Laboe Beats Marconi For ‘Longest In Radio’
Already a radio legend, Art Laboe will attempt to put an exclamation point on his legacy by breaking the Guinness World Record™ for Longest Career as a Radio Presenter/DJ (male) this Sunday, September 24. The event will mark Art’s 74th continuous year on commercial radio. Art’s sister Lillian gave him his first radio at age 8; by the age of 14 Art had built his own amateur radio station, and on September 23, 1943, at the age of 18, Art embarked on his professional radio career at KSAN/San Francisco. Art Laboe received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1981 and was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2012.
“My favorite place to be is behind that microphone,” Laboe said. “I have one of the best jobs in the world, playing the music, interacting with our listeners, doing their dedications and connecting them with their loved ones! Thank you to our dedicated fans that have listened through the decades and made The Art Laboe Connection a family tradition,” he said. “And thank you to the promoters we work with on our concerts and to our many friends and colleagues at our many radio stations that have aired and currently air The Art Laboe Connection.”
You are cordially invited to listen to Art’s historic record-breaking broadcast live on the Art Laboe Sunday Special this Sunday from 6pm-midnight (PT) online at KOKO94.com and on KDAY/Los Angeles, XHRM/San Diego, KAJM/Phoenix, KISV/Bakersfield, KMRJ/Palm Springs, CA, KDUC/Barstow, CA, KOKO/Fresno, KPAT/Santa Maria, CA, KOAS/Las Vegas, KXEW-AM/Tucson and KQAV/Palmdale, CA.
Looking ahead, Art Laboe and 93.5 KDAY present the 7th Annual Chicano Soul Legends concert on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, and Art will host a 2nd Annual concert on January 20, 2018 at Spa Resort Casino Palm Springs. By that time Art will be an official Guinness World Records™ holder as he embarks on his 75th year on the radio… [KDAY photo credit: JoMo for Art Laboe]
