Lan Roberts (born Lanny Lipford [1] in Bonham, Texas, on December 18, 1936; died December 30, 2005), was an American radio disc jockey (DJ).
Lan Roberts (born Lanny Lipford [1] in Bonham, Texas, on December 18, 1936; died December 30, 2005), was an American radio disc jockey (DJ).
During the 1960s and 1970s, Roberts was a high-profile presenter with KJR in Seattle. [2] Like many of the local DJs of the time, he left KJR for rival top 40 station KOL in a late 1960s talent raid and returned to KJR in the early 1970s. [3] He was known primarily for comedic skits and gags, working the "morning drive" shift from 6:00 am until 10:00 am on weekdays. Roberts was a master of voices and surrounded the top 40 hits of KJR with odd characters with names like Phil Dirt and The Hollywood Reporter. Roberts would carry on spirited conversations between his regular on-air voice and the characters. The Hollywood Reporter (no other name was given) would always begin a report on celebrity gossip in a lisping, snide, mocking voice "This is The Hollywood Reporter," and then continue with a totally bogus report. His career also included spells in Los Angeles, Hawaii, Taipei and San Francisco.
Later in life, Roberts returned to live in his old home town and worked as a radio consultant. He gained a new following by sharing his liberal political views on his website. In the last ten years of his life he suffered from lung cancer, and urged visitors to his site not to smoke. [3] In addition, he used his Internet presence to chastise the corporate mentality and lack of creativity in the modern broadcast industry. [2]
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem was an American DJ, music historian, radio personality, and actor. He was the host of several music radio countdown programs, notably American Top 40 from 1970 until his retirement in 2009. He also provided the voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009.
Larry Lujack, also called Superjock, Lawrence of Chicago, Uncle Lar, and King of the Corn Belt, was a Top 40 music radio disc jockey who was well known for his world-weary sarcastic style. Some of his more popular routines included Klunk Letter of the Day, the darkly humorous Animal Stories with sidekick Tommy Edwards as Little Tommy, and the Cheap Trashy Show Biz Report.
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Don Steele was one of the most popular disc jockeys in the United States from the middle of the 1960s until his retirement in May 1997. He was better known as "The Real Don Steele," a name suggested by his program director, Steve Brown, at KOIL-AM in Omaha, Nebraska. Brown hoped the moniker would click with listeners and make him stand out from other radio personalities.
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KFNQ is a sports radio station based in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting at 1090 kHz. The station carries programming from Fox Sports Radio and CBS Sports Radio as a brand extension of KJR. The station's transmitter is located on Vashon Island and operates from studios in the Belltown neighborhood northwest of Downtown Seattle. KFNQ is a Class B station operating on the clear-channel frequency of 1090 AM.
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Tom Hutyler is a Seattle, Washington radio personality and, since 1987, the public address announcer for the Seattle Mariners. Hutyler is also currently a sports reporter and news anchor for KOMO. Hutyler began his radio career in 1976 in Spokane, Washington, where he was born. A year later he relocated to Seattle to join the on-air staff at KJR (AM), and a few years later Hutyler helped launch KUBE to prominence as a Top 40 station. While at KUBE Hutyler wrote and produced a video tribute to the city of Seattle. He has worked for various Seattle stations in addition to those just mentioned, including KVI and KLSY. In 2018, he wrote and sang a song saluting Washington State University quarterback Gardner Minshew, titled "The Mississippi Mustache" which garnered over 55,000 YouTube Views.
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Rodney Bingenheimer is an American radio disc jockey who was on the Los Angeles rock station KROQ. He joined SiriusXM's Little Steven's Underground Garage on July 16, 2017. He is notable for helping numerous bands become successful in the American market. His contribution to the music business has been described as important. He developed a reputation for being the first American D.J. to identify new artists and play "edgy new bands" such as Blondie, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, Van Halen, Guns N' Roses, Duran Duran, The Cure, Joan Jett, The Hollywood Squares, Hole, Symbol Six, No Doubt, Blur, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Bangles, X, Germs and many others.
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