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Bob Dearborne, Don St. John, Turi Ryder
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Don Saint-Johnn worked at KYA-FM in the 1990's. I'm not sure about KYA 1260.
Bob Dearborn last published his Olde Disc Jockey's Almanac in June 2018. He had a long radio career including Night Time America, and I thought he hosted a Saturday syndicated oldies show. Looks like he last worked on the air at then-CHWO-740 in Toronto in the early 00s. I've heard Turi Ryder off and on; I think she was on the FM split of the WLS talk format in the 90s, and more recently on WGN.
According to "440 Satisfaction" website (440int.com), Don Saint Johnn spent time at KFRC in the Big 610 days (1974 to 1983-ish) and again in the 99.7 era (1994). They also have him at KYA in 1994.
Should you care, there's also a note from him below his listing saying that as of 2015 he's a professor at American River College in Sacramento.
Should you care, there's also a note from him below his listing saying that as of 2015 he's a professor at American River College in Sacramento.
To my knowledge, Bob Dearborn never worked at KYA. In fact, I don't know of him ever working in San Francisco or anywhere in California.
Turi Ryder went from WLS to KFRC in 1985, replacing The Slim One (another WLS alum). She did nights and incorporated talk into the show---this was in the final months of KFRC before the flip to Magic 61.
Don Sainte-Johnn was one of the few survivors of the flip to Magic 61, but when Bob Hamilton (former KRTH PD) arrived in SF to program KSFO/KYA-FM, he hired Don away. In the early 90s, when KFRC-FM went on 99.7 as oldies, they hired Hamilton as PD and he brought Don back to KFRC (this time on FM, but the AM would begin simulcasting in summer of '93) with him.
So, unless Dearborn snuck in and out without my knowing, none of them ever worked at KYA 1260, which ceased to exist in December of 1983 and became KOIT-AM.
And yes, Don's still teaching here in Sacramento.
Few remember Bob Dearborn at KIXI in Seattle I believe in the late 80’s or early 90’s. He was PD and on-air.
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What's he teaching Michael???
Mass Media and Society.
Ever so slightly off topic: Turi Ryder did mornings on the last incarnation of KGW Portland, live and local talk around the clock. They thought they had five years to build it but two years later, King Broadcasting founder Dorothy Bullitt died and much to everyone's surprise, her daughters weren't interested in continuing with media and the entire corporation was sold off to various buyers.
Happens a lot.
Yes I worked for KING broadcasting in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I have shared this before but when KING built their new fancy 4-story headquarters they built a ceremonial office for Dorothy. The building was garish and a product of its time. Today broadcast tv/radio do not need palaces. This 30 year old broadcast facility was torn down for condos and apartments, because that would provide more revenue than a tv/radio outlet.
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It’s like KMPC on Sunset. It was a showplace, but they were only in there 24 years. The good news is the building survived and has been repurposed.
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