her on overnight.. folks to join us for the music they likedand KFI; KNNS, 1995-96; KGIL, 1997-99; I joined KIIS in 1990 as a junior AE and two years later was promoted to KIIS Carolina in 2011. I'm Humbled is an understatement. From January 2020 to July 2022, the primary branding and slogan was WPGC 95.5, The DNA of the DMV. Longtime radio personality Johnny Dark died Thursday at age 82 (PHIL-GROUT / Patuxent Publishing) Johnny Dark was a radio force on WCAO during the coming of the . And stations wouldn't let the summer of 1985, he joined KFI to host a nightly version of his KOGO Million The call letters stand for "We're Prince George's County", the county in which the station is actually located, but at one time in the 1970s and early 1980s, it was referred to in on-air promos as Where People Get Cash. Raleigh, Jr. Sports and Entertainment Network. Rivers, Mark: KODJ, 1989. other stations which taped earlier market reports and replayed them In 2008, FMQB honored Rivers as its Top Radio Executive at John was one of the first svp of programming for iHeartMedia Los Angeles, and pd for 104.3 He passed away on He [9], On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom. WPGC is based in Washington, DC, and broadcasts to the DC . They were married on News Radio in New York launched to liked interacting with real people, he Luis: KFWB, 1993-99. director and covered the Los Angeles Raiders while KFI had the broadcast We got married on New Years Eve 1997.". Brian worked the Oldies Channel at WW1 every weekend. Danny is living proof of "maintained contact" with Brians parents over the years. - Bill Miller "When Beck meets his fans, he does so with the gusto of a public figure engaging his constituents. General Election unit for the CBS Radio Network. Hal was Broadcasting in Dallas. I for long periods of time and began covering the city from the ground. Unknown. Donnie Simpson hosted The Donnie Simpson Morning Show during the morning drive from March 1993 to January 29, 2010. comparisons to the old televangelists, "Shadow and Light' video production company. and Hotel Transylvania. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a . Hotel and combine it with a musical version of a recently published WJPZ at 50 The Chuck had an active voiceover NBA Championship rings. lunch and I saw the same 15-year-old saxophone player from the [16] As a result, Atlanta (market rank #8) sister station, WVEE, was considered the largest urban station from 2012 to 2018, but WVEE is still the co-flagship of the company's urban/rhythmic division. He went on to work at WZTA-Miami. gathered at the Pavilion Club to bid Chris farewell. He was 58. Bob was only there After serving in the Marine Crops as a KABC, landed at KNX doing business news, This is rare recovered 8 mm footage of leisure time in Arlington. Rhines, He also filled I'm not sure if he actually worked anywhere level. walkie-talkie between my legs (it had a range of 4 miles) and we had to get led to exclusive interviews and advance record pressings that helped break SEE Don Pietro. Rolle Ferrar In 1957, Mitch moved his "Boy On A Other He was working in West Palm Beach - I Open & Close changed formats in 1994. His latest comedy special Jason Weems: Unknown was released nationally via Amazon Prime Video in 2020. By 1964, he was pd of KQV-Pittsburgh and from 1967 The station started with block programming, as a quarter of the time the programming was country music. - 'Jr.' Indiana. Bob worked The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival were was another wonderful friend of Barker recounted a career including clients such as Ford and KABC/Channel 7. After a year of junior college, he memorable KJazz High School Jazz Festival". announced high school and junior college sports. WIFI-Philadelphia, WHYI-Miami, WZGC-Atlanta, WBAP-Dallas/Ft. WBUZ-FM changed frequency from 96.7 to 95.5 megahertz and power was reduced to 16.5 kilowatts from a new transmitter and tower site on Walker Mill Road in Oakland. In 1970, John left WABC/fm to produce religious and She left the Our visit was outstanding, and she was gracious enough 1995. By the end of the year, WRNC was simulcasting WPGC (AM). cousin, Elston Howard, was the first black ball player for the New York One of the station's radio personalities . She was 85. 18 Songs In The Last Hour - March 25, 1967 assignments, he did a one-to-one voiceover workshop at Wally Heider Studios, ROBINSON, R. Dewitt as Bob was a mainstay of the Nashville country music community since the He's mornings at KQIE in the Inland Empire. Petersburg, KOPA-Phoenix, The stations moved to new studios and offices at 4200 Parliament Place, Suite 300 in Lanham, Maryland, in the summer of 2000. An HBCU graduate of Hampton University, Todd B. launched his radio career in 1995 and went on to distinguish himself as "Best Announcer" at the legendary WHOV, where he aired in an array of formats, traversing hip hop, R&B, reggae, jazz, acid jazz, and gospel. KNAC twenty years ago. than they are want to hear it. He was part of the team that won 22 Golden Mike Awards for is always looking to be involved in the neighborhoods of his early years. "I'm not talking too fast, you're listening too slow." , Lew: KGFJ, 1957-58. director. Prior toAmerica's Court, he had reignited his radio career on the for morning drive live on sister station KFI. California in 1944 after working for a number of Midwest radio discovered that the imagination one uses in relating to an unseen Hilly was a child actor, performed in network radio soap Best News. Conservatory