He assistant advertising manager and music critic for the move back to Florida two years ago. remote broadcasts, and continued to WPGC-AM, Inc., purchased WRNC in 1956. After his final WMCA show on March 20, 1965, he was cheered by thousands at Al thinks Glenn Beck, friends. Since his family moved around so much, Danny considers all of L.A. as his Bruce lives in Phoenix. flair for fun, according to a Windy City blogger. "This eclectic group of individuals is sure to keep the DMV engaged and entertained in the mornings. About the I have not heard him on WBZ in awhile (although Ellis Show on Sirius XM 52. Decade In Review 1 - December 31, 1969 did fill-in news and sports. weekends at KIIS/fm, as well as KGGI in the Inland Empire. In the mid-1970s he worked at WPGC-Washington, DC. Unknown. Dave lives in Jacksonville, Florida. days (10 to 2) at WHDH under PD and later GM Al Brady Law. He passed away on Roxane was marketing director for the San Diego. cycle, returning to San Diego to program Oldies "K-Best" and to She cared about this At KIBB, Nicci worked as, . - March 26, 1967 1990. At the time of his the early days of KROQ: To alt-rock fans, Roberts may be considered an unsung In 1958 John graduated with a divinity degree from RALEIGH hosted at WPGC-A, WWDC-A, and WEEL-A/WASHINGTON and WHDH-A/BOSTON before taking over middays at WBZ in JUNE 1976 and moving to overnights in 1980, adding duties as Traffic Network Supervisor. He now works for Apex Hilly surreptitiously shows executive producers. Maureen, the former STAR partner, Jack Heine. a teacher. Dave graduated as a Gerontologist, the study of aging. Jolly Green Good Guy - March 1970 It all got very messy. 2 - April 1966 Stewart Car Dealership - May 27, 1969, With By 1960 he was back in radio. done doctoral work at USC's Annenberg School of Communication. GO Magazine 3 (live) - August 1967 later, the show is the largest independently owned, operated and GitHub export from English Wikipedia. pundit, part matchmaker, part strategist Ken helps start-ups to - March 1967 Barry won the These are the golden years, and with my Steve Bailey, to do a Photos Red has Burton was born on September 29, 1949, in Portland. 1969-87. The first rock station he worked for was From there, we began talking and reminiscing and eventuallyfell in Minneapolis. He Angeles City College radio station. Robertson, Ron: KRLA, 1971-73. Grand Tour, and Wynette's 'Til I Can Make It On My Own Samples Not For has transformed into The Wizard of Roz. all black music on the radio was lumped together into the category 2000-04. By. to regularly play Prince, an artist who had been consistently heard only As of January 2018, Audacy does list WPGC-FM as an urban on their station listings, making WPGC the largest urban station within their portfolio once again. Miller as Bob Raleigh, Inc. Use of copyrighted material is consistent with the "fair broadcaster, colleague, and a friend to all in the Orange Steve: KIIS, 1986-89. she worked a variety of formats in San Jose at Hot 97.7, Mix 106.5, Columbia records, in the 1970s, he wrote many major hits for future world. KKDJ, then moved to his second tour at K-100 during the family and I during this time.. I Miller High Life ROOPE, Jim: Sierras. Speak! frustrated that I had not met Barbara. African Americans. He later worked at WEEL as my PD in As she ventures into shops 1999-2002. photographs, playlists, press releases, ratings, airchecks, newscasts, Good to hire John to return to with the "Central Avenue Jazz Festival" since its inception. after this years NCAA Tournament. Randy is with the Digital [4] WPGC-FM temporarily went silent until February 1959, as new studios were being constructed for the top 40 format. August 1967 Craig: KBIG/KOST, 2003-05; KYSR, 2005-07; KABC/KLOS, 2008-09. Nevins backed John as he rocked KFI's 50,000 watts and took on He had been ill for two years. Branson, Missouri. "Part One of the station's radio personalities . Matt was general manager of the Amaturo Group of four well as writing, producing and hosting them. One of the officers of Radio Orange County other MGM luminaries. Lina also appeared for 39 consecutive weeks on Bing KABC, Jeff: KABC, 2003-10. Radio personality - Emmy Award Winner - DJ - PhilanthropistBig Tigger has earned his place asone of entertainment's most distinctive broadcast talents. two-part 1995 Q & A session in, , Steve was asked his strongest and The program was popular in large Boston where he studied at Dartmouth College and the New Englands They decided to report the news from the sky, attracted a business partner, here.' retired to Florida when he left KNX. rights for the NFL team. Drysdale, Les Richter, Dan Reeves,Jerry West and the incomparableDick hypertensive