Stephen Capen

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Stephen Capen
Born
Stephen Harold Capen

(1946-02-28)February 28, 1946
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. [1]
DiedSeptember 12, 2005(2005-09-12) (aged 59)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
SpouseSusan Wu [1]
ChildrenMelissa, Ian, Ami, Steve, Charles and James [1]
Career
Station(s) WAAB
KFRC
KMEL
KSAN (AM)
KSAN (FM)
KSFX (FM)
KYLD
KSOL
WBZ (AM)
WFFG (FM)
KVON
KVYN
KFOG
StyleDJ
Comedian
Previous showFuturist Radio Hour

Stephen Harold Capen (February 28, 1946 - September 12, 2005) was an American Radio announcer and disc jockey whose humor found favor with audiences in several major cities but particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the mid-1960s, he began his radio career in Caribou, Maine.

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Biography

Early life and education

Capen, the second of four children, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts [1] to Hobart Ashley Capen and Mary Capen (née Morgan).[ citation needed ]

Career

The 1960s & 1970s

WCSB in Boston, MA (1964).
WFST in Caribou, ME (1965 - 1966).
WBZA in Glens Falls, NY (1966 - 1967).
WAAB in Worcester, MA (1967 - 1968).
WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut (1969).
WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut (1969 -1970).
WGLD in Chicago, IL (Afternoons, 1970-1971)
CJOM in Windsor, Ontario (Detroit market) (1970-1972).
WNCR in Cleveland, Ohio (1972-1976).
WCOZ in Boston, Massachusetts (1976-1979).

The 1980s

KSAN-FM in San Francisco, CA in (1980 - 1981) - (Last year of its pioneering 12-year run as a progressive rock station before it switched to a country format) with long time friend and producer, Hank Rosenfeld.
KSFX (FM) in San Francisco, CA (1981 - 1982) - "Rock N Stereo" (with Rosie Allen).
KMEL in San Francisco, CA (1984 - 1985).
WXRK (K-Rock) in New York City, New York (1988 - 1989) - Hosted the afternoon drive-time slot that had been vacated by Howard Stern when Stern moved to mornings and began national syndication of his show. Meg Griffin (DJ) was also at K-Rock until her move to Sirius Satellite Radio.

The 1990s

Capen resisted the media-merger consolidation of radio stations and developed alternative interests in psychology, photography and travel, writing for publications including San Francisco magazine, The Village Voice , the Pacific Sun , Shambhala Sun , Writer's Digest , and LensWork Quarterly , lecturing at the University of San Francisco and California State University, Hayward, and making pilgrimages to Cuba, China, Greece, and the mountains of Peru. He filed occasional broadcast reports for CBS News Radio and its affiliated network of stations, reported news for KVON/KVYN-FM in Napa, California, and, in his final radio work in July 2004, commentaries from Boston's 2004 Democratic National Convention for CBS all-news affiliate KNX (AM) in Los Angeles, California.

Death

Capen died on September 12, 2005, near Plymouth, Massachusetts, of lung cancer. He was 59 years old. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stephen Capen -- radio DJ known for parachute prank". San Francisco Chronicle. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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