"Dirty" Don Mc Coy Biography
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Employment Dates(KFXM/KDUO): |
1963 to 1970 (approx. various shifts and dates) |
Time Slots while at Station: |
Hired in 1963 by the Emperor, Dave Frandsen to run the Sunday evening tapes of the jock's pre-recorded shows. Al Anthony hired me to do weekends and part-time, etc. I was a student at USC and I graduated in 1966 and Al Anthony put me on the 10am-3pm air shift. |
Stations prior to KFXM/KDUO: |
While I was attending Riverside City College in 1963-64, I worked part time at KDUO (when it was on 8th St., Riverside), KACE and KCKC. |
Stations right after KFXM/KDUO: |
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 accecpted a job as General Sales Manageer at K/men. In April of 1972, the General Manager of K/men, Fred Lindholm and I purchased our first radio station, WGNE AM & FM in Panama City, Florida. |
Current Employment: |
Following KFXM, I have been the licensee of 42 radio stations and I'm currently the Chairman and CEO of Magic Broadcasting Company. |
Born: |
Osteopathic Hospital on Brockton Ave., Riverside, California |
Birthday: |
September 4th |
Education: |
I attended Longfellow Elementary, Mira Loma Elementary, St. Catherine's and Norte Dame High School and in 1962, I graduated from Riverside Poly High, Riverside, California. (1962) William B. Ogden Radio Operational Engineering School, Burbank, California, Riverside City College, Associated Student Body President (1963) , B.A., University of Southern California (1966). |
Hobbies: |
I enjoy performing in Florida Dinner Theater presentations. I have loved the art of magic since I was seven years old. I am a life member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. |
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 Florida and hunt Alligators" and "I think
I'm I'm going to give up on girls......I know, I think I'll change my
name to Dirty Don and start a Woman Hating Club. If you hate them as
much as I do, why don't you send me a letter a let me know why you hate
them too......Maybe I'll start Dirty Don's Woman Hating Club and print
up some membership cards and you can join my club."
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.
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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 Inland Empire. I guess the stripper in "Gypsy" was right....."You gotta have a gimmick." Al moved me to afternoon drive, 3pm - 7pm.