Legendary KGO Radio Host Gene Burns Passes Away (also worked in Boston, Baltimore, NYC, Orlando)

Source: KGO 810 San Francisco

Longtime KGO Radio host Gene Burns has passed away. He was 72. Burns had suffered a series of strokes in recent years, which prompted him to step away from the mic.

Burns came to KGO in the mid 90's and hosted The Gene Burns Program, which focused on politics and commentary and aired every weeknight. He also hosted Dining Around With Gene Burns, which aired once a week and told listeners about food and wine.

KGO Reporter and former colleague of Gene's, Kim McCallister, said Gene raised the level of discussion on talk radio.

Read more: http://www.kgoradio.com/common/page.php?pt=Legendary+KGO+Radio+Host+Gene+Burns+Passes+Away&id=28103

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Before KGO, Burns also was a host on stations like WRKO Boston, WCBM Baltimore, and WOR New York City. KGO's progressive host Pat Thurston will host a tribute to Burns starting at 6:06pm (PT) - listen online
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=5865 (streaming page)
http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/KGOAMAAC_SC (AAC format)
http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/KGOAM_SC (MP3 format)

KGO's 50 kW signal on AM 810 stretches from the Bay Area to the Central Coast, Central Valley, and even Tahoe during the day and all across the west coast after sunset.

Orlando Sentinel has an obituary of Burns already: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-gene-burns-dies-20130525,0,5936305.story

SF Chronicle has one for Monday's paper: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Longtime-KGO-host-Gene-Burns-72-dies-4549884.php

Burns is the 2nd former KGO host to be gone this year, after Lee Rodgers passed in January.