So sorry to announce the passing of one of the icons of radio, Humble Harve Miller. Most remember him from the golden era of KHJ, but I knew him when he worked at KBLA in Burbank. He was so exciting, so popular, that even on a station with a terrible signal he still made noise. Noise enough to attract the attention of the number one station in the country. For decades he entertained on numerous radio stations, also narrating the syndicated 48-hour History of Rock & Roll and filling in on American Top 40.
Knowing him personally for over 50 years, he was a kind gentle soul, passionate about his music who lived to "spread love" on the radio... with that deep rich, warm voice of his.
He hosted a high school dance for me in 1966. He and I would take long lunches at Jerry's and Brent's deli and he would regale me with wonderful stories of being on WIBG, Philadelphia (at only 19 years-old), his work ethic was second to none. He saw his show on KHJ to be like "The Tonight Show" and he had to be prepared and present and make each and every break as excellent as he could. Harve was never on auto-pilot. At KBLA for quite some time he was on the air seven nights a week.
He was creative until the end. His latest project was a 24-streaming oldies station with visuals. It's called Cruising Oldies Diner and you can find it here.
RIP to your brother, Humble Harve. We'll try to spread love in your absence.
from By Ken Levine
Knowing him personally for over 50 years, he was a kind gentle soul, passionate about his music who lived to "spread love" on the radio... with that deep rich, warm voice of his.
He hosted a high school dance for me in 1966. He and I would take long lunches at Jerry's and Brent's deli and he would regale me with wonderful stories of being on WIBG, Philadelphia (at only 19 years-old), his work ethic was second to none. He saw his show on KHJ to be like "The Tonight Show" and he had to be prepared and present and make each and every break as excellent as he could. Harve was never on auto-pilot. At KBLA for quite some time he was on the air seven nights a week.
He was creative until the end. His latest project was a 24-streaming oldies station with visuals. It's called Cruising Oldies Diner and you can find it here.
RIP to your brother, Humble Harve. We'll try to spread love in your absence.
from By Ken Levine
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