I'll be there waiting to listen to you!
Received: 12/31/2007 @ 10:30pm PST
From: Lizette Mineo
Charlie,
Thank you so much for the email update. I am really looking forward to hearing you on the radio soon. I’m just so sad that today is your last LAST day with Clear Channel.
May God bless you this upcoming year with a new radio job. I’ll be there waiting to listen to you!
-Lizette Mineo
Being Patient!
Received: 12/31/2007 @ 9:35pm PST
From: Jennifer Strigle
Dear Charlie,
It is two hours and 20 minutes away from midnight. I want to wish you a Happy New Year. I hope you are having a good time. I am home with my husband. I can’t wait to hear you on air again. You’re the best. I have not been listening to the radio like I used to because it just isn’t the same. I have been working on my website and teaching myself how to do news letters today. Tomorrow I plan to work on my book and finish what I did not on my web.
I want you to know the phrase you put in one of your newsletters “Good things happen to the ones that are patient” taught me a lot. I took it as, don’t rush things, but also don’t be lazy! Stay positive
With all my best,
Jennifer Strigle
2008
Received: 12/31/2007 @ 3:11pm PST
From: Edna G. Montez
Hi Charlie,
May you and your Family be Blessed with great health and in all you do !!!!
Hope to see hear you and see you soon!!!!!
Love,
The Edna’s
Happy New Year Charlie
Let me know when you have a new station
Received: 12/31/2007 @ 2:37pm PST
From: Robert Fry
Hi Charlie,
I hope that things will be better for you this coming year.
Since you were taken off of KBIG and the format was changed, I (and also my carpool partner) have stopped listening to KBIG, as you were the reason we listened to KBIG. I had listened to KBIG for about 10 years prior to that - back when Rick Diego was the morning Dj.
Take care and let me know when you have a new station.
Robert
Happy New Year
Received: 12/31/2007 @ 1:35pm PST
From: Shirley Oseki-Rivas
Hi Charlie,
I just wanted to let you know that I still look at your website daily to read your thoughts. I'm hoping, like many others, to hear you on the radio soon. Best wishes to you and your family for 2008 and beyond!
Oh Charlie!!!
I'm so -so happy to see your name in the email box. Thank you SO much for your update. You know I'm your biggest fan (I know everyone says that). But really, I am. You were the first friendly voice I heard when I moved to LA Xmas day 2005,and I've been yours since. I have my beloved Charlie Tuna dolphin on my desk and think of you every day!
You have a lot of exciting opportunities coming up and thank you for keeping us informed. I'm there all the way with you!!!
xxx and hugs, always,
Erika
Erika Garcia-Lavyne
Director of Public Relations
news
Received: 12/31/2007 @ 10:18am PST
From: Colleen Golden
Charlie,
Is there some news that's coming out this week? According to the radio writer for the OCRegister, they're going to have more about you next week. I hope you let us know first. Great picture of you guys on the float!!!! Weren't those the days??
Happy New Year to you and yours,
Colleen
Just wanted to compliment you on your site!
Received: 12/30/2007 @ 2:11pm PST
From: Tony Clark
Hi Charlie,
I was checking out Radio Daily News.com this afternoon and ran across the link to your site. Very nicely done! I especially enjoyed the interview with Wolfman Jack that you posted. I bought his book just prior to his passing. Seems that every displaced radio guy is migrating to the internet, and that is a good thing.
My name is Tony Clark, and had done radio for years in Michigan. These days, I produce and host a show called The Michigan Oldies Podcast...The Greatest Oldies You'll Never Hear On The Radio . We play the oldies that were popular here on the local charts, but somehow were filtered out of regular station airplay over the years, and that included a lot of Michigan-based product, including old Motown and Fortune records stuff. So far, we have been doubling audience monthly since first going online with it in September, with close to 28,000 accesses to our show for December
We also reminisce about the top 40 stations that were staples in Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Grand Rapids & Lansing. You may not realize it, but you were a part of Michigan radio. Sometime in the 70s, WVIC in Lansing had YOU as their midday host. I remember hearing you when driving to high school. It wasn't until after I got into the business that I realized that you may have possibly been the worlds first "voice-tracked" DJ, as someone formerly with WVIC told me that you pre-recorded your drops and syndicated them somehow to the station.
