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The Active Lifestyle: Comments From Carson – April 16, 2008
Jim Carson

Jim Carson, K-EARTH
4/16/2008
6:04 pm

Last Saturday was too nice, better than summer and what better place to soak up the great day? The 35th annual Newport In-the-water Boat Show.

We had our table set up at the entrance to the show which is the quant 50’s flavor Lido Village. There’s a rumor that the property is so valuable that the Village may go the way of a major hotel complex.

The producers of the show do a fantastic job moving in mobile docks to accommodate more yachts than usual in the extreme Newport Back Bay. People who visit the expo park over off of PCH and shuttle in, and that’s where we came in, they have to walk right by our set up when they step off the shuttle bus and walk up to the ticket booth.

It’s always fun meeting people who listen to K-EARTH-101, and if they haven’t seen a picture of me, they usually blink when they find out I’m one of the people they listen to on the radio.

We never look like we sound! Maybe it was the sunblock…

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About Jim:

Los Angeles native Jim Carson got his first big break in radio when KBLA in Burbank needed someone with an FCC license to “babysit” an overnight remote. “That license was my ticket in the door,” Carson commented. “KBLA liked my attention to detail and ended up hiring me as staff announcer.”

Carson’s biggest break came when Bill Drake, who revolutionized radio in the 1960’s, sent him to San Diego station KGB to pay his dues. Before coming to K-EARTH 101, he was a mainstay at Los Angeles station K-Lite, then an oldies-based soft AC station, from 1986 to 1994.

Birthday: December 4

What led me to Los Angeles: I've been here all my life, born and raised. My mom and dad bought in La Cañada before there was a 210 Freeway.

On-air at K-EARTH 101 since: October 25, 1994; on-air in Los Angeles since 1974.

What led me to K-EARTH 101: The station that plays the Greatest Hits on Earth had a rare opening, I started weekends, then the late Robert W. Morgan became ill, and I wound up covering the morning show duties for three and a half years. It’s ironic that I would work Robert W’s shift since in the early stages of my career he took me under his wing, and was very encouraging. I worked the mid-day shift at the old KIQQ for more than ten years, so mid-days helping make the office more productive is a natural.

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