Charlie Tuna

04/03/2026

More Charlie Tuna today on an unlabeled surprise reel! (7" reel)
Paid supporters have early access, then the post goes public on Friday.

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Content on this tape is brought to you from the year 1999 and KLAC 570 AM, Los Angeles.

This tape features raw interviews with: Mary Hart, Carl Reiner, Estelle Reiner, Christopher Riddle (Nelson Riddle Orchestra), and actualities are at the end from country music star Tracy Lawrence and Diamond Rio.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you wish to use any clips of Charlie's interviews/voice for broadcast, or any medium digital or analog.

This analog audio work was made by and played by humans without the use of AI.

—Daniel

03/03/2026

More Tuna out of the can! Tape #39 (10.5" reel)
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Content on this tape is brought to you from the year 1985 and KHTZ 97 FM, Los Angeles.

This tape features raw interviews and actualities with: Alain Johannes Mociulski, Carl Reiner, Chuck Yeager, Daryl Hall, Donny Osmond, Doug DeCinces, Fred Willard, Frieda Zamba, Gary Puckett, Gypsy Boots, James Caan, John Davidson, John Oates, Spencer Davis, Stan Lemkuil, Sylvester Stallone, and Warren Eckstein.

Favorite moments on this tape: hearing producer and friend of the family Clark Macy chime in briefly during Fred Willard interview setup and James Caan chatting with Dad about going back to acting after coaching soccer and baseball for 4 years and telling Bryan to pay attention to him. Fun fact: Chuck Yeager snippet includes synth intro and outro accents from my limited talents on a Roland Juno-60 synthesizer.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you wish to use any clips of Charlie's interviews/voice for broadcast, or any medium digital or analog.

This analog audio work was made by and played by humans without the use of AI.

AI *was* used to help generate summaries of tape transcripts used on Patreon which were heavily manually reviewed, edited, and reworked.

—Daniel

11/02/2026

More Tuna out of the can! Tape #35 (10.5" reel)
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Another tape transferred! Check out our Patreon page and become a Charlie Tuna Archives Supporter to hear the tape in its entirety.

Content on this tape spans the mid-1980s and some audio from earlier featuring interview bits from KBZT (K-Best) 97.1 FM.

This tape features 1985 Emmy Awards Press Line interview actualities along with Charlie Tuna phoner interviews and produced segments collections. One of my favorites is hearing Charlton Heston calling in to Charlie's show from a gas station pay phone.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you wish to use any clips including Charlie's voice for broadcast, or any medium digital or analog.

This analog audio work was made and played by humans without the use of AI.

AI *was* used to help generate summaries of tape transcripts used on Patreon which were then manually reviewed, edited, and reworked.

04/02/2026

Charlie Tuna with Chuck Barris—1993.

In this interview excerpt, Charlie Tuna sat down with Chuck in studio after the release of his latest book "The Game Show King: A Confession."

Larry Kahn asks Chuck to talk about the story of the first 5 episodes of The Dating Game that he could never air.

This clip is from the complete interview released to our Patreon paid Charlie Tuna Archives Supporters (part of 10.5" reel CT_00009 transfer).

Become a supporter of our efforts and gain access to the complete recordings and growing catalog of Charlie Tuna history!

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03/02/2026

Charlie Tuna with Chuck Barris—1993.

In this interview excerpt, Charlie sat down with Chuck in studio after the release of his latest book "The Game Show King: A Confession."

In this clip, Chuck talks about Gene Gene The Dancing Machine.

This clip is from the complete interview released to our Patreon paid Charlie Tuna Archives Supporters (part of 10.5" reel CT_00009 transfer).

Become a supporter of our efforts and gain access to the complete recordings and growing catalog of Charlie Tuna history!

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To request licensing and/or permission for reuse of all or part of Charlie Tuna's interviews audio, please contact us via our Patreon page.

03/02/2026

Charlie Tuna with Chuck Barris—1993.

In this interview excerpt, Charlie sat down with Chuck in studio after the release of his latest book "The Game Show King: A Confession."

Chuck talks about all the hats and finding talent for The Gong Show.

This clip is from the complete interview released to our Patreon paid Charlie Tuna Archives Supporters (part of 10.5" reel CT_00009 transfer).

Become a supporter of our efforts and gain access to the complete recordings and growing catalog of Charlie Tuna history!

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To request licensing and/or permission for reuse of all or part of Charlie Tuna's interviews audio, please contact us via our Patreon page.

30/01/2026

Freshly baked Tuna! These 2 tapes from the family archives were baked and stabilized and should be ready for transfer. Which one should we transfer next on Patreon? Let us know in the comments. (I have no idea if these are Charlie Tuna interviews or actualities. We will find out together). Follow our journey on Patreon.com/TheCharlieTunaShow

28/01/2026

More Tuna out of the can!
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A mystery tape has been transferred and posted! Check out our Patreon page and become a Charlie Tuna Archives Supporter to hear the tape in its entirety.

Content on this tape spans 1994 and 1996, KABC and KIK-FM.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you wish to use any clips of interviews done by Charlie or his voice for broadcast, or any other medium.

This analog work was made and played by humans.
Full disclosure: I used a little AI help to write paragraph summaries of each segment and then finessed the wording a bit. 🙂

27/01/2026

SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU TIME!
Thank you to our newest Patreon Supporter!
Tony Chavez

Thank you to our continuing Patreon Supporters!
Lisa A. Hernandez
Rick March
Vicki
Phillip
Billy Rees
Johnny Lee
Bud
Al Randall
Jason P. Wentworth

Thank you for your past donations!
Michael Weinglass
Hilary Wilder
Denis Muren
HV

We hope you join us in supporting our Charlie Tuna Archives preservation efforts!
https://www.patreon.com/TheCharlieTunaShow

Our Patreon Paid Members (Archive Supporters) have access to the full and unedited tapes from our archives project, including Charlie's interviews with celebrities, music makers, authors, actors, newsmakers, and callers & listeners like you. My favorites so far are his exclusive interview with a young Michael Jackson, chats with Karen Carpenter, George Carlin, Steve Sax, Chuck Barris, Rupert Holmes, and so many more to come!

Paid Members also get access to exclusive behind-the-scenes work, photos/videos/documents from his life, advance viewing/listening of archive content before we publish segments elsewhere.

We will also do another storage unit visit and find some more gems to share. We have only scratched the surface!

Welcome to our journey, archiving, sharing, and celebrating the life and craft of radio legend Charlie Tuna!

—Daniel
(Art's eldest son)

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18/01/2026

More Tuna out of the can!
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Another tape transferred! Check out our Patreon page and become a Charlie Tuna Archives Supporter to hear the tape in its entirety.

Content on this tape spans a little 1970s (KIIS 102.7 FM) and 1980s (KHTZ 97.1 FM and KRLA 1110 AM) with the bulk from 1980s, including a 7-year-old Bryan Ferguson prognosticating on upcoming boxing matches. This tape is a collection of interviews, actualities, and oddities along with some older tapes of KAAY, Little Rock, Arkansas news.

Please contact us at [email protected] if you wish to use any clips including Charlie's voice for broadcast, or any medium digital or analog.

This analog work was made and played by humans, no AI involved.😀