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JACK LACY
Born: November 11, 1916
Died: June 9, 1996, San Sebastian, Spain
Stations: WNBC (WONS) New Britain, Conn., WBAL Baltimore, WINS, WCBS-AM New York, KIQQ Los Angeles
Notes: The Hartford, Conn.-raised Lacy was part of the legendary WINS lineup of the late '50s that included Irv Smith, Stan Z. Burns and Alan Freed. His WINS show was called "Listen to Lacy". His wife Agnes was a WINS personality in her own right who sometimes filled in for her husband.
BOB LAINE
Born: October 18, 1938
Died: August 31, 2011, Toronto
Also known as: Bobbo; birth name was Bob Shlanger
Stations: CFRS Simcoe, Ont., CFGM Richmond Hill, Ont., CHUM Toronto
Notes: Spent 10 years on the all-night show at CHUM before moving to middays in 1968 (was briefly at CFGM in mornings in 1962). Moved into management in 1970 as program director at CHUM-FM. Managed CHUM properties in Winnipeg from 1975 to 1990. Retired as corporate vice-president in 2003 after 45 years with the CHUM organization but continued with a new project organizing the CHUM archives. Taught broadcasting at Seneca College in Toronto.
RON LANDRY
Born: October 24, 1934, Monroe, La.
Died: September 16, 2002
Stations: WJMA Orange, Va., WSLS Roanoke, Va., WBTM Danville, Va., Armed Forces Radio, WDRC Hartford, WBZ Boston, KGBS, KFI Los Angeles
Notes: The Louisiana native partnered on-air in Los Angeles with Bob Hudson and the two even had a charted comedy 45, "Ajax Liquor Store."
MOOSE LATRECK
Died: June 22, 2006
Also known as: Birth name was Fred Snyder
Stations: Canadian Armed Forces Radio (Nelson, B.C.), CJAD Montreal, CKCO-TV Kitchener, Ont., CHUM, CHIN Toronto
Notes: Hosted a late-night country music show at CHUM in the 1960s, which spawned a weekly country music chart called The Moose Parade. This appeared as part of the CHUM Chart, which featured much of Snyder's artwork. After his CHUM years, he went to CHIN where he spent 33 years as production manager. Native of Spiritwood, Sask. Retired from radio in 2000 at the age of 70 after about a half-century in the business.
CHUCK LEONARD
Died: August 12, 2004
Stations worked at: WEBB Baltimore, WWRL, WABC, WXLO, WRKS, WBLS, WQEW New York, WJUX Monticello, N.Y., Sirius Satellite Radio
Notes: The first black deejay on New York's legendary WABC, he held down the late evening shift there from 1965 to 1979. Fellow WABC jock Harry Harrison may have summed it up best when he said of Leonard: "He was a super talent, a super human being and a classy man." Leonard, a golden gloves boxing champion in his younger days, died of lung cancer at age 67.
BOB LEWIS
Born: March 16, 1937
Died: January 23, 1987
Also known as: Bob-a-lou
Stations: WMGM, WABC, WABC-FM, WNEW-FM, WCBS-FM New York
Notes: Was WABC's overnight voice before Charlie Greer. Also was a pioneer in the progressive radio movement with his late-'60s show on WABC-FM, "Some Trust in Chariots". Died of pneumonia as a result of AIDS.
CUZZIN' LINNIE/COUSIN LINNIE
Died: June 30, 2011
Also known as: Birth name was Linwood Henderson
Stations: KLIF, KXXK, KNON Dallas, KKDA-AM Grande Prairie, Tex.
Notes: Did all-night show at KLIF from 1969 to 1974 and again from 1977 to 1979. First African-American deejay in Dallas radio. Was in his late '70s when he died.
HY LIT
Born: May 20, 1934, South Philadelphia
Died: November 17, 2007, Philadelphia
Also known as: Hyski, Hyski O'Rooney McVoutie O'Zoot; Birth name was Hyman Aaron Lit
Stations: WHAT, WRCV, WIBG, WDAS-AM, WDAS-FM, WIFI, WKXW, WPGR, WSNI, WOGL, WKBS-TV Philadelphia, KPOL Los Angeles
Notes: One of the biggest stars in the history of Philadelphia Top 40 radio. His nighttime show on WIBG attracted an amazing three-quarters of the listening audience. Signature tunes were "Quarter to Three" by Gary U.S. Bonds and the instrumental "A Night with Daddy G" by the Church Street Five. Hosted TV dance shows on stations in Philadelphia and New York including the "Hy Lit Show" on WKBS-TV. Had musical streaming web site www.hylitradio.com. Radio and Records Oldies Personality of the Year for 1999. Inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2003. Died of complications after a knee injury.
AL LOHMAN
Born: January 15, 1933, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
Died: October 14, 2002, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Stations: KIMN Denver, WABC New York, KLAC, KFI, KRLA Los Angeles, KWNK Simi Valley, Calif., KPCM, KCMJ Palm Springs, Calif.
Notes: One-half of one of radio's great duos - his on-air partner for 25 years at KFI was the late Roger Barkley. Died of cancer.
GEORGE LORENZ
Born: October 22, 1919
Died: May 29, 1972
Also known as: The Hound, Ol' Man Lorenz
Stations: WWOL, WXRA, WUFO, WKBW, WINE, WBLK-FM Buffalo, WJJL, WHLD Niagara Falls, N.Y., WBTA Batavia, N.Y., WSRS Cleveland, WNJR-AM Newark, N.J.
Notes: Founded one of America's top rhythm and blues stations, WBLK-FM, in 1964 long before FM radio became "cutting edge". Is considered the Alan Freed of Buffalo radio and is mentioned in the same breath as many of the legendary Top 40 pioneers. Died less than a month before his daughter Jean was to be married. Member of the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.
STEVE LABUNSKI
Died: March 21, 2011
Stations: WMCA New York
Notes: Was general manager of WMCA during the "Good Guys" era in the 1960s, having arrived there in 1958 from Kansas City where he had been working for the Todd Storz organization. Later became president of NBC Radio and was executive director of the International Radio and Television Society. Also a founder of the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame. Died of natural causes at the age of 86.
STEVE LUNDY
Born: November 3, 1942, Tyler, Tex.
Died: April, 1999, Houston
Also known as: Birth name was Jack Foshee
Stations: KDOK Tyler, Tex., WLS Chicago, KILT Houston, KFRC San Francisco, WNBC New York, KROQ Los Angeles
RON LUNDY
Born: June 25, 1934, Memphis, Tenn.
Died: March 15, 2010, Oxford, Miss.
Also known as: The Wil' Child (at WIL); The Swingin' Nightwalker (while on the all-night show on WABC); birth name was Fred Ronald Lundy
Stations: WHHM Memphis, WDDT Greenville, Miss., WLCS Baton Rouge, La., WIL St. Louis, WCBS-FM New York
Notes: Signature line was "Hello, Love." Started at WABC in September, 1965 on the all-night show, but switched to middays in May, 1966 where he stayed until his departure in 1982. He and Dan Ingram co-hosted the final music show on WABC Musicradio on May 10, 1982. Went to WCBS-FM in February, 1984 where he spent 13 years in the 9 a.m.-noon spot before retiring from radio on September 18, 1997 and moving back to the South in Bruce, Miss. Inducted into the St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame in 2006. Was heard in the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy." Died of a heart attack.