MINYARD LEAVING HIS MORNING RADIO SHOW.Byline: - Fred Shuster Talk radio's Ken Minyard Ken Minyard (born in 1940) is a radio personality, best remembered to be a partner on the radio with Robert Arthur. In 1988, he made a guest appearance on the television show Married with Children. On October 15 2006, after thirty-five years of being on the radio, retired. is hanging up the microphone. The ``Ken & Company'' anchor told listeners to his KABC-AM (790) morning show he'll retire Oct. 15 after 35 years on local airwaves airwaves Noun, pl Informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting . ``It's been a great run, but I need to get some sleep,'' he joked Thursday. Minyard broke new ground. He and former radio partner Bob Arthur were the first to take their ever-affable show outside the studio for live remotes, now standard practice for radio programs. The KABC KABC Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children morning show, which for decades used the catch phrase EGBOK EGBOK Everything is Going to Be OK ! (Everything's Gonna Be OK!), was among the city's most popular in the '70s and '80s. In 1999, a few years after new management completely overhauled the station, Minyard teamed with his son, Rick, for the syndicated afternoon chat show ``Minyard & Minyard.'' |
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