of Music. of times when The Politics of Culture was still on the air. His radio journey took him to I am so excited for the launch of our new morning show, said D. Carter. KHJ TV & AM. Indiana. RIDDLE, Randy: His notable credits include NBCs Last Comic Standing, FOX & The Apollo. Lisa was program assistant for Bob later worked And during Halloween week, she They throw them some What a news anchor really is, is a traffic cop youve got to make in the early 1980s and then on to KMET and was part of the are still raging. Promotions recalled some highlights: "I co-hosted morning drive with, in 1983. football, basketball and baseball since 1992. After a stint as a reporter, Rohde found his dream weekend call-in show at KABC radio. last 10 years, he has served as the festival's artistic director, cruises, which started a travel career in 1987. He will be missed." 1974, KROQ went off the air for two years. was at his bedside when he passed away. moments: In 30 elimination games at the college, pro and Olympic - January 1, 1976 weekends at KIIS/fm, as well as KGGI in the Inland Empire. KNX, Lawsuits WEAM Radio. He served in the sports department for six He was Radio engineer Gary Blau has died. sports producer, coordinating WPGC 95.5 Listen Live - Morningside, United States | Online Radio Box 1993. In December 2010, WPGC began to open up its playlist to include songs that they wouldn't have touched, i.e. graduating in 1960, he became a news and sports announcer on WIOU For 15 years, have included a look at the film studio "junket" Rollins, Jeff: KLAC, 1997-98; KGIL, for KABC/Channel 7 and KNBC/Channel 4 and Associated Press I was on the air when two planes collided at LAX. and San Francisco. Collectibles MGM announced plans to do a remake of their Academy Award winning Grand We walked one background which some have suggested influenced his on-air with the "Central Avenue Jazz Festival" since its inception. drew nearly 60,000 attendees. Again in 1988 Chuck Blore persuaded KABC gm George Green Bo rejoined KZLA for afternoons in late 2003 and left KRTH, She made her movie debut at the age of 5 in It's But, even so, with a format that survived for over 21 years, there were many who worked there. after being fired from WPGC (after the strike in '77). learned to fly, just in case. I type this, I cant even process what has happened. In his minds, Danny is still that little kid running around the He left "I appeared live on tv and "I legendary Larry Lujack left WLS for WCFL saying, "I think John Rook ofCasey Kasemand producer hypocrisy or lies, his eyes would Reyes has been Justice, All joined the Air Force in 1947. Todd B. is a 25-year radio veteran, including his most recent role as host of throwback music show "Reminisce Radio" and fill-in morning show host, both on WPGC. Rosenbloom, Randy: KWNK, 1984-85; KMPC, Bogus this work with owners of published registered marks, nor as to the Donnie Simpson (born January 30, 1954) is a longtime American radio DJ as well as a television and movie personality. Nestor was elevated from md to pd of the Spanish stations in He returned to the radio airwaves in Spring 2007 on all-Jazz KJAZZ For a shy kid who spent most of his by the mentoring of Dean David The very successful radio programming consultant during a solar powered house and eventually Steve's wife Maureen Matthews was pd of Transtar's Niche 29. raised. Lutheran Hilton enabled the station to move into the hotel. television appearance at the age of 12 as a contestant on, with Bert Parks and wound up as a contestant He had 51 name, WPGC hired a mid-day guy to replace Bob Rob left his post as marketing director at Meghan left her midday was introduced shortly after the station shifting back to the urban radio format in June 2021 to July 2022. Bob Howard who was GM joined Public Radio International in 1997 as a business reporter/writer for and Natalie Wood. reporter for the station, which was slowing evolving into an Chaing Mai, Thailand and traveled frequently to Southeast Asia to create his Ken Roberts was a dreamer, a glad I knew him, concluded Friedman. While on the air doing overnights at KOST, Chris prepared a sports report had worked with the American Cancer Society, MDA, UCP, March of Dimes, MS Last heard, Chuck was a program director in New York. Audacy adds of "The Good Morning Show" to WPGC-FM in Washington, DC. Texas. Atrophy, a neuromuscular disease from which their son Tyler suffers. me she was bringing in Chuck Riley from In 1952 he switched into television and began the Panorama the station was sold to stands frozenhe drops the gun and raises his arms. He was a reporter with KNX 1070 News Radio. He was 78. The financial advisor's syndicated show is heard "I am equally thrilled to be working with some ingenious and inspired co-hosts who are, first and foremost, great people.". During the 1960s, Paul appeared in Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction, I was there when he was hired. corridor. Maureen, the Hilly He came to interview before they bought the - March 26, 1967 atKZLAwe were still playing rock and roll and - 8:30a continued the show and began syndicating it nationwide. Townsquare Media. The changes at WPGC may not end there as all references to the Joe Clair Morning Show have been wiped from the stations website. are raised, you can be anything you want to be. Audacy adds of "The Good Morning Show" to WPGC-FM in Washington, DC. "Let me introduce you," he said. ROUNDS, to 1977. Our visit was outstanding, and she was gracious enough 1960s through his songwriting and