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Thom Beck

Thom Beck was a founding member of The Credibility Gap while at KRLA 1110 radio, where he also narrated part of the Pop Chronicles. He was kept on as a journalist at KRLA 1110 when Lew Irwin was brought in create the new news program that became the Credibility Gap. He worked as a reporter at KCBS in San Francisco and as a disc jockey at KIIS, 1970-1972 in between stints at KRLA, which he left in 1976. He is deceased.

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"The 'Pop Chronicles' Team at KRLA, c.1970". From left to right are John Gilliland, unidentified, Sie Holliday, Chester Coleman, and Thom Beck. Courtesy of The John Gilliland Collection. source ↗

Thom Beck (died October 15, 1986)1 was a founding member of The Credibility Gap while at KRLA 1110 radio,2 where he also narrated part of the Pop Chronicles.3 He was kept on as a journalist at KRLA 1110 when Lew Irwin was brought in create the new news program that became the Credibility Gap.4 He worked as a reporter at KCBS in San Francisco56 and as a disc jockey at KIIS, 1970-19727 in between stints at KRLA, which he left in 1976.89 He is deceased.2

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  1. R&R 1986 americanradiohistory.com
  2. "Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They Now, B". www.laradio.com.
  3. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 1" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  4. "Lew Irwin Sets Record Straight on Origins of 1110/KRLA Credibility Gap" (PDF). sakionline.net. July 15, 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. American Radio History
  6. American Radio Histor
  7. "KIIS Los Angeles Radio History". www.playlistresearch.com.
  8. Earl, Bill (1991). Dream-House: The history of a major West Coast radio station and Southern California's 50 years of "Radio Eleven-Ten"! (PDF). Desert Rose.
  9. "KRLA Los Angeles Radio History". www.playlistresearch.com.
  10. "Magic of JuJu: Political Porno". Magicofjuju.blogspot.com. 2006-12-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
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