If you'd like to cut an mp3 blurb (and you can ham up on us if you'd like), I'd be honored to play it in our show. Nothing much, just a short liner, referencing when you were on WVIC and that you're listening to the Michigan Oldies Podcast. It's 100 percent totally voluntary, and I'll understand if you aren't able to do it.
Anyway, just wanted to drop you a note regarding your website and your work. Have a great New Year, and continued success with your career.
Best Regards,
Tony Clark
The Michigan Oldies Podcast
Miss you!
Received: 12/30/2007 @ 9:18am PST
From: Connie Martin
Happy New Year Charlie. It is great to hear that you may be coming back on the air soon. I love listening to your bright, cheery voice while I'm getting ready for work in the morning. I no longer listen to 104.3, primarily because I can't stand the music they now play. It put's me right back to sleep and it all sounds the same. I don't know who they're target audience is, but "it ain't me babe!" I switch around looking for some specific station to listen to, but so far nothing has stuck. Can't wait for you to be back on the air....hurry!
Connie Martin
WHAT A LOSS!!
Received: 12/30/2007 @ 8:33am PST
From: Georgina Clink
Good morning Charlie Tuna,
I just wanted to say that I am truly at a loss without hearing you in the morning. Since I compromise with kids in the morning and don't get to hear my station everyday, I was shocked when I realized you were no longer on air. I truly feel this was a great mistake for the station and a misfortune for the listeners. Not that I am bitter, BUT... that is one more station I won't listen to. I look forward to hearing your wonderful personality at a new station. Best wishes. Gina
I miss you
Received: 12/30/2007 @ 6:44am PST
From: Violet Leslie
I missed your last show on 104.3. At first I thought I had the wrong radio station. The morning is not as fun without you on the air. At 47, I am in the group your radio station is trying to reach. This change has me looking for another radio show to wake up to. I wish you the best in finding a new show to call your own. Let me know where you land. I hope it is a morning show. That is the only time I have to listen.
with the best of wishes,
-Violet-
Glad to find you!
Received: 12/29/2007 @ 8:43pm PST
From: Gayle R Connell
You ROCK! Thank you, Charlie and the best of luck to you always. I will keep reading and waiting to hear your way too cool voice on the airwaves again!
Gayle
Gayle R Connell
Acceleration Lane to Success
Country music fan
Received: 12/29/2007 @ 7:53pm PST
From: Patty Ann O'Brien
Dear Charlie,
I was out of town for Christmas, but was thinking of sending you a cheery e-mail containing how MUCH I MISS YOU and how I dearly pray you'll be back to greet me each morning of the New Year. I hope you'll consider country music as a new venue for your talents. Many of us oldie-but-goodie fans have found a refreshing version of heart string pulls and familiar sad, loving, boogie sounds in that of country.
Wherever you go, I intend to follow.
Hugs and Luv,
Patty O'Brien
Mornings are not the same
Received: 12/29/2007 @ 5:38pm PST
From: Julie Robbins
Hey Charlie,
Mornings are not the same without your voice on my car radio!
Anxiously awaiting your new assignment,
Julie
Thank You
Received: 12/29/2007 @ 3:09pm PST
From: Kendra Key
I would like to take this time to thank you for always being there on the morning radio. It made my drive to work more pleasant and enjoyable. Thank you so much. I also would like to take this time to also thank you for your many Tuna telethons. It meant a lot to me especially this year because Children's hospital help save my cousins daughter. Her mother Margarita was on your show speaking on behalf of her daughter Jade. I was so happy to hear that you raised a lot of money for that well deserving hospital. Thank you so much your your efforts to bring happiness to many families who needs the services provided by that hospital. I hope that KBIG will continue that wonderful tradition. Once again, thank you, and I hope to hear your voice again on the radio. God bless you and your loved ones.
in limbo
Received: 12/29/2007 @ 12:07pm PST
From: Becky McFarland
Charlie,
Here's another one...
I hope 104.3 knew what they were doing b/c I don't understand the format flip. You have a gazillion loyal listeners, including me. These past few months without "Charlie Tuna in the Morning" have left me feeling down and in a state of limbo! Very unsettling...the world is not right. I see on your website (thank your son, please) that I am not alone!! I've been flipping channels.... asking my friends who they listen to...popping CD's ....there will be no peace in my morning routine until you are back on the air. I have to add that in the 80's I lived in Bonn, Germany. I listened to you on the armed forces airwaves. Hearing your voice over there was a comforting bit of home, just as satisfying as apple pie or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I listened to you before I moved to Germany and after I moved back to So. Cal.