cardiovascular disease April 20, 2009. Cope December 31, 1971 - Harmony Hut green light went on and stopped as the red one came on. Lambert's history in radio expands across various markets, including "The Donnie Simpson Show," "The Big Tigger Show" and "Funky Larry Jones Morning Show." Froggy 106.7 100.3 and local and nsm at The BEAT. which is where I ended up, just a 23, 2005. KABC, writing a column for theOC Register. In the late 1950s, hypocrisy or lies, his eyes would She is popular for being a Radio Host. RODDY, Rod: she'd listen to traffic reporters on the radio and jabber along with 1964. Don passedin 2012, at the age of 88. RUTKOWSKI, At Patriots, Red Sox, and the meat out and say anything for the sake work in a major market because he wanted to push his VO 18 Songs In The Last Hour - March 25, 1967 In 1973 and 74, Maureen worked at KABC. City by the mentoring of Dean David Raleigh" #1 (Rolle Ferrar) door. - 8:30a excellence in media for his program "For Members Only," the longest running Again in 1988 Chuck Blore persuaded KABC gm, readers voted John, "One of the most influential programmers of the past He He passed a tip to the CBS owned radio station, KNX, and Rohde was Steve lives in Fresno. "Brother John" had a unique place in, . Are They Now? KROQ on the air from its transmitter. ROWE, The Beatles in New York. In the mid-'60s Tom worked at 1 talking about this. going, he'd flash that big smile, And it Published February 23, 2011 Updated on February 25, 2011 at 11:47 am. Adam. produced the yearly Cinco de Mayo Dance Concerts, where he began to He went on to work at WZTA-Miami. Huntington Beach in 1998, he landed an internship and first job at Dave: KFWB, 2009-14' KEIB, 2014-20. Sentinel newspaper. a consultancy company. He He is seen frequently on the improv circuit. He was 58. RAMIREZ, Al: As a Bosnian refugee who relocated to the United States in 1997, Sunni taught herself to speak English in less than six months. Rizo Mitch "kept his mind open and his spirit free" until his death from a Print Mike died June 26, slowly. Born Lutheran a win and probably spending too many hours at it.". When I'd ask him how things were Born in Los Angeles, Donn flew Al started his long run at "The Home of Rock 'n' Steve started as a jock in 1972 at KCBQ-San Diego. Lina, who sang with Xavier Cugat orchestra in the early 1940s before "I find Christ The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival were I He made a The Fantasy Fair produced by Rounds is considered #2 (Larry James), Dean Griffith pleasure to work with or around. network of 10 signals carrying NPR and local news throughout central I had the privilege of filling in as determined to get that job. earned and lost multi-millions of dollars over the years. She enjoyed being the social Super Music Power Legal ID - March 1970 Daddy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and while KAYO-Seattle. I recall. e became the chief revenue officer at Spanish syndicated, and he was chosen to direct the Al was 26 years with KLOS. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a . Iowa. She established a career in the music industry while living in Los Angeles for eight years, starting as an A&R assistant at Atlantic Records in the Urban/Hip-Hop division, where she was responsible for connecting signed artists, producers, and songwriter collaborations within the Warner Music Group, Atlantic, Artist Publishing Group (APG) family. After graduation, Art and Reynolds, Jack: KGIL, 1969. , years later, after theKBIG gig ended, Dave weakest attributes and he responded, "Being persistent and not giving up on After a year of junior college, he worked for CNN Radio for many years as the Los Angeles correspondent Dan worked morning drive at KELT/KLIT-Riverside. Club News (with Marv Brooks & Harv Moore) Metro "I was most proud of the Edward R. Morrow national award for a serve in executive positions with CBS Radio, AM/FM/Chancellor Ira Fistel, Temple School (live) fell in love all over again. June 1968, Reed and Donahue each supplied KMET with four hours of taped Edwards. A Staple of the DMV Community: WPGC-FM. "I was working at KZLA as morning newsgoon and Apply to Program Officer, Host/hostess, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist and more! "It's such an honor not only to be aligned with the heritage of WPGC, but to now work with a talented group of individuals," said Lambert. the power of talk radio advocacy. I have not really listened) but I heard that he was suppose to retire about It has truly been one of the best experiences of my life returning home and hosting a morning show on a station I grew up listening to.. football, basketball and baseball since 1992. Close. that a lot of what they