A
IRCHECK OF THE WEEK

  Edition #1016
Week of November 25, 2018
 
 

Talent: GENE WEED
Station: KFWB Los Angeles
Date: November 23, 1958
Time: 37:24 (unscoped)
17:21 (scoped)

Gene Weed went the whole nine yards at KFWB, or more accurately - the entire 10 years.

The "Weedy One" lasted the entire music era at KFWB, beginning with "Color Radio" right up to the final show on March 10, 1968. He came to KFWB from the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service in Los Angeles, after previous gigs in Dallas, Omaha and Miami. Weed did every shift at KFWB and later became assisistant program director under PD Jim Hawthorne. After KFWB went all-news in 1968, Weed wrote and produced several television series for Dick Clark Productions. Winner of countless TV awards, Weed died of lung cancer August 5, 1999.

Enjoy Gene Weed on KFWB from November 23, 1958 (UNSCOPED) here.

Enjoy Gene Weed on KFWB from November 23, 1958 (SCOPED) here.
 

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)


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