Al Risen (Albert H. Risen, Jr.) has passed away. According to the online edition of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, he died in New Smyrna, Florida on April 18, 2009 at the age of 65.
Al was a DJ in Louisville and Lexington radio in the late '60s and early-to-mid '70s. He did stints at WAKY, WKLO, WINN, WKRX (now WVEZ) WXVW, and WLAP.
Former WAKY DJ and Production Director Mike Griffin remembers, "When Lee Gray worked the night shift at WKLO (68-69) Al Risen followed him. Al also did the first 'underground' show that I recall during one of the hours of the shift."
Tim Tyler, who worked at WAKY with Al, says "Al Risen was truly one of the nice guys!"
Al Risen left Louisville in the mid-70s to work at WKDA in Nashville, and later WSM, where he syndicated a country music show.
According to Jerry Kieffer, Al worked at country-formatted WELE in Ormond Beach, Florida in the '80s -- and spent the past 10 years or so working for the Post Office in Edgewater, Florida (which is just south of New Smyrna Beach).
John Quincy
www.79WAKY.com
www.1080WKLO.com
www.LKYRadio.com
Al was a DJ in Louisville and Lexington radio in the late '60s and early-to-mid '70s. He did stints at WAKY, WKLO, WINN, WKRX (now WVEZ) WXVW, and WLAP.
Former WAKY DJ and Production Director Mike Griffin remembers, "When Lee Gray worked the night shift at WKLO (68-69) Al Risen followed him. Al also did the first 'underground' show that I recall during one of the hours of the shift."
Tim Tyler, who worked at WAKY with Al, says "Al Risen was truly one of the nice guys!"
Al Risen left Louisville in the mid-70s to work at WKDA in Nashville, and later WSM, where he syndicated a country music show.
According to Jerry Kieffer, Al worked at country-formatted WELE in Ormond Beach, Florida in the '80s -- and spent the past 10 years or so working for the Post Office in Edgewater, Florida (which is just south of New Smyrna Beach).
John Quincy
www.79WAKY.com
www.1080WKLO.com
www.LKYRadio.com