You are such an extraordinary radio personality that everyone else pales in comparision. You're unsurpassed when it comes to integrity, a clean sense of humor, respect, a role model, interesting interviews, clever bits like Actor's Studio and trivia, support of special causes, and conveying a genuine interest in your callers.
Please add me to your list of people to notify when you grace the airwaves again...I know you say to be patient, but IT'S DIFFICULT. (btw, you had me for a whole weekend on that April Fools bit that Friday not so long ago when you said you'd decided to retire, can't believe I fell for it.)
A loyal fan,
Becky McFarland, Third Grade Teacher, Brea, CA
thank goodness for the internet!
happy new year
Received: 12/29/2007 @ 10:52am PST
From: Jerry Cooper
Mr Tuna
I was an avid listener of yours while you were on klac 570 w/Fran Tunno. I was wondering if you were ever going to release full recordings of your conversations w/Karen Carpenter? I know you spoke to her on her birthday every year, and she actually came in to your studio once for an interview by herself. P.S. by the way what ever happened to Fran Tunno? You two were magic when you were together. I really miss it. are you on Sirius Satellite at this time? NOTE TO JERRY COOPER: First, no I'm not on Sirius Satellite, although people have told me they've heard some radio station shows of mine from the 60's and 70's on XM Satellite at times. Fran Tunno is very active in voiceover work and books on tape, I just spoke to her the other day. And you can actually hear and see a 10 minute YouTube Tribute to Karen Carpenter that used the audio from my KLAC show on a special 50th birthdate anniversary show I did to Karen's memory. Check it out below.
Life is not the same without you
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 8:45pm PST
From: Vincen Johnson
Hi Charlie,
My days start out slow now. I can't find anything good to listen to on the radio anymore since they took the real KBig of the air. I hope Clear Channel will wake up someday and put you guys back on the air with the same format. I am sure it would make a lot of people very happy. KBig had the best people on the air. Charlie in the morning to get going to and Christian at night to stay awake with for the late nights. it was so good.
Take care Charlie, I hope to here you back on soon. it's like my coffee pot is broken. There's nothing to get me moving in the morning...
A great loss!
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 8:12pm PST
From: Monica Lopez
Hi Charlie, I have been a K-Big Listener for years. My work commute from La Puente to Woodland Hills round trip is about 5 hours a day. With Traffic, KBIG was the only thing that made me smile while I was stuck in traffic day after day. I loved the Music, you & Irma. The music was great it gave you a chance to travel back in time where maybe life was less complicated & all about enjoying life. My husband & I always looked forward to Disco Fever.. I was only able to make it to the last 2 but was looking forward to many more of them. This new station sucks! Plays the same boring music that does not make you want to shake your booty or even smile, its the same boring stuff all others station play. You & K-Big will always be one of a kind, UNIQUE! I will truly miss you every morning. You did change my life!
Thank You for the Memories!
a question of history
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 7:25pm PST
From: Jerry Magel
i am sure you have heard this a million times, but I had left the country on a military assignment and got recently and as always, turn you on to get the community of the day, and find you and most of your crew are gone, wow. Are you going to go to another radio station where i can listen to you? If not, let me say as many have I am sure said to you already, thanks for the great joy you have brought to me as i travel up & down the coast of California in the early hours of each weekday morning and on several occasions I was lucky enough to attend functions where you hosted us, your listeners to great shows at different venues. Thanks for all those memories.
Jerry Magel
Faithful One
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 6:33pm PST
From: Adrienne Cohen
Hi Charlie,
I must admit, I have written to you already a few times but feel like I am writing to a friend. My morning starts with a cup of coffee and reading your website. I am so happy and grateful that you have the website and continue to keep your friends, fans, and listeners involved in your life. Although I so miss listening to your voice, I still feel such a sense of warmth when I read your daily postings. You were my commute to work each morning. I am looking forward to hearing your voice again on radio.
My husband finds it cute that I have you saved as a "favorite" and that I reread your dailies at night. I know the radio station must have great things in store for you. You are the best!
I used to love the community of the day. Since you left, those credits don't seem fun or important. Maybe people could cash in credits for you to do a "guest" spot for an hour. Think about all the credits all for you! I'd put all of mine in, no question.
Well, again, I look forward to hearing from you or at least reading your postings.
You are missed greatly.
