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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 18, 2020 17:09:06 GMT -5
News of the death of Dave Hull, AT40's first guest host, has been shared by a variety of sources close to the Los Angeles radio community. Dave passed away yesterday, October 17. He had a lengthy radio career, which is detailed in his 500+ page autobiography, Hullabaloo! The Life And (Mis)Adventures Of L.A. Radio Legend Dave Hull. There is additional information on the linked Wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_HullTo AT40 fans, he was the first guest host to sit in for Casey Kasem, on November 6, 1971. A memo which accompanied that particular program noted that he was an air personality at KGBS, the AT40 affiliate in Los Angeles. It also mentioned that Dave "has logged 69 consecutive weeks of emergency standby status." Casey was on location filming a movie at the time and was unable to return to Watermark for a Tuesday evening (October 26) AT40 recording session. The memo also noted, "So in this 70th straight AMERICAN TOP 40 program, we're proud to introduce the incapacitated Casey's replacement, good old reliable Dave Hull, who we think does a great job." RIP
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Post by mkarns on Oct 19, 2020 16:30:24 GMT -5
The movie Casey was filming was then called "That Lovin' Man Jesus" (Casey referred to it as such on 11/13/71, when explaining his absence), but was retitled "Soul Hustler" before receiving its limited and not very successful release in 1973. Sometimes it was also called "The Day the Lord Got Busted".
With Dave Hull's passing, the longest ago AT40 with a currently living host is October 11, 1975, when Wink Martindale filled in.
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Post by at40petebattistini on Oct 19, 2020 19:21:01 GMT -5
A tribute article dedicated to Dave Hull by Richard Wagoner ( www.socalradiowaves.com ) was posted today to the Los Angeles Daily News site. It mentions that Dave Hull "was a thorn in the side of KHJ programmer Ron Jacobs; he was the one KRLA DJ that Jacobs couldn't beat." That, of course, is a reference to the radio ratings war that pitted KRLA and KHJ against each other, circa 1965-69. Gotta wonder if, as a result of that experience, Ron Jacobs was so impressed with Dave Hull that he recommended to Tom Rounds that Hull be retained as a possible fill-in (aka "emergency standby status"), in the event that Casey was unavailable for an AT40 recording session. Although the article doesn't mention Dave Hull's AT40 claim to fame, it's still a good read about a longtime broadcaster. www.dailynews.com/2020/10/19/remembering-a-beatle-connected-krla-radio-legend-so-popular-he-had-his-own-flavor-of-ice-cream/
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 21, 2020 5:43:45 GMT -5
Dave kicked off the countdown for that week with "Charity Ball" by Fanny. It was the only week in the Top 40 for that great tune.
Casey wouldn't feature the tune until the 80s as a tribute to the first self-contained female band to reach the Top 40.
Always sad to learn of the passing of radio legends. Condolences to the family of Dave Hull.
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Post by trekkielo on Oct 22, 2020 13:48:13 GMT -5
Dave kicked off the countdown for that week with "Charity Ball" by Fanny. It was the only week in the Top 40 for that great tune. Casey wouldn't feature the tune until the 80s as a tribute to the first self-contained female band to reach the Top 40. Always sad to learn of the passing of radio legends. Condolences to the family of Dave hull. Right before "Turn to You" by The Go-Go's at #32 August 11th, 1984, where Casey Kasem also mentions Fanny's 2nd Top 40 hit "Butter Boy" from 1975! May Dave Hull rest in peace.
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