Program Director: Charlie Van Dyke ― 1979 to 1981

Charlie Van Dyke in 1980Charlie Van Dyke (birthday: December 19, 1947) is a former radio disc jockey, famous for the voice work he has done for numerous radio and television stations. His deep, booming voice has been described by some as "the voice of God" (ironically, Charlie is also a Catholic priest). A native of Dallas, Texas, he was already one of America's most respected radio personalities at KLIF-AM in that city when he was only 19 years old.

During the 1970s, Van Dyke was the morning DJ at several legendary Top 40 stations, including CKLW in Windsor/Detroit, KHJ Los Angeles, KFRC San Francisco, and WLS Chicago.  He both programmed and did the morning show at WRKO, and management left it up to Charlie whether to keep the famous, legendary WRKO call letters with the switch to the News-Talk format in September of 1981. From 1998 to 2000, Van Dyke succeeded the late Robert W. Morgan in morning drive at KRTH, Los Angeles.

Throughout most of the 1980s, he was a frequent guest host on American Top 40. He sub-hosted on 31 shows in all.  Today, he's most famous as a voice talent for various television and radio stations.


Radio Timeline
APD = Assistant PD MD = Music Director MH = Morning Host NX = News NXD = News Director OM = Operations Manager PD = Program Director
Station Freq. Location From To Notes
KIXL 1040 Dallas TX 1961    
KVIL 1150 Dallas (licensed to Highland Park) TX 1961    
KLIF 1190 Dallas TX 1964    
CKLW 800 Windsor, Ontario 1968    
KFRC 610 San Francisco CA 1969    
KGB 1360 San Diego CA 1971    
KHJ 930 Los Angeles CA 1972   PD (in late 1974)
WLS 890 Chicago Il 1973    
KLIF 1190 Dallas TX 1979    
WRKO 680 Boston MA 3-5-1979 9-1981 MH, PD
KOY 550 Phoenix AZ 1982    
KTAR 620 Phoenix AZ 1983    
KFYI 910 Phoenix AZ 7-10-1985   MH
KGLQ 96.9 Phoenix AZ 1997   PD
KRTH 101.1 Los Angeles CA 8-3-1998 2000 MH
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