Your friend,
Adrienne
It's been Hell without you
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 6:08pm PST
From: Denise
Hello Charlie,
It's been months since you've been on the air and it's been Hell. It's just not the same, the format it not the same and it's just not good at all. I have to listen to the new show at work, if I could change the station I would....but I can't. I have to listen to ALL the new people on the show and it's just NOT the same. I really can't stand the new DJ in
the morning and also the new one in the afternoon.
Let me tell you....YOU have the best radio voice that I have ever heard and one that anyone would know is yours just by hearing it. And yes, I'm also talking about your time at KHJ.....of course I was just a young teenager back than. It's just sad that they got rid of everyone there but just a few.
I hope someone will be contacting you soon to get your voice back on the air.....we all miss you soooooooo much.
Denise
Get back on the radio real soon!
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 4:01pm PST
From: Mary Hudspeth
I can't tell you how much I miss you in the mornings, the station just isn't the same anymore without you! Well, I have to say it's their loss!
I'm hoping you'll get back on the radio real soon. I Hope things are going good for you. Love you Charlie Tuna, Mary Hudspeth (another fan!)
Good Luck!
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 1:27pm PST
From: Kevin M Becker
Missing you out here in Palm Springs Charlie..Good Luck to You.
Miss You
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 11:23am PST
From: Darice Simonian
Dear Charlie,
I just wanted you to know how much you and KBIG are missed. I started listening to you on my little transistor radio- circa 60's at KHJ. You have one of the best voices and personalities on the radio!!!! Your morning interviews were exceptional- you have such a talent at making your guests comfortable. Mornings aren't the same without you and KBIG.
I wish you the best today and always. Thank you for being so nice to all your listeners. Thanks again for all the memories. I had so much fun at all the KBIG 104 DISCO FEVER CONCERTS and many other events- I'm so bummed, no more Charlie, no more KBIG.
God Bless and keep you. All the best to you Charlie - With Love and Admiration.....Darice
Charlie I need you BACK!!!!
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 10:10am PST
From: Lucy Martinez
I Need you BACK!!!!! my mornings are just not the same. I miss all the crew. I know Irma is still there but she doesn't sound the same. (like shes not comfortable w/Valentine) I wish Clear Channel would bring back KBIG I don't like the new format. Well, I at least enjoy going to your web site and reading all the comments and your news. Take care and I know you'll land someting big and better. Just let us know.
Lucy Martinez
Office Manager
I miss you
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 8:25am PST
From: Rosanne Grigsby
I was so disappointed in your leaving KBig. I so much enjoyed my morning drive to work with you. I hope that when or if you go back on the air, you will put it on your website. This is one listener that has left KBig. You were the reason I listened.
Rosanne Grigsby
Very Sad, We All Miss You!!!!
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 7:42am PST
From: Yolanda Otanez
Good Morning Charlie,
I will begin by letting your know that I have listened to you for many years and feel extreme sadness that you are no longer part of KBIG. But to be perfectly honest, without you, there is simply no reason to listen to MYFM. Clear channel really has no clue as to what the loyal listeners really want. I felt the same feeling when KIIS fired Rick Dees, who is also one of my favorite DJ's. Both of you have a certainly familiarity with listeners. At least you are alive and well, and hopefully, you will once again delight us with your charming personality. I am comforted in knowing that you may return to the air soon, unlike the beloved Hal Fishman.
Warmest regards,
Yolanda Otanez
WHY WHY WHY DID U HAVE 2 SAY GOOD BYE
Received: 12/28/2007 @ 6:47am PST
From: Cynia Licea
Hi Charlie,
I miss having my Tuna in the morning! My mornings are just not the same any more. I find myself changing stations all morning during my commute to work. I really miss you on the air. Your sweet personality just flowed through the mike to the radio and through my speakers directly to my soul. My soul always had a smile because of you. Thanks for that. I hope I put a smile on yours when I say you're missed and not 4gotten. I hope to hear you again one day on air doing your thing. Take care and good luck in everything you do. Luv and miss ya lots!
Your True Listener,
CYNIA LICEA
Not the same without you
Received: 12/27/2007 @ 9:56pm PST
From: Catherine Bolanos-Barba
I am a long time listener.
And I sure miss hearing you in the mornings.
The station is not the same without you.
The music they have been playing sucks.
I wish you the best. I will be checking back on your website to see if you go on to another station.
