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When Robert w left KHJ for WIND, Chicago in 1970, Charlie Tuna replaced Morgan and Mark Elliot was brought down from KFRC to take over Tuna's old noon-3 pm slot. Plus, Elliot was one of the early American Bandstand hosts right before Dick Clark...I think he did it as a fill in.
 
canyouhearmenow said:
When Robert w left KHJ for WIND, Chicago in 1970, Charlie Tuna replaced Morgan and Mark Elliot was brought down from KFRC to take over Tuna's old noon-3 pm slot. Plus, Elliot was one of the early American Bandstand hosts right before Dick Clark...I think he did it as a fill in.
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Um...Clark had been doing Bandstand since Elliott was a teenager.
 
Bandstand hosts were Bob Horn (1952–1956) Lee Stewart (co-host, 1952–1955) Tony Mammarella (1956) Dick Clark (1956–1989; 2002) David Hirsch (1989). No one with Mark Elliot's name there.
 
Lkeller said:
recto101 said:
Mark Elliot I remember him as the VO at KRON 4 news in San Francisco before it became independent from 1995-2001. I had no idea the Disney VO and KRON 1995 VO also did KHJ.
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As I remember, the great Paul Frees (a Bay Area resident) did the NewsCenter 4 voice overs for quite a few years - though I just checked - Frees passed away in '86, so perhaps you're right. Frees' voice overs were often very close in phrasing and intonation to Orson Welles, who also made a good living doing commercials and voice overs in those days. Frees' work was also heard in the LA market frequently. It often occurred to me that Welles must have been good-natured about it, or he would have had his lawyers call Frees with a cease-and-desist demand.

I traveled to Jamaica during Christmas vacation of 74, and I remember clearly that Mark Elliot counted down the Top 100 hits of the year for whatever airline I was flying (Delta? can't remember). I heard his countdown both coming and going on the headset the airline provided for free (in those days). I had left LA before Elliot came to KHJ, so I wasn't familiar with him up to that time.
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I've seen the 1986 airchecks of KRON 4 News and the Current VO of KGO' ABC 7 News was doing VO at the time.
 
calguy said:
As I recall he also did a weekly countdown show for either Drake or RKO I can't remember which as that was at least 30 plus years ago.
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Mark hosted "The Weekly Top 30" for Drake-Chenault. It started in 1979 and ran until January, 1982. He was a frequent guest host on American Top 40 before and after his "Weekly Top 30" run and was the designated guest host for Casey Kasem on "Casey's Top 40" from 1989 to 1993.
 
Lkeller said:
Frees' voice overs were often very close in phrasing and intonation to Orson Welles, who also made a good living doing commercials and voice overs in those days. Frees' work was also heard in the LA market frequently. It often occurred to me that Welles must have been good-natured about it, or he would have had his lawyers call Frees with a cease-and-desist demand.
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Frees was a gifted mimic and movie producers actually used him to overdub dialog for ailing actors whose voices weren't in shape...including Welles. His other uncredited VO dubs? Humphrey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi and all of Tony Curtis' falsetto lines in "Some Like It Hot."
 
michael hagerty said:
calguy said:
As I recall he also did a weekly countdown show for either Drake or RKO I can't remember which as that was at least 30 plus years ago.
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Mark hosted "The Weekly Top 30" for Drake-Chenault. It started in 1979 and ran until January, 1982. He was a frequent guest host on American Top 40 before and after his "Weekly Top 30" run and was the designated guest host for Casey Kasem on "Casey's Top 40" from 1989 to 1993.
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Thanks for confirming that for me. I knew I was close, thanks.
 
Michael Hagerty,, you forgot KFRCs J. Paul Emerson, Gary Bryans partner back in 1993!!!!!!!!! KFRC really made the ratings back then!!!!!!!!! J. Paul Emerson passed away . over 4 years ago!!!!!!!!! One hilarious DJ!!!!! Kenny in Concord
 
Hunkey Snarkey said:
Michael Hagerty,, you forgot KFRCs J. Paul Emerson, Gary Bryans partner back in 1993!!!!!!!!! KFRC really made the ratings back then!!!!!!!!! J. Paul Emerson passed away . over 4 years ago!!!!!!!!! One hilarious DJ!!!!! Kenny in Concord
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Kenny...I wasn't writing about KFRC.
 
michael hagerty said:
Hunkey Snarkey said:
Michael Hagerty,, you forgot KFRCs J. Paul Emerson, Gary Bryans partner back in 1993!!!!!!!!! KFRC really made the ratings back then!!!!!!!!! J. Paul Emerson passed away . over 4 years ago!!!!!!!!! One hilarious DJ!!!!! Kenny in Concord
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Kenny...I wasn't writing about KFRC.
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You'll have to excuse Kenny - he loved J. Paul Emerson. I don't remember Emerson being funny, and he wasn't a "DJ." He was actually the news reader on Gary Bryan's morning show who ended up with co-host status because he was an over the top right-wing nut-ball that attracted attention and controversy. In the liberal Bay Area...you can imagine, I'm sure. He finally got fired for making anti-gay remarks, and even Gary Bryan seemed relieved.

A couple months later, Disney/ABC bought KSFO and installed a right-wing talk format. They hired Emerson to do mornings. But without Bryan to hold him down, he ranted and raved so incoherently that they fired him after a couple of weeks.
 
Several years ago, Scotty Brink was doing weekends on KOMA-FM in Oklahoma City but no longer.

Yes, it's absolutely, positively the same Scotty Brink.

He was living in Oklahoma City at the time.

Tony
 
Tony Williams said:
Several years ago, Scotty Brink was doing weekends on KOMA-FM in Oklahoma City but no longer.

Yes, it's absolutely, positively the same Scotty Brink.

He was living in Oklahoma City at the time.

Tony
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He's still living in Oklahoma, just not on the air.
 
Just wanted to put a word for 'Shotgun Tom' Kelly. He just got in under the wire as a BOSS JOCK at KGB in San Diego. He started there in February 1971 and all references to Boss Radio were dropped in June 1971.
 
Another legendary LA radio voice, former KRLA newsman Paul Oscar Anderson (birth name Paul E. Brown) passed away June 5th, 2009 in Knoxville, TN at the age of 77; his career included working with two legends-to-be, one of whom was Charlie Tuna at KROQ.

He also worked at KWMT/Fort Dodge doing PM drive sometime in the fifties; the AM drive jock was Dr. Don Rose.
 
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