Ron Lundy
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Ron Lundy, was a radio Deejay in New York City from the early-1960s to the late-1997.
Born June 25, 1934, Ron started as a record librarian in Memphis, Tennessee at radio station WHMM. He went to work at WDDT in Greenville, Mississippi, then WLCS in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before moving to WIL in St. Louis where he was known as the "Wild Child".
He moved to WABC (AM) in September 1965, known for his "Hello Luv... this is Ron Lundy from the Greatest City in the World," and remained at WABC up until its switch to Talk radio on May 10, 1982.
[edit] Second Bananas
His show included banter with his creative second bananas. Among them:
- "Willard" (himself)
- "Mama" (voice of engineer Al Vertucci)
- "Bubba" (voice of production director Bob Sagendorf)
[edit] Trivia
Ron was heard in the 1969 movie "Midnight Cowboy" when Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight arrive in New York City, and on the song "We Built This City" by Starship.
In February 1984, he joined WCBS-FM, once again back-to-back with Harry Harrison. In June 1997, his WCBS-FM show was awarded the 1997 "BronzeWorld Medal" at the New York Festivals Radio Programming Awards for the "best local personality". Ron retired from radio on September 18, 1997.
Ron was inducted the St. Louis Hall Radio Hall of Fame on January 1, 2006, with a banquet held June 10, 2006.
On January 7, 2006, Ron was interviewed by Mark Simone on WABC (AM) Radio.
