Rock Radio Scrapbook
AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of
January 9, 2011
Weekly issue #613
Talent:
CHARLIE TUNA
Station: KHJ Los Angeles
Date: January 7, 1971
Time: 19:05
Charlie Tuna appears on this KHJ chart from Jan. 6, 1971
It's radio's greatest fish story, but unlike most fish stories, it's all true.
Born April 18, 1944 in Kearney, Neb., Art Ferguson became Charlie Tuna at KOMA Oklahoma City in 1966 when Chuck Riley - who used it for one show - left the station. The rest is Top 40 radio history. Tuna went on to star at WMEX Boston, KCBQ San Diego and Los Angeles stations KHJ, KROQ-AM, KKDJ, KIIS, KTNQ, KHTZ (later KBZT), KRLA, KCBS-FM, KODJ, KMPC, KIKF, KBIG and KRTH. Tuna, whose TV and radio syndication and voice credits could fill a phone book, was voted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.
Known for his quick wit, Tuna had the honour of replacing legendary KHJ morning man Robert W. Morgan when the latter went to WIND Chicago in 1970. The gig only lasted until Morgan returned to the Los Angeles station in 1972, but it was memorable and just another feather in Tuna's cap (fin?)
Enjoy Charlie Tuna on KHJ here.
(The Tom Howard Collection)
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