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Charlie Van Dyke, Voice of K-EARTH, Ends Quarter of a Century with Classic Hits
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(May 22, 2015) Putting together a successful
radio station is made of a number of major ingredients, not the least is
the imaging voice. He or she is part of the audio tapestry that weaves
between content, commercials, promotions, music, and show talent.
Charlie Van Dyke’s enormously successful run
as the voice at K-EARTH has come to an end. For decades, his was the
voice you heard at the beginning of a show at the top of the hour …
“From the entertainment capital of the world … Gary Bryan,” then
a jingle and then the opening of the show. It varied over the years but
Charlie was the guy who was the consistent deep – no, very deep – voice
that you heard every day, every hour for a quarter of a century.
“To everything, there is a season,” said Charlie
after learning the news that his contract was not being renewed. “Mike
Phillips brought me on board 26 years ago. I’d call that a good run.
I’m grateful to Keith Smith for producing such excellent product
over the years and the talented program directors I’ve had the pleasure
to know. I think of the air staff as long-term friends.”
Charlie concluded with: “K-Earth will always be a
special station for me and I wish them success as they continue to
evolve.”
When Charlie ended his very successful run as jock
that started in the 1960s in Dallas and continued at classic Top 40
stations like KFRC-San Francisco, CKLW-Detroit, WLS-Chicago, KHJ and
K-EARTH, and WRKO-Boston, he made a great segue into voiceover work,
currently based from his home in Phoenix. He has been the imaging
voice to hundreds of television and radio stations. Locally, he
continues to be the voice of KABC/Channel 7. Great run, Charlie.
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"Many thanks for
reprinting Ken
Levine's story
about Robert W.
Morgan. I miss
him too, just about
every day.
Don't
know if I ever told you
this: sometime around 20
years ago Metro Traffic
moved into the KRTH
building on Venice
Blvd., while I was
wrapped up in the
weekday-morning shift
doing traffic and
sidekick-stuff on God
knows how many stations
within 100 miles. Three
or four weeks later, RWM
was hired to do mornings
on KRTH, down the
hall. Everyone of course
had heard about his
infamous temper, and you
could cut the tension in
the building with any
butter knife, once he
finally signed on.
At the time I
sported hair down a
little past my
shoulders. One morning
when I was somewhat out
of sorts for whatever
reason, Robert and I
each turned a corner
down the hall from each
other. This marked the
fourth or fifth time he
had seen me and muttered
something about a 'long
haired hippie freak.'
This time I barked back,
'Yeah, I keep it long
for gorgeous young
women, not for old
washed-up AM djs.'
So as soon as I got
that out, and started
thinking, 'O shit what
have I done? Robert
kinda' smirked his way
around the corner back
toward the KRTH studio.
About an hour later, I
was in my Metro booth,
and heard a knock at the
door. I opened it, and
there stood Robert W.
Morgan in the flesh,
handing me a stack of
paper, saying: 'Here are
some bits I know I'll
never get to. Perhaps
you can use some of 'em
on your reports.'
Needless to say I was
fully dumbfounded and
bumfuzzled by this
Legend, who had no
reason to give me the
time of day! I can't
recall whether I even
said "thanks", much less
anything else. I could
only think about the
mornings I'd catch
snippets of his KHJ gig
while cutting 1st Period
PE back in High
School. All I soon knew
was, after that, we
became very good
friends, and I quickly
grew to love the guy. We
remained that way until
he passed in 1998, and
as I said, I still miss
him on a daily basis. I
certainly count my
getting to know Robert
W. the way I did, as one
of my greatest
accomplishments in
life!" - Greg
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