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About this star
- Category: Radio
- Unveiled: 10 Jan 1990
- Star rank: 2113
- Address:
1506 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
- GPS location:
34.099479, -118.326526
Charlie Tuna
Biography
Art Ferguson a.k.a., Charlie Tuna
Source: KRTH
Born Art Ferguson, he was given his pseudonym while working at KOMA in Oklahoma City, taking over the moniker from Chuck Riley who had used it for one show the week prior to Charlie’s arrival.
In late 1967, KHJ in Los Angeles offered Charlie the 9 to noon slot where he debuted on Thanksgiving Day 1967, and Charlie has worked in the L.A. area ever since. On 9 February 1971 at 6:00 a.m. he had just commenced his morning show when the San Fernando Earthquake occurred. In 1972, he became one of the original DJs at KROQ-AM, a new top-40 station (formerly Country KBBQ). Among the other stations he worked at were KKDJ, KIIS-AM&FM (where he was Program Director and Morning Personality), KTNQ, KHTZ (later KBZT), KRLA, KODJ (later KCBS-FM), KMPC, KIKF, and KLAC.
He most recently worked at KBIG 104.3 where he hosted a show called “Charlie Tuna in the Morning,” which aired from 5 to 9 am. His last show aired on September 17, 2007, when the station flipped to a non-rhythmic-based adult contemporary format, as “104.3 My FM”. He returned to radio February 9, 2008 when he became the weekend personality and vacation fill-in jock on Los Angeles oldies station “K-Earth 101”.
Fact file
Read more about Charlie Tuna at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Vine St, east side, between Sunset and Selma
Nearby you will also find Rick Dees, Mae West, Bobby Driscoll, Al Lohman & Roger Barkley, and many others.