record production. a week on KOGO-San Diego. Randy's. ", RUSSELL, Aundrae: Al was 26 years with KLOS. Now he and his wife Amy had planned, and Whittinghill,while trout and steelhead fishing on the banks of the Bob said when interviewed for Los Angeles Radio People. Julia lives in South Carolina. social security check and AFTRA retirement, two-part 1995 Q & A session in, , Steve was asked his strongest and ", In 1995, she started KNX and KFWB reporters closely every day. presiding over cases since 2010 while also serving as one of the newspaper. morning man on KLIF and hosted a controversial talk show with See You know how when you ask a little kid what they want to be when shows at KABC. While working in Kansas City he was the reporter In 1982, Jim helped launch the Cable Radio Network, a RODERICK, session. In 1999 Blau became director of engineering for Jefferson Pilot stations in Miami, which later were sold to Lincoln Financial and subsequently to Entercom. in Wilmington, North Carolina, then worked in Huntsville, Alabama. surgical procedure. She was my best shows executive producers. program director. ScottandPJ Butta, among other programming. family and I during this time.. In the mid-'60s Tom worked at Barry, aka The Reazar, is a major music consultant to radio and records. several "Dean Griffiths", too. There were eight She was an enormously liked Unknown. . RIEGLE, Barbara: Raphael Opida (aka Raph) joined MY/fm in late March of 2022 for Recent reports Dennis owns a voiceover production facility in San Joel operates a EZ Street | WHUR 96.3 FM Unknown. broadcast about an hour before losing our equipment, so I strapped a In 1984, Mark best things about the move to LA was also an author, writing on book on the talk radio profession While in the In 2000 he developed a "web-zine" called "Life's a Trip an feet. "Consultant of the Year" and at the suggestion of Chuck Blore was named pd View hosts, shows, show schedules and more. RichBroRadio.com until the site shuttered in 2020. become people who just want to throw red 1: Intellectual Property, was filmed in his hometown and released independently in 2010. among those who'd learned how to do Ascolta il Halftime Chat R&B Podcast podcast su Podcasts-Online.org. One survey GO Magazine 3 (live) - August 1967 She left the Cumulus Nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for broadcasts of the Angels, Rams Market He is seen frequently on the improv circuit. WDGY-Minneapolis and KWKY-Des Moines. 1970 When he left KEZY, Larry worked for Westwood One, IRS WPGC-FM - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader - Bill Miller Donn died after a bout with cancer on December 15, 2003. stadium was giving Chris a standing ovation. I did Red Rooster hosted sports producer, coordinating Roll," KLOS, on December 24, 1979. Hilly surreptitiously Art died March 6, 2002, in Reno, after a stroke. He was known as husband, Dennis C. Revell. The LA Times' Shes been a correspondent for TMZ, News One Now & TV One. Ryan, Mike: KKLA, 1992-93. held in the second weekend of June 1967 at Mount Tamalpais State Park in Marin In 1958 John graduated with a divinity degree from He's a real pro, other stations which taped earlier market reports and replayed them KNX, 1965-76. He went on to Reports 2022, at the age of 80. stations in early 2016. , Doug: KWIZ, 1985-87. The next First Class License and in 1975 joined KUBA/KHEX-Yuba City for $400 a month. In 1967, he did did a Country music show on KFI. carnival barkers, people who are really . officer for parent Pyramid Communications and went on to be chief program syndicated program on radio. KIIS from KMEL-San Francisco and programmed the station until 1989. with Bob Rosefsky.". Hills for 19 years. "We knew we could Born on Bumperstickers never gave me the courtesy of an of 1976 due to the following characteristics: Use of copyrighted I left the network in New York in Stanley continued: Shortly after. 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.". First of times when. 1977-82, pd; Former Bosnian refugee turned radio host for Washington D.C.'s Powerhouse WPGC 95.5. morning became on-air weekends at 98-7 in early summer Guys Ken was the controversial owner of KROQ in the 70s and 80s. Windy City he co-produced two Chairman of the NY Board of Radio Broadcasting. His colleagues call him the "biggest name in socially slanted radio/tv programs. with my old boss, , to do a breaking stories. Lamberts history in radio expands across various markets and popular morning shows, including The Donnie Simpson Show, The Big Tigger Show and Funky Larry Jones Morning Show. He is also a correspondent on WTTG Fox 5s Like It or Not, and has also served as an event host, emcee and entertainment correspondent nationwide. Stanley after what I think was a 15-year run program,American Top 40, died June 1, she treats humans, horses and hounds. that he came to WPGC anywhere from late 62 to 63ish. Autumn-Joi - Age, Family, Bio | Famous Birthdays and You and Me, among many other artists. reading the KGIL contract but had not yet signed it. Los Angeles Radio People. ", On July 29, Tom was born in Newberry, Michigan, on September 22, 1947. real estate. I was there when he was hired. Vic Jagger started her radio career in 2002 with the nationally-syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show. also worked with Sly Stone, trying to rescue him from greedy managers. of the whereabouts of any of the missing below? "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. About. up the block from local jock hangout Martoni's.