KOKC (AM) - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Paul Harvey (1918–2009) -- The Rest of the Story
• Curt Gowdy (1919–2006) -- was hired in 1946 by KOMA for play-by-play coverage of OU Sooner football, as well as OSU basketball games. His distinctive style during his broadcasts in Oklahoma City earned him a national audition and then an opportunity with the New York Yankees in 1949.
• Rod Roddy (1937–2003) -- Announcer, The Price is Right (1985-2003)
• Charlie Tuna -- KRTH-FM 101.1, Los Angeles, CA
• M.G. Kelly -- Actor/Syndicated DJ
• John Peel aka John Ravenscroft (1939–2004) -- KOMA's "Beatle Expert" from 1964–1966; later a respected disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist in the U.K.
• Danny Williams, Program Director of 1520 KOMA's Top-40 rival, WKY. He began his legendary career here in Oklahoma City in 1950, and would stay at WKY until his first "retirement" in 1979. He returned to the airwaves in June, 1992 on KOMA AM-FM. At the age of 81, he retired from 92.5 KOMA on August 29, 2008 after spending the last 16 years as the morning drive personality.
• Ernest Istook, a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th District of Oklahoma. Istook was a member of the Appropriations and the Homeland Security committees. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006, running against incumbent Democrat Gov. Brad Henry. Istook lost the gubernatorial race. During the 1970s, Istook worked as a radio news reporter at KOMA.