FILE - DJ Art Laboe sits in his studio and talks about his 75 years in the radio business on Oct. 9, 2018, in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe, a pioneering disc jockey who hosted a syndicated oldies show ...

He spent 79 years on the radio, promoted shows and put popular songs together for compilation albums. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Art Laboe, the DJ and music promoter who spent 79 continuous years on ...

The Oldies but Goodies Classic Car and Bike show had its second annual appearance in Williston on Saturday. Fun and festivities took place around vintage cars as classic music performed by Bill ...

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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna ...

When Art Laboe was a child, his mother couldn’t pull him away from the radio. “I listened to soap operas. I listened to news. I listened to all the announcements,” he told The Times in 2009. “I was ...

The Oldies But Goodies will perform its variety show, "Remember Then: Reminiscing Through The Decades," at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18, at Wahconah Regional High School, 150 Old Windsor ...

Take me back to 1964! "When the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof..." The words from the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" floated out to a crowd of about 100 on Thursday night, no matter ...

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Art Laboe, the pioneering Los Angeles DJ who championed the Oldies but Goodies format and was revered for sharing on-air dedications with listeners, died Oct. 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe was the ...