Roger Barkley was an American

United States

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 radio personality, based in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, best remembered for his work with Al Lohman

Al Lohman

Al Lohman was a personality and comedian with a long career in American radio from the 1950s through the 1980s and into the 1990s. Among his early career stops was a stint as morning man at New York City top-40 station WABC when it first adopted a pop music format in 1960...

 as part of The Lohman and Barkley Show on KFI.
Barkley left his Iowa hometown at age 17 to pursue a career in broadcasting. He began as a page boy at WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, while attending the American Institute of the Air

Brown College (Minnesota)

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 in Minnesota. After that, he held positions as announcer and program director

Program director

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 at stations in Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato, Minnesota

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 (KYSM

KYSM (AM)

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); Fairmont, Minnesota

Fairmont, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 10,889 people and 2,962 families residing in the city. The population density was 747.5 people per square mile . There were 5,036 housing units at an average density of 345.7 per square mile...

 (KSUM) and Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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 (KALL

KALL

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).