Into the big air booth in the sky.

I just saw that a KMET colleague of his, Mary Turner, passed in early May of this year. Also at age 75.

He always wanted to do his own thing and not follow playlists.

RIP

I was just talking on Friday about seeing him with the Radio KAOS tour and remembering KLOS (I was less of a KMET fan).

I wanted to work at KLOS much more anyway. They were more accessible, and it just seemed like a better fit for me. KMET was what some people referred to as "hipper than thou." I woulda grabbed it if they'd invited me in, though. But they probably didn't want two Marys on there, especially since Mary Turner was already well-established and she was certainly the reigning queen of the air staff.

I wish I could have reliably gotten KROQ but the signal wasn't strong enough in my neck of OC.

I might still have some KLOS and KMET stickers that they used to give away at concerts!

if you were on the air between about 1978 and 1984!

and I felt they needed me more than my ego did. By then I was at the AP in LA, covering Hollywood. Even though I loved my job, my work, and being “first”, I had a BIG case of the guilties once there were kids involved. For ME, anyway, it didn’t make sense to go to a demanding job (even if I loved it) when there were bigger demands (and different and stronger love) at home.

Guilt. It’s pretty doggone powerful! The Catholics use it as a mallet straight across the face, skull, spine, gut, and throat.

He was part of Roger Water's Radio Kaos album and live show in 1987.

Up there as one of my all time top shows - and I wasn't even all that much of a Waters fan. I liked the taking calls from the phone booth on the floor during intermission.