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Roger Carroll

michael hagerty

michael hagerty

I posted this in the "In Memoriam" section, but I know a lot of people don't look there, and this is an L.A. story, so I hope Frank will allow it to stay.

Roger Carroll, who was at KABC-AM in Los Angeles for much of the 1950s before joining KMPC for a 21-year run in 1959, has died at the age of 90.

Carroll was also the announcer for the Smothers Brothers, Glen Campbell and other prime-time TV shows in the 1960s and 70s, voiced many regional and national commercials and was heard for decade on Armed Forces Radio. In fact, his production company was responsible for the Army, Navy and Air Force half-hours hosted by Robert W. Morgan, Wolfman Jack, Billy Pearl and others that stations nationwide used to meet public service time requirements.

Carroll had the second-longest run at KMPC of any of their big-name personalities. Only Dick Whittinghill, at 30 years, lasted longer.

With Roger's passing, only Sonny Melendrez, Kathy Gori, Wink Martindale and Johnny Magnus remain of the glory days (pre-1980) KMPC air staff. And Magnus is the only one who is still on L.A. radio, doing 7-10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays on KKJZ (88.1).
 
michael hagerty said:
I posted this in the "In Memoriam" section, but I know a lot of people don't look there, and this is an L.A. story, so I hope Frank will allow it to stay.

Roger Carroll, who was at KABC-AM in Los Angeles for much of the 1950s before joining KMPC for a 21-year run in 1959, has died at the age of 90.

Carroll was also the announcer for the Smothers Brothers, Glen Campbell and other prime-time TV shows in the 1960s and 70s, voiced many regional and national commercials and was heard for decade on Armed Forces Radio. In fact, his production company was responsible for the Army, Navy and Air Force half-hours hosted by Robert W. Morgan, Wolfman Jack, Billy Pearl and others that stations nationwide used to meet public service time requirements.

Carroll had the second-longest run at KMPC of any of their big-name personalities. Only Dick Whittinghill, at 30 years, lasted longer.

With Roger's passing, only Sonny Melendrez, Kathy Gori, Wink Martindale and Johnny Magnus remain of the glory days (pre-1980) KMPC air staff. And Magnus is the only one who is still on L.A. radio, doing 7-10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays on KKJZ (88.1).
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Thanks for sharing. I was a bit too young to hear him myself (well, I supposed I could have in the late 70s when I learned my radio channelflipping ways and occasionally stopped in on KMPC, but I certainly don't remember him anyways), but he is among the giants in LA Radio history and I am sure Don B. will be all over this story when he comes back from vacation.

It is very sad for me to see the oldtimers slip away. It is one thing for them to be retired and telling "remember when" stories, another thing altogether to lose them for good. I know it is not very fashionable these days, but I still revere,respect, and actually try to learn from those that came before me (and my generation).
 
ChannelFlipper said:
Thanks for sharing. I was a bit too young to hear him myself (well, I supposed I could have in the late 70s when I learned my radio channelflipping ways and occasionally stopped in on KMPC, but I certainly don't remember him anyways), but he is among the giants in LA Radio history and I am sure Don B. will be all over this story when he comes back from vacation.

It is very sad for me to see the oldtimers slip away. It is one thing for them to be retired and telling "remember when" stories, another thing altogether to lose them for good. I know it is not very fashionable these days, but I still revere,respect, and actually try to learn from those that came before me (and my generation).
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I knew I liked you.

Roger, by the way, was a pioneer. There exists tape of Roger in January of 1959, at KABC, doing his show from the Los Angeles High Fidelity Show at the Biltmore. That aircheck---and Roger's show every evening on KABC (this is seven months before he crossed the street to KMPC)----was in STEREO. One channel broadcast on KABC-AM, the other on KABC-FM (95.5). Incredible stuff. And he was all of 30 at the time.
 
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