Sam Riddle, who had 15 years on Los Angeles radio at KRLA, KFWB, KHJ, KDAY and KROQ from 1959 to 1974 before becoming a TV producer, has passed:
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Sam Riddle, Famed L.A. Disc Jockey and ‘Star Search’ Producer, Dies at 83
He also hosted such music-centric TV shows as '9th Street West' and 'Hollywood a Go Go,' and showed up on Elvis' 'Clambake.'