Yes, this is the same Shadoe who became a star on national television! He succeeded Casey Kasem as host of radio's American Top 40, for 6 years. He was the announcer on two incarnations of the game show, Hollywood Squares, and he played Kenny on the TV series Dave's World, for four years. Shadoe says he came up with that name while driving past a nuclear electricity plant in Texas.* You may not believe that, but you will definitely love the rare airchecks (below), recorded at WRKO. Today, he's involved in lots of stuff, including announcer for The Late, Late Show. Check him out at his Website.

Shadoe was born Terry Ingstad on November 3, 1947 in Jamestown, North Dakota. Stevens first came to fame in 1957, when a Life Magazine article about him, entitled "America's Youngest D.J." featured a photo of Stevens broadcasting live over 1000-watt Radio station KEYJ (now called KQDJ) in his home town. He built his own working transmitter in the attic of his home the year before, using a "souped-up" wireless broadcasting kit with a hundred foot antenna, both the equipment and advice needed to build the transmitter having been furnished by the staff engineers at KEYJ, which happened to be owned by his father and uncle. He was later "discovered" in a "man on the street" interview by the station and was soon broadcasting a weekly rock show called "Spin with Terry." During his high school years, he maintained a full-time shift at the station, as a host of the "Mister Midnight" program.

Shadoe graduated from the University of Arizona. While an art major there, he put himself through school working full-time at KIKX Radio in Tucson, where he quickly became the most popular DJ in town, under the on-air persona of "Jefferson K." Following college, he joined the WRKO in Boston, where he pulled the 6 to 9 PM shift, during the station's peak in popularity. In the spring of 1970, he moved to another Drake outlet, Los Angeles's KHJ. As one of the last true "Boss Jocks," his big baritone and energetic enthusiasm soon gained a following. Before long, he gained significant popularity on radio and became the announcer and sidekick on the nationally syndicated television series The Steve Allen Show. He went on to be an award winning radio personality and program director in Los Angeles at KRLA. Attaining status as a programmer, he was hired to make a success of KMET-FM and then to create the programming for a new radio format on a new Los Angeles station, KROQ-FM, where he remained for five years. Let's not forget American Top 40, which he hosted in 1988.

Stevens then gained national recognition as the announcer for two incarnations of The Hollywood Squares, as well as playing Kenny Beckett on the sitcom Dave's World. In 2006, Stevens was hired to be the announcer on CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
 He is also the author of a series of children's books. The first, released in 2006, called The Big Galoot, received rave quotes from Whoopi Goldberg, Dick Clark, Henry Winkler, and Gene Simmons. Dick Clark said, "In verse reminiscent of Dr. Seuss...it's the perfect combination for kids from four to a hundred and four."  It's available online and in select bookstores.