Dick Bartley, a popular American radio disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 since 21 June 1969, hosts several popular syndicated radio shows of the oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

/classic hits

Classic hits

Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

 genre, including the current Classic Countdown since 1991 and the Saturday night call-in request show Rock & Roll's Greatest Hits since 1982. The later show now plays "oldies" songs that had not yet been recorded when the show debuted in 1982. Both shows are currently syndicated through United Stations Radio Networks

United Stations Radio Networks

United Stations Radio Networks is a radio network providing a wide range of programs and programming services for radio stations across the US and elsewhere...

; they were previously carried by ABC Radio Networks from 1991 to 2009, and by Westwood One

Westwood One

Westwood One was an American radio network and was based in New York City. At one time, it was managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation, and Viacom and was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group...

 in the 1980s.
Bartley got his start at age 17 playing "Bad Moon Rising

Bad Moon Rising (song)

"Bad Moon Rising" is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and was released in April 1969, four months before the album. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the UK Singles...

" on WWOD

WKPA

WKPA is a Religious formatted broadcast radio station simulcasting WKBA at Vinton, Virginia.WKPA is licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, serving Lynchburg and Amherst County, Virginia. WKPA is owned and operated by Tinker Creek Broadcasters, Inc....

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Awards

• Three-time winner of the Billboard magazine Radio Award for Network Program of the Year: 1988, 1989, 1990
• Three-time nominee for the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for Network Personality of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1995
• Winner of the 1996 New York International Radio Festival WorldMedal for The Beatles ’95 radio special
• Inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago, Illinois in 2000

Personal

• Has two daughters, Diane Bartley and Jane Bartley. Diane graduated from Duke University. Jane graduated from Dartmouth.