CONDOLENCES – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Remembering Kenny Lee Karpinski

July 1, 2025 kevincarter RCS

• This sad news just in from our friend Dwight Douglas: “On June 30, 2025, my dear friend, college mate,

• Bobby Sherman, singer and actor who became a quintessential shaggy-haired teen idol of the late ’60s and early ’70s,

• We’ve lost yet another well loved Northern California radio and television pro — Chris Collins, probably best known for

• Singer Lou Christie, best known for his 1966 No. 1 hit, “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died June 17, 2025, at the

• Details are still pending, but we are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of popular longtime Bay Area

• RAMP‘s own Steve Resnik fondly remembers the legendary Mike Borchetta, as he reflects upon how one special person can

• Legendary longtime label executive Mike Borchetta, patriarch of an equally gifted music industry family that includes his children, Scott,

• Brian Wilson, the legendary founder and principal creative force of The Beach Boys, who wrote or co-wrote the timeless

• Sly Stone, the multitalented-yet troubled musician whose groundbreaking psychedelia-laced funk included four No. 1 hits in the late ’60s

• We’ve lost yet another longtime radio pro — TJ Phillips, co-host of the highly rated TJ & Jessica Morning