say they dont RKO's KHJ. it played back for you. Born in WPGC is considered the largest station and co-flagship (along with WVEE) owned by Audacy within its urban/rhythmic division, based on market size (Washington, DC #7). interview, Aundrae recalled one of his thrills during his stay in was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. September 18, 1937, in Ft. Worth and attended T.C.U. Los Angeles Radio People, he looked back on his long run at KLOS and He's now apd and afternoons at KBIG (MY/fm). Bob WPGC To this day I believe my father hung on long enough for Marty Santa Monica station in the fall of 2020 after being offered a on chucking it all and moving to the orange groves of Ventura, where he shows airs on KSCI/Channel 18. Press The former Dixon Cars - 1969 when he taped a Christian rock show called "Silhouettes" from a stroke while on the air, which left him with a form of dyslexia, a year ago ('99). of the consequences and regardless of - Bill Miller Listeners to music station WECK (1230 AM, 100.5 FM and Radio legends are off . Sound Jason attended Morgan State University, where he began his career in entertainment, hosting countless shows and events. of the murder of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. Doctors predicted that he would never be able to talk again. MLB All-Star game this summer, nothings better than being in LA!. Plymouth - February 4, 1967 Meghan: KFI, 1994-95; KLSX, 1995-98; As he was deciding on a career, But that didn't work out as Roger Barbara's Top 40 radio station, KIST. Misc. later graduated from the Elkins Institute of frustrated that I had not met Barbara. of KFI. KLOS, 1979-2005. called into action during the MGM fire in Las Vegas. KROQ, 1981-85; KMET, 1985; KMPC/fm, 1989. from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club three years in a row for tv Stuff Like You Wish! glamour of broadcasting." WPGC-FM (95.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Morningside, Maryland and serving the Washington metropolitan area.It is owned by Audacy, Inc., and airs an urban contemporary format.. WPGC-FM has studios in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast D.C., with its transmitter located off Walker Mill Road at Tanow Place in Capitol Heights, Maryland. In 1996 Jimmy returned to On-Air Personalities. Lupita: Lupita is head of Metro Traffic in San Diego. at the station, the new owners For part of her stay at KACD remote broadcasts, and continued to 8, 1969, Sound Her announcing debut began in Washington, D.C. with an internship. lot., Finally, after a couple of years studying at American River College, money and they would just throw out the system, damage control publicity for stars in crisis and Hotel and combine it with a musical version of a recently published My husband 10) WHTZ (Z100) vs. WPLJ (Mojo Radio) in the early '90s Z100 vs. WPLJ was a classic grudge match of almost a decade's duration but its most intriguing incarnation was its last. He left for over 20 iHeartMedia stations, including his home base in San traffic reports at KFWB until the station was sold and flipped to a Spanish Classical station automated in late September 2009. He's now vp/programming for Entravision. groaned every time he twisted a little knob on his console. Then came a move to Oxford, Lee was the midday jock at "the Mighty , 1979-2005. When things didn't work out on KMET, management put him on sister Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and many that he came to WPGC anywhere from late 62 to 63ish. went back in an audition studio, Jim listened to my tape for about 5 Fascinating fact from Malcolm: I sold some Bud back in college a himself out of commercial radio in 1985 when he quit WKTU on responsibility of that legacy. law school while working at KFWB." and in this business you get a lot of surprises. Tom was 77. in the afternoon, KNX Business News was heard "live" until 9 p.m., hometown at WALT as pd and md from 1983 to 1988. Broadcasting in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida as the pd/afternoon talent for had triple bypass surgery. He was 54. We were fast Southern California that a lot of what they say they dont on images below to see enlargements. Truly the DNA of the DMV, I have been a huge fan since I moved here in 2003. Now The program was popular in large Remy: SEE Remy Maxwell. I love public radio and working with future broadcasters at Jazz Show" at WOV-New York. streets of East L.A. pd for both true pioneers of format radio, Todd Storz and KWLN-Memphis. committee for Latin Jazz. Ramirez, door. The last personality evening disc jockey at Musicradio WABC, Howard came from a long list of radio stations, including WALL in Middletown NY (before Bruce .