Scott Mason (radio personality)
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Scott Cary Mason (September 26, 1959 – April 19, 2015) was an American radio personality, executive and engineer who worked at Los Angeles radio stations KKDJ, KIQQ, KGBS/KTNQ, and KROQ-FM. Mason suffered from kidney problems for most of his adult life and received two kidney transplants prior to his death in 2015 at the age of 55.[2][3]
Life and career
Born in
In 1976 Mason moved to a new LA radio station, KTNQ "Ten-Q", where he was an entry-level engineer who answered request lines.[1] Ten-Q had a country FM sister station, KGBS, where Mason DJ'd on weekends. Mason also worked at KKOK/KBIK in Lompoc on weekends during this time. He remained at Ten-Q and KGBS until 1979, when it was sold just prior to switching to Spanish-language programming.[5]
In May 1979,
One Saturday afternoon in 1980, Mason called himself Spacin' Scott Mason on the air. He immediately received a call on the hotline from Carroll, who told him to continue to use Spacin' Scott Mason as his radio name.[6]
In 1999,
For nearly twenty years, Mason hosted "OpenLine", KROQ-FM's Sunday morning public affairs program.
Mason suffered from kidney disease throughout his adult life. He received a kidney transplant in 1999 followed by a second transplant in 2012 — this one from personal friend and KROQ DJ Gene "Bean" Baxter, since he was very far down on the transplant recipient list — but died on April 19, 2015.[3]
Other interests
In addition to his involvement with
Further reading
- "Scott Mason" (PDF). Broadcasters' Desktop Resource.
References
- ^ a b c "Remembering Scott Mason". CBS Radio. April 28, 2015 – via Radio World.
- ^ a b c "Longtime KROQ Host, CBS Radio West Coast Dir. Of Engineering Scott Mason Dies". allaccess.com. April 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f Barnes, Mike (April 27, 2015). "Scott Mason, CBS Radio Exec and Former DJ at KROQ, Dies at 55". Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ a b c Radio, C. B. S. (April 28, 2015). "Remembering Scott Mason". Radio World. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ "Los Angeles Changes Calls KFVD-KPOP-KGBS-KTNQ". Radio Heritage Foundation. June 15, 2005.
- ^ Tilles, Jay 'Lightning' (April 20, 2015). "Remembering Scott Mason, KROQ Host & Chief Engineer, Friend to All". KROQ. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "Scott Mason Remembered". Society of Broadcast Engineers. April 27, 2015.
- ^ "Openline". KROQ.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008.
- ^ "Community Lights". K-Earth 101. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008.
- ^ "Adjunct Faculty". Media Arts Department. LAVC. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010.
- ^ Mason, Scott (September 8, 2014). "Long weekend". @LARadioScott. Twitter.
External links
- "The Unofficial ALT.FAN.KROQ FAQ". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009.
- "Scott Mason memorial at KROQ".
- "LA Radio.com".
- Scott Mason on Twitter