Ron Lundy
Fred Ronald Lundy (June 25, 1934 – March 15, 2010) was a popular radio announcer in New York City, heard on WABC 770 AM from 1965 to 1982 and on WCBS-FM 101.1 from 1984 until his retirement in 1997.
Career
Lundy was born June 25, 1934, in
After a stop in
Lundy was reunited with Ingram at
In February 1984, Lundy resurfaced at New York's oldies station WCBS-FM in the mid-morning slot, following former WABC colleague Harry Harrison. According to program director Joe McCoy, the station created the slot especially for Lundy, reducing other shifts from four hours to three.[10]
In June, 1997, Lundy's WCBS-FM show was awarded the 1997 "BronzeWorld Medal" at the New York Festivals Radio Programming Awards for the "best local personality".
Lundy retired from WCBS-FM on September 18, 1997. Ron and his wife Shirley moved to the small town of Bruce, Mississippi. However, during this time, Lundy did occasional interviews with Mark Simone on The Saturday Night Oldies Show for his former station, WABC.
Lundy's
Lundy was inducted into the St. Louis Hall Radio Hall of Fame on January 1, 2006, with a banquet held June 10, 2006.
Death
Lundy died of a heart attack at age 75 on March 15, 2010, at a hospital in Oxford, Mississippi.[1] He had recently been recovering from a previous heart attack after being dehydrated.
Family
Ron's widow, Shirley Ann Barnes Lundy, died on Feb. 2, 2013 at age 76 in Bruce, Mississippi.
Characters
Lundy's show included banter with his created characters. Among them:
- "Willard" (himself, imitating a duck that sounded a great deal like Donald Duck)
- "Mama" (voice of engineer Al Vertucci)
- "Bubba" (voice of production director Bob Sagendorf)
References
- ^ a b c Hevesi, Dennis. "Ron Lundy, a Rock D.J. in New York, Is Dead at 75", The New York Times, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.
- ^ Hathorne, Kathryn. "'Hello Love, This Is Ron Lundy,'" The Calhoun County (MS) Journal. Archived September 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ron Lundy, WIL St. Louis, February 28, 1962 – The Larry Ware Collection.
- ^ Ron Lundy, 2005–2006 Inductee, St. Louis Radio Hall of Fame – STLRadio.com.
- ^ WABC Schedule 1960–1965 – musicradio77.com.
- ^ Hinckley, David. "A final farewell to radio's 'Swingin' Nightwalker' and WCBS-FM's Ron Lundy", Daily News (New York City), Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ WABC Schedule 1966–1970 – musicradio77.com.
- ^ WABC Schedule 1981–1982 – musicradio77.com.
- ^ "The Day the Music Died: May 10, 1982" – musicradio77.com.
- ^ Hinckley, David "It's 'Bye, Love!' For DJ Lundy WCBS Host Leaving World's 'Greatest City' After 32 Years", New York Daily News, August 27, 1997. Accessed October 21, 2009.
- ^ Ron Lundy Retires From Radio – Musicradio77.com.