Chronicle: Bob Bishop, Billy Parker
Chronicle: Veteran Las Vegas broadcaster and former KWNR, KCYE and Classic Hits KKLZ personality Bob Bishop died Jan. 16. He worked for iHeartMedia from 1990-2011 before joining Beasley in 2012. Prior radio jobs include WAOP/Otsego, MI; and KCWM & KVIC/Victoria, TX. He was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame in 2004. No word on funeral plans. Watch the KKLZ morning show's tribute to Bishop here.
Oklahoma broadcaster Billy Parker, a 1991 Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee, died Jan. 19 at the age of 88. According to his Hall of Fame bio, Parker began his radio career in 1959 at KFMJ/Tulsa, then worked at KFDI/Wichita and KPLR/Oklahoma City, before leaving radio to become front man for Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours. He retuned to radio in 1971 at KVOO/Tulsa, where he worked for 44 years while continuing to record. He was inducted into the Western Swing Hall of Fame in 1993 and awarded the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995, in addition to winning air personality awards from the CMA in 1974 and the ACM in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984. See KVOO's tribute to Parker here. Funeral services will take place Jan. 28 at 1pm at First Baptist Church in Tulsa.
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