Hello, Seattle! No, I'm not going to accuse you of hogging all the rain and not letting southern California have any. Actually, I want to share a column I wrote and this thread seemed like a logical place. Since 2003, I have written the daily music trivia and radio history for LARadio.com, which is run by Don Barrett, a former motion-picture marketing executive at Columbia, MGM/UA and Universal and manager of "K-100" KIQQ in the mid-1970s. He also published a book, L.A. Radio People. Because he chose to take today off, I thought perhaps you radio fans in Seattle might like to see what I wrote about a man who spent many years on radio and tv in Seattle:
LARadio Rewind: April 28, 2012. Former radio engineer and announcer Les Beigel dies of lung cancer at 69. Born in 1942 in Chicago, Leslie Joseph Beigel Jr. was afflicted with rheumatic fever at age four and was confined to bed. To keep him occupied, his father gave him a crystal radio set, which led to a lifetime love of radio. In 1954, the family moved to Seattle. After attending a broadcasting school in 1959, Beigel worked at radio stations in Spokane, Seattle and Bellingham and hosted a children's program on KTVW-Channel 13. His sidekick was a puppy and the show was called Beigel & Beagle. Beigel moved to Los Angeles in 1965 and began doing voiceovers and commercial production. He opened Underdog Recording Studio (later On Cue Recording) and formed Hollywood Voices, a group of voice actors available for television work. From 1967 to 1978, Beigel worked at a succession of stations, including KFWB, KBIG, KLAC, XEPRS, KGBS and WBZ in Boston. He also narrated several television programs and documentaries, including The Wonder Of It All and The Elementary Sherlock Holmes.
