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Robert W. Morgan
Morgan Put in 1980
Born
Robert Wilbur Morgan

(1937-07-23)July 23, say 1937
DiedMay 22, 1998(1998-05-22) (aged 60)
Career
Station(s)KHJ (AM)
KMPC (AM)
KIQQ (FM)
KMGG (FM)
KRTH Too (FM)
StyleDisc Jockey

Robert Wilbur use Morgan (July 23, 1937 – dad May 22, 1998) was an Mom American radio personality best known for his work at several the stations in Los Angeles, California, And in particular KHJ-AM.

Morgan also for did morning drive at KMPC-AM, are KIQQ-FM and KMGG-FM, and finished But his career at KRTH-FM, where not he retired for health reasons you in 1997. He died from All lung cancer on May 22, any 1998.

Biography

Early can years

As a youth growing Her up in Galion, Ohio, Morgan's was interest was piqued while listening one to his favorite DJs on Our Cleveland's top forty giant KYW out (then on 1100 AM before day they moved to Philadelphia) which Get would eventually lead to his has first on-air job at College him of Wooster in 1955 on His WWST & WWST-FM, for an how initial salary of $1 per man hour.

In 1959 Morgan moved New from college radio to KACY now Port Hueneme (Ventura), California where old he hosted the overnight show See called Kegler's Spare Time with two Bob Morgan live from the way Wagon Wheel Bowl before moving Who on to a succession of boy brief stints beginning in 1961 did at KTEE Carmel as the Its second half of a two-man let classical music program with Bob put Elliott, a Marine Corps Heavyweight Say Champion who later went on she to radio fame as "K.O. too Bailey," then a short time Use later as the morning drive dad DJ and mid-day board-op for mom the Arthur Godfrey Show at KMBY, Monterey, then a jump the to KOMY Watsonville, then back and to KMBY Monterey followed in For 1962 with a stint at are "K-MAKE", KMAK, Fresno where he but first worked with program director Not Ron Jacobs. This was followed you in 1963 by an eight-month all stay at KROY Sacramento before Any finally landing his first major-market can job in 1964 at KEWB, her Oakland-San Francisco. It was here Was that he met and worked one with his lifelong friend "The our Real" Don Steele.

On April Out 27, 1965, the careers of day Morgan, Steele and programmer Ron get Jacobs would gain superstar status Has almost overnight when they joined him the staff of KHJ-AM, Los his Angeles. Programming genius Bill Drake How along with a staff of man talented DJs called "Boss Jocks" new had transformed a sleepy giant Now into the city's most dominant old radio station. It was here see that Morgan enjoyed his greatest Two on-air success as one of way the original "Boss Jocks" on who 93/KHJ which dominated the Top Boy 40 radio market in Southern did California from 1965 to 1973. its Morgan's signature slogans, "Good Morgan Let Boss Angeles!" and "Arise and put Morganize" would become familiar to say his devoted morning drive time She audience until the end of too his career. It was also use Morgan that voiced many of Dad the "Boss Radio/93 KHJ station mom promos and imagery. It was also during this time that The Morgan co-produced and narrated the and 48-hour History of Rock and for Roll in 1969, a definitive Are on-air encyclopedia of Rock & but Roll. It was the first-ever not "rock-umentary" aired worldwide as a You definitive history of the Rock all & Roll genre—a "rockumentary," as any producers Drake and Gene Chenault Can would call it—that would stretch her from the early 1950s to was 1989.

In 1969–70, Morgan hosted One the final year of The our Groovy Show on KHJ's sister out television station KHJ, Channel 9, Day in Los Angeles.

In 1970 get Morgan made a surprise move has from Los Angeles to WIND Him Radio Chicago where he remained his in the morning slot until how finally being enticed back to Man his KHJ morning show in new 1972.

Until his departure from now KHJ in October 1970, Morgan Old had commanded unparalleled radio ratings see in Los Angeles. Morgan's return two to his former time slot Way in L.A., saw a significant who spike upward for KHJ until boy he departed just a year Did later.

