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Gordon Keith is an American broadcaster on KTCK SportsRadio 1310 AM "The Ticket" in Dallas, Texas. He has shared hosting duties with George Dunham and Craig "Junior" Miller since 1994.
Keith was born in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] He then lived in Mississippi before returning to Texas to graduate from Richardson High School. [2] .
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Keith is a noted Lee Harvey Oswald enthusiast and revels in his actions on the day of John F. Kennedy's murder, as was noted in Justified . Keith went so far as to buy Oswald's bathtub from the estate of Oswald's wife Marina and then wrote loving words about it for his award-winning Dallas Morning News column. [3]
Keith has been with Dallas sports radio station KTCK ("The Ticket") since before the station went on the air in January 1994. His first position was an unpaid intern for Skip Bayless' morning show. According to Keith, the role lasted two weeks. He started working with Craig Miller and George Dunham on the Dunham and Miller Show , and joined the show as an on-air personality when it moved to mornings in October 1996. [2]
He is known for his characters and celebrity impersonations, including Jerry Jones and Tiger Woods. [2] [5]
A long-running feud has existed between members of The Ticket and Nestor Aparicio, an American sports writer and radio personality. On January 30, 2009, during Super Bowl week in Tampa, Florida, while roaming the Radio Row with a wireless microphone, Keith approached Aparicio in an alleged attempt to bury the hatchet. [6] Aparicio assaulted Keith before the scuffle was broken up by Super Bowl security. The incident was broadcast live during The Ticket's morning show. [7] [ better source needed ]
From February 2007 until January 2009, Keith hosted 100 episodes of The Gordon Keith Show, first on KFWD then on WFAA. The show won three Lone Star Emmy Awards before its cancellation due to layoffs at WFAA. [8]
The FX drama Justified makes frequent use of the names of "Ticket" personalities for supporting characters as writer/producer V.J. Boyd is a former Dallas resident and an active fan of KTCK. [9] The sixth-season episode "Dark as a Dungeon" makes reference to Gordon Keith as Mary Steenburgen's character Katherine Hale recalls him as "beard, wouldn't shut up about Lee Harvey Oswald" and describes him as "kind of wheels off". The Gordon Keith character is unseen, a deceased mob assassin who links several other supporting characters together.
In July 2017, Gordon Keith won the "DFW's Favorite Broadcaster" tournament hosted by The Dallas Morning News . [10]
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