Don MacKinnon, KFWB Los Angeles, CA. 1965 (0:05:34)

The Don Kent Collection
… a little while later I’ll make a noise like a choice beef …
This was the opening of Don MacKinnon’s 12-3PM show on KFWB in Los Angeles, March 15, 1965. Joe Yocam, who had filled that timeslot for many years, was out of the lineup for the time being. Yocam was President of the L.A. Local of AFTRA and was involved in a legal dispute with KFWB. Don MacKinnon died in a car accident in June of 1965 before Yocam’s situation was resolved (in December) and he returned to KFWB. Larry McCormick filled the timeslot between the two.

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