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Remembering Charlie Tuna, the late American Radio Personality, Disc Jockey, Radio Hall of Fame Inductee—official account, managed by his sons

02/09/2026

1959 was a good year. 15-year-old Art (Charlie Tuna) was on track to start his career after practicing and mimicking his local radio idols. At age 16 he would start to DJ at the local rec center and sock hops; soon after he landed his first on-air gig at KGFW at 16.

Here he is in July of '59 with some of his cousins at his aunt's house (family, please confirm these cousins for me) and in December that same year at Christmas (with a xylophone) in the "cozy" 3rd-floor family apartment.

—Daniel
(Art's eldest son)

17/08/2026

Another Charlie Tuna/Dodger Stadium flashback, this time with some of the Happy Days cast in the pic.

I have fond memories of this day and all the celebrity and station vs. station softball matches Dad (Charlie) played.

Here's Tom Bosley, Charlie Tuna, Henry Winkler, Ron Howard and me (~9-year-old Daniel).

I was so happy to meet Ron, a famous fellow redhead, whose inspiration in character and kindness stays with me to this day.

It looks like it was Free Batting Glove night from my left hand.
—Daniel

14/08/2026

Charlie Tuna swings for the fences at a Celebrity Softball match at Dodger Stadium before a Dodger game. I'm not sure who they played against that night. This could be the night KIIS-FM Kiss-Offs played against the Happy Days cast.

10/07/2026

Charlie Tuna with hot 102.7 KIIS FM/AM Summer Vibes
August 13, 1976. Catalina Island, SoCal

Charlie stands next to a welcome message left on the temp board by locals at Catalina harbor.

Family trips were usually work-related in some way, either a personal appearance or a broadcast remote. This was likely one of the latter.

I remember him rousing us at dark o'clock, driving the family station wagon with the whole brood aboard, racing to the Catalina ferry so he could make it on time. How many speeding tickets did he rack up in his life, I wonder.

My memory of this one is fuzzy (I was 7), but I remember taking a glass-bottomed boat tour on this trip.

Even on vacation, we were always sharing him with you, his listeners. It's my pleasure to continue that today and bring back a bit of the optimism, humor, and warmth he broadcast every day on the air.

—Daniel (eldest son of Charlie Tuna (Art))

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06/07/2026

August 16, 1968. North Hollywood, Charlie Tuna "Fit Check"/"OOTD" (photo taken by his wife)

Charlie Tuna family archives photo of Charlie (Art) as he gets ready to M.C. (solo) the 93 KHJ festivities at The Hollywood Bowl in front of 18,000 people. Check out the line-up of musicians on these flyers/ads. One of many historic nights of the era. Let us know if you were there!

04/03/2026

More Charlie Tuna today on an unlabeled surprise reel! (7" reel)
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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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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.

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