Russ O'Hara
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Russell Eugene Nealeigh O'Hara is a one-time Los Angeles
, USA
radio personality whose career began at the forefront of the Boss Radio
/Top 40 format.
O'Hara is best known among LA radio listeners for his work on KKDJ and his longtime solo work on KRLA
where he went by the occasional moniker of "Russ O'Hungry." Highly visible among Los Angeles radio personalities, O'Hara had the privilege of introducing headliners at major concerts, including Janis Joplin
at the Hollywood Bowl
; he also introduced The Rolling Stones
, Jimi Hendrix
and Three Dog Night
among many others.
He remains active as a broadcaster and currently hosts afternoons on KDES-FM, an oldies
station in Palm Springs, California
.
O'Hara worked at the following Los Angeles stations in the course of his career:
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
radio personality whose career began at the forefront of the Boss Radio
Boss Radio
Boss Radio was the name of two radio programming formats, both launched in the early 1960s: One in the United States, and one in the United Kingdom. Although the names were the same, the formats were quite different.-Boss Radio in the United States:...
/Top 40 format.
O'Hara is best known among LA radio listeners for his work on KKDJ and his longtime solo work on KRLA
KRLA
KRLA is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Glendale, California, USA, it serves the Southern California area. The station is currently owned by Salem Communications.- KIEV :...
where he went by the occasional moniker of "Russ O'Hungry." Highly visible among Los Angeles radio personalities, O'Hara had the privilege of introducing headliners at major concerts, including Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
at the Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States that is used primarily for music performances...
; he also introduced The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band best known for their music from 1968 to 1975. During that time the band charted 21 Billboard top 40 hits in America, three of which reached Number One...
among many others.
He remains active as a broadcaster and currently hosts afternoons on KDES-FM, an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
station in Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
.
O'Hara worked at the following Los Angeles stations in the course of his career:
- (KBLA), 1964-65.
- KGFJ, 1968-60.
- KRLAKRLAKRLA is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Glendale, California, USA, it serves the Southern California area. The station is currently owned by Salem Communications.- KIEV :...
, 1969-72. - KKDJ, 1972-74 ].
- KEZYKEZYKEZY is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Religious format. Licensed to San Bernardino, California, USA, the station is currently owned by Hi-Favor Broadcasting, LLC....
(Anaheim)Anaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
1975-77. - KROQ-FMKROQ-FMKROQ-FM — branded 106.7 KROQ — is a commercial modern rock radio station licensed to Pasadena, California serving the Greater Los Angeles. The call sign is pronounced "kay rock." It is the flagship station of Loveline hosted by Dr...
, 1978-79. - Return to KRLA, 1981-82; 1992-93.
- KEZNKEZNKEZN, also known as EZ-103, is a 1.9 kW Class A soft rock radio station serving the Palm Springs, California, USA market at 103.1 MHz. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Radio and is that company's smallest station in terms of market size....
Palm DesertPalm Desert, CaliforniaPalm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately east of Palm Springs. The population was 48,445 at the 2010 census, up from 41,155 at the 2000 census...
1993-2001.