LA RADIO MVP – DANNY LEMOS – IS NOW THE GM AT KLBP, LONG BEACH • RATINGS FOR FORT COLLINS & SOCAL

Danny Lemos

Danny Lemos, a behind-the-scenes player in Los Angeles radio for over three decades, is the new interim General Manager of Long-Beach LPFM station KLBP 99.1 FM [link]. 

He started the job as an unpaid volunteer.

Lemos is a believer in KLBP’s intensely live and local approach. He told The Long Beach Grunion [LINK] why he took the job:

"I'm just jumping in to help get the station…up and operating. I love developing new talent, It's exciting for me.”

"Right now I am helping them hire directors and coordinating operations. I'm pretty much doing what I did when I started [in the radio biz].” 

Lemos told The Grunion that he likely would step down from the GM job once KLBP can afford to hire a full time general manager. That could be a while. The licensee, Long Beach Community Television & Media Corporation, has very little money to spare.

Lemos’ is well suited for the assignment because his mish-mash background that combines big-market commercial radio and noncom radio. 

At his “day job” he is Student Media Coordinator at California State University Long Beach.

According to his LinkedIn page [link], Lemos started in LA radio in the 70s at proud and loud noncom rocker KXLU. 

After that, he had on-air hosting jobs at KMET and stations in northern California.

His biggest gig was at KIIS-FM in LA, at a time when it was the most listened-to radio station in America. Lemos was a producer for Rick Dees morning show. He played Chuy, one of the reoccurring characters on Dee’s show.

He listed some of the jobs he has done on his LinkedIn page:

Air personality, dee-jay, Promotions Manager, Traffic Manager, Music Director, Asst. Program Director, Morning Show Writer, Comedy Staff Producer, Writer and Performer, Stand Up Comic, Audience Warm-Up Comic, Syndicated Music Show Producer & Headwriter, Television Writer, and Executive Producer, and Host.

Lemos is also involved in non-profit fundraising as a volunteer and consultant. He specializes in Non-Profit 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations.

Lemos will need all of his skills at KLBP.  

 Though things seem calm now at the Long Beach Community Television and Media Corporation (LBCTMC), just a couple of years ago the FCC was ready to pull the license. 

The problem was a "contested realignment" a/k/a "a bitter feud" about the internal board structure. The dispute eventually led to restraining orders and lawsuits.

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