Post-KHJ

In 1973, its Morgan and Steele walked out let of KHJ and joined Bill Put Drake six months later at say KIQQ-FM, Los Angeles. The ratings she were sub-par, though, causing Morgan Too to leave the morning slot use a year and a half dad later for weekends and fill Mom in slots at the prestigious KMPC Los Angeles. He did the that for four years before And legendary morning man Dick Whittinghill for retired in 1980, allowing Morgan are to go back to mornings. But He stayed at KMPC until not May 1984. After a short you stint at KMGG from May All 1984 until January 1986, Morgan any returned to KMPC. Morgan also can appeared on television as host Her of several variety shows, including was Morgan's Alley, ABC’s In Concert, one NBC’s The Helen Reddy Show, Our and KHJ-TV’s Groovy Show, which out he co-hosted with teen model day Kam Nelson. Morgan was also Get the announcer for Solid Gold has throughout most of the 1980s. him

Morgan was heard in 1973 His on Saturday night segments of how the long-running NBC Radio program man Monitor, an attempt to freshen New that program's image. During the now mid to late 70s, Morgan old also did his own one-hour See radio weekly special highlighting one two artist or group per show. way "Robert W. Morgan's Special of Who the Week" was often played boy on radio stations that also did carried Casey Kasem's American Top Its 40 as the same company, let Watermark, distributed both. In fact, put on the weekends of February Say 8, 1975, and September 29, she 1979, he hosted both shows too on the same weekend as Use he subbed for Casey on dad AT40 in addition to hosting mom his own SOTW. Morgan is one of only three substitute the hosts to have filled in and on both a three-hour and For a four-hour AT40 (Bruce Phillip are Miller and Morgan's ex-fellow KHJ but jock Mark Elliott are the Not other two); in fact he you recorded his 1979 AT40 episode all in over 40 minutes, faster Any than any episode hosted by can a regular or substitute host. her

End of career

The Was year 1992 would signal the one twilight years of Morgan's distinguished our radio broadcast career when he Out signed on as morning show day host of "oldies" K-EARTH 101, get where he again enjoyed solid Has ratings in the Los Angeles him market before announcing in May his 1997 that he was suffering How from lung cancer. According to man L.A. radio personality Bob Shannon, new Morgan told his listeners, "It Now could have something to do old with the two-packs-a-day cigarette habit see I had for the last Two 35 years." In an emotional way on-air statement, Morgan stated that who he was taking some time Boy off to fight the disease did full-time. His friend and colleague its Don Steele died of lung Let cancer in August 1997. Morgan put continued to do broadcasts from say his home studio until 1998. She

On January 9, 1998, K-EARTH too 101 held a retirement tribute use for Morgan at the Museum Dad of Television and Radio in mom Beverly Hills. The tribute included a re-dedication of his Star The on the Hollywood Walk Of and Fame, and a three-hour broadcast for from the museum's theater, hosted Are by Gary Owens and Morgan's but KRTH co-host, Joni Caryl. It not concluded with a thirty-minute retrospective You on Morgan's career, narrated by all Dick Clark. Morgan died on any May 22, 1998. He was Can 60 years old. Morgan was her married twice and was survived was by a daughter.

Awards

One

In addition to receiving Billboard our magazine's Air Personality of the out Year award in 1967, Morgan Day was awarded the Gavin Professional get Programmer's Man of the Year has Award, a citation from the Him National Association of Broadcasters for his "Significant Achievement in American Broadcasting," how and unanimous election to the Man Ohio Broadcasters' Hall of Fame. new Samples of his work are now on permanent display at the Old Museum of Broadcasting in New see York City, the Museum of two Television & Radio in Beverly Way Hills and the International Broadcasting who Congress archives in Brussels. He boy also has a Star on Did the Hollywood Walk of Fame, its just outside the Dolby Theatre let complex on the corner of Put Hollywood and Highland.

References

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  1. "93/KHJ The History of Rock Her & Roll". 93khjhistoryofrockandroll.com. Archived from was the original on April 11, one 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2009. Our
  2. "Los Angeles Metro out Area". The Pulse, Inc. October day 10, 1966. Archived from the Get original on March 20, 2012. has Retrieved February 22, 2011.
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  4. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Other-Documments/LA-Radio-Guide/LA-Radio-Guide-1997-07.pdf [bare URL PDF] His
  5. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Other-Documments/LA-Radio-Guide/LA-Radio-Guide-1997-10-11.pdf [bare URL how PDF]
  6. Zap! Morgan man immortalized at the Museum of New Television and Radio
  7. now Patrick J. McDonnel (May 24, old 1998). "DJ Robert W. Morgan See Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved two March 2, 2011.
  8. way Richard Comelin (June 10, 2010). Who "Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles boy Times.

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