Kevin McCarthy (radio)
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Kevin McCarthy has been a radio-television personality in north Texas
since Gordon McLendon
brought him to Dallas as part of the original staff of KNUS/99 in 1972. He spent 14 years as a top-rated talk show host on KLIF before leaving in 2001 to start his own business, a multi-media marketing company.
He is the "trusty sidekick" on the Jerry Reynolds Auto Advice show (http://carproshow.com) on WBAP/820 AM radio in Dallas/Ft. Worth, KTRH/640 AM radio Houston, 1200/WOAI San Antonio, 1300/The Zone Austin, 570KLAC Los Angeles & 650/KSTE in Sacramento. He also hosts Dallas Digest (http://www.dallasdigestforum.com), an Internet news and message board and does voice-overs for commercials, industrial videos and documentaries.
McCarthy developed his love for conversation while growing up working behind the soda fountain
in his father's drugstore
just down the street from the courthouse
in a small town in southeastern Kentucky
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McCarthy was a charter inductee into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2002, a five–time winner of the Dallas Press Club's "Katy" award for Best Talk Show in Texas and the 1995 American Women in Radio & Television's Dallas-Fort Worth Radio Personality of the Year. He was the Reunion Arena Voice of the Dallas Mavericks
for 20 years.
His wife, Yvonne, is an internationally ranked photographer/digital artist and a former symphony cellist. They live in suburban Dallas with their five rescue cats and one rescue dog.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
since Gordon McLendon
Gordon McLendon
Gordon Barton McLendon was a radio pioneer and pirate radio broadcaster. He has been coined the Maverick of Radio. McLendon is widely credited for perfecting, with great commercial success, the Top 40 radio format during the 1950s and 1960s which was first invented by Todd Storz and for developing...
brought him to Dallas as part of the original staff of KNUS/99 in 1972. He spent 14 years as a top-rated talk show host on KLIF before leaving in 2001 to start his own business, a multi-media marketing company.
He is the "trusty sidekick" on the Jerry Reynolds Auto Advice show (http://carproshow.com) on WBAP/820 AM radio in Dallas/Ft. Worth, KTRH/640 AM radio Houston, 1200/WOAI San Antonio, 1300/The Zone Austin, 570KLAC Los Angeles & 650/KSTE in Sacramento. He also hosts Dallas Digest (http://www.dallasdigestforum.com), an Internet news and message board and does voice-overs for commercials, industrial videos and documentaries.
McCarthy developed his love for conversation while growing up working behind the soda fountain
Soda fountain
A soda fountain is a device that dispenses carbonated drinks. They can be found in restaurants, concession stands and other locations such as convenience stores...
in his father's drugstore
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
just down the street from the courthouse
Courthouse
A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply...
in a small town in southeastern Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
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McCarthy was a charter inductee into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2002, a five–time winner of the Dallas Press Club's "Katy" award for Best Talk Show in Texas and the 1995 American Women in Radio & Television's Dallas-Fort Worth Radio Personality of the Year. He was the Reunion Arena Voice of the Dallas Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
for 20 years.
His wife, Yvonne, is an internationally ranked photographer/digital artist and a former symphony cellist. They live in suburban Dallas with their five rescue cats and one rescue dog.