Roger Barkley - Lohman and Barkley (1961-1986)

Lohman and Barkley (1961-1986)

Roger became the program director at KLAC, and hired Al Lohman for the morning show. When station KLAC was sold to Metromedia in 1961, the new owners began a search for a two-man morning team. Roger was quoted as saying, "We figured we were all going to be fired so Al and I thought perhaps we should do the morning show as a team. this way we could buy some time to look for another job." He would team with Lohman for the next twenty-five years. The pair also hosted two short-lived, Emmy Award-winning network television shows, made frequent appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and Hollywood Squares and numerous personal appearances at Los Angeles' famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub. In 1987, they appeared as themselves in the film Amazon Women on the Moon. Their work in both radio and television also earned them a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Barkley suddenly and inexplicably left the duo in May 1986, and within two weeks was named the morning radio personality at KJOI. He never again spoke with Lohman.