I would have loved to hear that.
-----Original Message-----
From: ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ourplace-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Marty Rimpau
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 5:11 PM
To: ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ourplace] Re: charlie tuna has passed away
Hi Rosie, the only thing that piece didn't mention was that after charlie tuna
left khj on January seventeenth, 1972, when robert w morgan returned, he went
to kcbq in San Diego, and one morning, I tuned in, and he was kicking the trash
can on the air, which I thought was funny. Marty
On Feb 29, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Rosemarie Chavarria wrote:
Hi, Marty,
This is very sad news. I remember listening to him from time to time on
K H J.
Rosie
On 2/29/2016 3:01 PM, Marty Rimpau wrote:
Hi all, this is for those of us who grew up, partially, or
fully in southern california, I just got this from one of the people on my
oldies list, that long time disc jockie, charlie tuna has passed away, and I
was in southern california on November twenty-third, 1967 when he did his first
show on khj in Los Angeles, though I don't remember him saying it was his first
day there.
Longtime L.A. radio personality CHARLIE TUNA has died at the
age of 71, passing away "peacefully in his sleep," while at home in TARZANA,
CA, the city for which he served as honorary Mayor since 1977.
The KEARNY, NEBRASKA native, whose real name was ART FERGUSON,
was part of the legendary KHJ BOSS JOCK lineup, starting at both KROQ and KIIS
and serving as both PD and morning man for KIIS AM and FM.
TUNA worked as a morning drive radio personality for more
stations and formats than anyone in L.A. radio history: Top 40, AC, Hot AC,
Oldies, Talk, Sports Talk and Country.
TUNA began working at his hometown radio station, KGFW, at the
age of 16. He went to take a job at KLEO in WICHITA, KANSAS, for a year using
the air name "BILLY O'DAY." He then worked for KOMA in OKLAHOMA CITY in 1966,
where he took over the "CHARLIE TUNA" alias from CHUCK RILEY, who had used it
for one show the week prior to TUNA's arrival. CHARLIE then moved on to WMEX
BOSTON for the first nine months of 1967.
In late 1967, KHJ LOS ANGELES offered him the 9 to noon slot,
where he debuted on THANKSGIVING 1967. On FEBURARY 9th, 1971, he had just
commenced his morning show at 6a when the SAN FERNANDO earthquake occurred. In
1972 he became one of the original DJs at KROQ AM, a new Top 40 station
(formerly Country KBBQ). In 1973 be moved to KKDJ as PD and morning
personality. He presided over its 1975 call-letter change to KIIS-AM, and
broadcast the first show at KIIS-FM as it began its AM-FM simulcast. He also
worked at KTNQ, KHTZ (later KBZT), KRLA, KODJ (later KCBS-FM), KMPC, KIKF, and
KLAC.
CHARLIE TUNA worked at KBIG (104.3), where he hosted a
long-running morning show "CHARLIE TUNA IN THE MORNING," which aired from 5 to
10a. His last full-time morning show aired on SEPTEMBER 17th, 2007, when the
station flipped to a non-rhythmic-based AC format, as 104.3 (MY FM). He
returned to radio FEBRUARY 9th, 2008, when he became the weekend personality on
CBS L.A. oldies station KRTH (K-EARTH 101). On AUGUST 27th, 2015, when CBS
began downsizing their stations in L.A., CHARLIE moved on to expand his
syndicated radio business with CharlieTunaSyndication.com
<http://CharlieTunaSyndication.com/> .
TUNA was inducted into the NEBRASKA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
HALL OF FAME in 1999, and was honored with a star on the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
in 1990.
In 1997, CHARLIE was voted one of the Top 10 L.A. Radio
Personalities Of All Time by readers of the LOS ANGELES RADIO PEOPLE.
In 2007 and again in 2013, CARLIE was elected by his
LARadio.com <http://LARadio.com/> broadcast peers as one of the Top 10 L.A.
Radio Personalities.
He was heard around the world daily on the ARMED FORCES RADIO
NETWORK for a 25-year 6,000-show run from 1971 to 1996, as well as on numerous
nationally syndicated radio shows, since the early '70s
He could also be heard across the U.S., CANADA and
internationally on his syndicated five-hour daily and weekend shows, plus a
daily HOLLYWOOD MINUTE entertainment feature.
TUNA was the announcer for the television game show "Scrabble,"
which ran for seven years on NBC, and a dozen other TV shows ranging from "THE
MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW" and "THICKE Of The Night," to "AMERICA'S TOP 10 WITH CASEY
KASEM." He hosted "Cinema, Cinema, Cinema" for 30 years, an internationally
syndicated TV show featuring the top movies in the U.S. each week, with clips
from the films. He also hosted the international TV show "Inside HOLLYWOOD" for
three years.
TUNA appeared in two movies, "Rollercoaster" in 1977 and
"Racquet" in 1979, as well as hundreds of TV and radio commercials. VH1 used
CHARLIE’s "Celebrity Interview Archives," he sported dozens of radio station
voice-imaging clients, narrated the U.S. AIR FORCE’s 50th Anniversary CD, and
served as a musical network TV consultant.
CHARLIE hosted the red carpet and emceed the REVLON RUN/WALK
for five years, and served as master of ceremonies for the annual 4th OF JULY
WARNER PARK in WOODLAND HILLS celebration, which attracts annual crowds of over
50,000 spectators.
Reach out to send your condolences at www.charlietuna.com
<http://www.charlietuna.com/> .
Memorial donations may be made to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS
ANGELES, for which he raised more than $2.5 million over the years with his
annual 'TUNATHON."
- See more at:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/151021/longtime-l-a-radio-legend-charlie-tuna-71-passes?ref=mail_bulletin#sthash.H5ruMoKb.dpuf
Marty
You are subscribed to Ourplace (
ourplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
). To unsubscribe, send blank email with "unsubscribe" in the subject line; do
not include quotation marks:
ourplace-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
. To contact the owner or moderator, send email to
ourplace-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
. Please do not put your complaints on the list. Thanks for your cooperation!