- Kevin McCarthy (radio)
Kevin McCarthy has been a
radio -tv personality in northTexas sinceGordon McLendon brought him toDallas as part of the original staff of KNUS/99 in1972 . He spent 14 years as a top-rated talk show host onKLIF before leaving in 2001 to start his own business, a multi-media marketing company.He hosts Dallas Digest (http://www.dallasdigest.com), an Internet news and message board (http://dallasdigestforum.com). He is also the "trusty sidekick" on the Jerry Reynolds Auto Advice show (http://carguyshow.com) on WBAP/820 AM radio (http://wbap.com) and does voice-overs for commercials, industrial videos and documentaries.
McCarthy developed his love for conversation while growing up working behind the
soda fountain in his father’sdrugstore just down the street from thecourthouse in a small town in southeasternKentucky .McCarthy was a charter inductee into the
Texas Radio Hall of Fame in2002 , a five–time winner of the Dallas Press Club’s “Katy” award for Best Talk Show in Texas and the1995 American Women in Radio & Television’s Dallas-Fort Worth Radio Personality of the Year. He was the Reunion Arena Voice of theDallas Mavericks for 20year s.His wife, Yvonne, is an internationally ranked photographer/digital artist and a former symphony cellist. They live in suburban Dallas with their five rescue cats and one rescue dog.
External links
* [http://www.trhof.com Texas Radio Hall of Fame]
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