R.I.P, Roger

Roger Carroll, who worked at KABC from 1946 to 1959 and KMPC from 1959 to 1979, has died at age 90. Carroll also voiced hundreds of commercials and served as the announcer for The Bobby Darin Show, The Leslie Uggams Show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and many other television variety series. In 2017, he launched Roger Carroll's Best Sounds In Town, an online repository of hundreds of airchecks of himself, Gary Owens, Dick Whittinghill, Robert W. Morgan and other air personalities: https://rogercarrollbestsoundsintown.com

 

R.I.P., Reb

Reb Foster, born James Dennis Bruton in Amarillo -- "Reb" was short for "Rebel" -- died August 25. He was 84. Foster worked at stations in Houston, Dallas, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Cleveland, Denver, Portland and San Francisco before joining Pasadena top-40 station KRLA in 1962 as one of the "Eleven-Ten Men." Foster moved to KFWB in 1965 and returned to KRLA two years later.  He left KRLA in 1969 but returned for three more stints: 1972-73, 1982-83 and 1985-87. He also worked as manager for Steppenwolf, the Turtles and Three Dog Night.