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Article: Charlie Tuna inducted into National Radio Hall of Fame
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- November 13, 2008
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L.A. radio legend Charlie Tuna was among friends - more than 400
of them - Saturday night in Chicago to be honored as an inductee
into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
Just 23 years old when he arrived at KHJ (930 AM) in Los Angeles
in 1967, he began his career seven years earlier in his hometown of
Kearney, Neb. Now heard weekends and fill-ins on KRTH (101.1 FM),
Tuna has in some ways come full circle - KRTH was once the sister
station of KHJ and is considered by some as the descendent of the
famed top-40 powerhouse.
Other inductees for 2008 include Art Bell, Bob Collins. Jess
Cain, Howard Carr, Mickey Luckhoff and Focus on the Family. But the
other big name you probably know from local ...