Dan Avey was a
radio personality and
newscaster who worked for over 30 years in the
Los Angeles area and received more than 30 major journalism awards including 15 Golden Mikes.
[1]Avey died from cancer at
Cedars Sinai on August 15, 2010.
[2]. . He had been fighting the disease for five years, including during much of his stay at KABC.
(April 26, 1941 – August 15, 2010)

Avey started his radio career at
KXLY in
Spokane, Washington during his freshman year in college.
[1] From 1972 to 1976, he served as the analyst on
Los Angeles Kings broadcasts, where he originally was paired with
Jiggs McDonald, and later with
Roy Storey and
Bob Miller, who like Avey has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
[3] In 1976, he started at
all-news KFWB, and in 1978 he also had a short stint at
KWIZ in
Santa Ana.
[4]. In 1986, he left KFWB when he was hired by
KFI to join
Gary Owens' new morning show.
[5] Avey later became the newsman for
Geoff Edwards' midday talk show at KFI. When Edwards left the station in March 1989, Avey and two other people associated with the show were fired a few days later,
[6] and Avey returned to KFWB where he worked for the next twelve years. In November 2001,
KABC hired him to be paired with
Ken Minyard in the morning. He continued on as KABC news anchor from noon to 6 p.m. during
The Sean Hannity Show and the
Larry Elder show.
[1] Avey has also been a
sports commentator for the
Los Angeles Kings hockey team, and for 15 years has taught a sports broadcasting class at the
University of Southern California.
[7][1] For his work in radio, on his birthday, April 26, 2006, he received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Blvd, in front of the
El Capitan Theatre.
[8][1] In late 2007, Avey left KABC.
[4] Avey, a Vietnam green beret, also served as a coach for
AYSO soccer, and a camp counselor for the Dream Street Foundation, which runs a summer camp for children with serious illnesses.
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