1967-70. Unknown.
Bunker, Ed: KFI, 1967-73. The former
KFI general manager died November 28, 1999, following a long
illness. Ed was sales manager at KNXT/Channel 2 and went on
to serve as vp of station relations, sales and vp of CBS,
Inc. in Washington, DC. Ed had been living in Ponte Vedra
Beach, Florida. He was 84.
Burdette, Bob: KBOB/KGRB. As owner and
manager of these two stations, he worked for years in the
1970s and 1980s to convince the listeners that KMPC was not
the only Big Band format in town.
Burdette, Gloria: KBOB/KGRB. Gloria was pd
at the Big Band stations.
Burke, Billy: KIIS, 1996-99; KBIG,
1999-2000; KZLA, 2000-03; KFSH, 2004-06. Billy worked morning drive at KFSH,
"the FISH," until the summer of 2006. He's now vp/producer for
Fastlane Entertainment in Santa Monica.
Burkey,
Cindi: KCRW, 1994-2005; KGIL, 2008. Cindi was the afternoon news voice on KCRW's
"All Things Considered" until late spring 2005. She's now with Metro
Traffic.
Burnett, Larry: KFWB, 1998; KLAC,
1999-2008.
Larry hosted the "Laker Zone" pre-game show at KLAC.
Burns,
Dave: KMLT, 2004-06. Dave was operations manager at KMLT ("JILL/fm").
Burns, Don: KVFM, 1963; KNJO, 1964; KRLA,
1970-72; KROQ, 1973; KRLA, 1974-75; KIIS, 1975; KIQQ,
1976-77; KOST, 1978-80; KUTE, 1986-88; KTWV, 1988-2002 and 2003-10. Don left afternoon drive at "the
Wave" on April 18, 2002 and returned May 12, 2003.
Burns,
Jennifer: Jennifer was a traffic reporter until the fall of 2008.
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(Sam Benson; Russ Barnett; Mark Blinoff; Jeannette Banoczi; and Peter Burton)
Burrell,
Larry: KBIG, 1959. Larry went on to tv announcing. He passed
away in the early 1990s.
Burson, Jim: KFWB, 1972-2000. Jim retired
from the all-News station in early 2000.
Burton, Alan: KLOS, 1972; KFI. Alan worked
with Marshall Phillips doing news and talk at KLOS. Unknown.
Burton, Michael: KROQ, 1990-95. Michael
"the maintenance man" left the Kevin & Bean
morning show in the fall of 1995 and filed a
wrongful-termination suit charging the station with racial
and religious discrimination. The suite was settled in late
1996 with both parties prohibited from revealing financial
details.
Burton,
Peter: KRBV/KSWD, 2008-09. Peter was appointed vp/gm of the new Bonneville station
(100.3/fm The Sound) in the spring of 2008.
Bush,
Billie: KBIG, 2008-09. The co-host of Access Hollywood started a syndicated
radio show on April 14, 2008. MY/fm carries the evening show.
Bush, Birdie: KRLA, 1978; KIIS, 1979-86.
Birdie is working on a number of production projects.
Buskett, Larry: KLAC, 1961-62. Last heard
Larry was working in Hawaii.
Butler, Jerry: KHJ, 1970-73; KIQQ, 1973-75;
KGIL, 1975-76. Born in Cleveland, Jerry arrived at KHJ on
October 15, 1970, from WRKO-Boston. Jerry was one of the
original jocks at Drake/Chenault KIQQ. He left KGIL in 1976
and committed suicide a few months later.
Butler,
John: KHJ, 1978-80. John is national program director, News/Talk, Salem
Communications, based in Dallas.
Butta, PJ: KKBT,
1993-2006; KHHT, 2008-09. PJ is teaching at Mt. Sac College and hosting his
worldwide syndication show for Radio Express. He also djs in the hot spots
in LA.
Butterworth, Gary: KIQQ, 1987; KLIT, 1990.
Gary works at KION/TV-Monterey.
Buttitta, Joe: KGIL, 1975-80 and 1984-87;
XTRA, 1995. Joe is the teaching golf pro at Westlake Golf
Course and he free-lances on UPN/Channel 13.
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(Richard Beebe; Robin Banks, Christian B; Michael Benner; and Brenda Barnes)
Buttram, Pat:
KNX, 1961-65; KGBS, 1966; KMPC, 1989-93. Pat was sidekick to Gene Autry for
almost five decades. Born Maxwell E. Buttram in Alabama, he
was the son of a circuit-riding minister and studied theology
at Birmingham Southern College. He rode at Melody Ranch with
Autry, portrayed a shrewd landowner on tv's Green Acres
and was an omnipresent master of ceremonies for many Los
Angeles organizations. Pat died January 8, 1994, of kidney
failure. He was in his 80s.
Butts, Mike: KIQQ,
1972-73. Mike works morning radio in Delaware.
Bynum, Roland: KGFJ, 1967-74 and 1984-85;
KJLH, 1998-2010. Roland is working swing at KJLH.
Byron: KFI, 1980-85; KBIG, 1985-87. Byron Paul is active in voiceover work and lives in Santa Monica.
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