Bio of Don McCoy
Don McCoy Then Don McCoy / 1992
Don
McCoy attended Riverside City Collect in 1963-64 and worked part time at KACE,
KCKC and KDUO. In 1963, KFXM morning DJ
Dave Franzen hired Don to play Sunday night tapes of pre-recorded shows.
When Al
Anthony came to KFXM, he hired Don as part-time and weekend jock. After his graduation from USC in 1966, Al
hired Don for the coveted 10am to 3pm slot.
“In late 1970, I left the
air-shift and interviewed with Bob Bunnell who hired me to sell air time for
KFXM and KDUO. Later, in 1970, I accepted a job as General Sales Manager at
K/men. In April of 1972, the General Manager of K/men, Fred Lindholm and I
purchased our first radio stations, WGNE-AM & FM in Panama City, Florida.
“Since then, I have been
the licensee of 42 radio stations and I'm currently the Chairman and CEO of
Magic Broadcasting Company.”
Don McCoy, Charlie Walters, Brad Edwards,
Jim Conniff, and Country Joe McDonald
Don McCoy with his lovely wife, Elke, in 2004
Dirty Don's Woman-Hating Club
“One day I got mad at my
girlfriend and started talking about her on the air. I started saying crazy
stuff like, ‘I think I'll run off to
“When I got off the air
that day I got a message that Al wanted to see me in his office. Al yelled at
me and told me the next time I broke the format he would throw me out. A very
weird thing happened. Within a week, we received a whole lot of mail addressed
to Dirty Don wanting to join the Woman Hating Club. Al called me in and told me
that he didn't get it but apparently I was on to something that was going to
work.
“I started talking about
the Woman Hating Club and reading the letters that my listeners sent in telling
why they wanted to join my club and more and more letters kept arriving. It
ended up being a really campy thing and I ended up with the highest ratings in
the
