Well, let's get to facts.
KMPC hired Kathy Gori in 1972 (Gene Autry's KSFO hired her before that---in 1969). She stayed until 1975, when she went to KIIS.
KFI hired a tremendous female newscaster in the early 1970s---Morgan Williams, who was also Black. Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall did middays at KFI in 1975.
KHJ was late, but Shana came down from KFRC in San Francisco (where she'd been since 1974) in the fall of '76 and Sally Adams soon followed.
And on FM---Mary Turner joined KMET in 1972 and Raechel Donahue in 1975.
I'm not sure about Sie's air work during the Top-40 era at KRLA, but during their abortive attempt at MOR in 1975, she did morning drive.
That's a stunningly disrespectful thing to say, and worse coming from a woman. RKO, which owned CKLW and KHJ, was hugely successful as well (far more so than Gene Autry), so does that also apply to Rosalie Trombley, Betty Brenneman and Shaune McNamara? Or to KSFO's Elma Greer, who was also working for Gene Autry?
By the way, this is Alene McKinney, 12 years after she started working at KMPC and three years before her death:
Alene McKinney was hired by KMPC in 1963 to oversee the second most important element of that radio station---its music. And she was frequently and correctly honored with industry awards for her work, as was Elma Greer, who was in a similar position of authority at KSFO beginning in 1961.
As for Rosalie, Betty and Shaune, they were arguably responsible for the most important element of their radio stations, and all three women were first-rate at their jobs.
Last edited:
