GENE NELSON
Gene
entertained on the morning show before moving to San Francisco and
spending many years at KYA and KOIT. He is now reportedly
retired and living on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Click here to hear Gene on
KYA (courtesy of The Bay Area Radio
Museum)
DUSTY RHODES 1956-57
Dusty was responsible for the
Sandman Serenade for a few years then moved on to Cincinnati in
1961, starting at WSAI as nighttime jock '61 to '66. Then on to CKLW
mornings for less than a year before moving back to Cincinnati to do
radio sales, and into elected office as a Township Trustee for 21
years.
In 1968 he became a stockbroker
until 1999.
In 1990 he was elected Hamilton County Auditor,
re-elected '94 and '98. For a full bio see: www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org
Dusty has been married since '63, and
has two sons, one is Production Director at Q-101 in Chicago, the
other a firefighter-paramedic.
He also
produced Sunday night oldies shows in Cincinnati since the '70s,
first on WKRC, then on WLW from '84 to '91, and since on WGRR,
Oldies 103.5. He has also done national Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day music programs on 90 stations coast-to-coast including WGY, WBBF
(Rochester) and WABC.
He was most recently mornings on WSAI until
their format change.
Check out Dusty here.
