Dj Art Laboe has been a fixture of L.A. radio for more than 60 years...until this week. His show, The Art Laboe Connection, has been taken off L.A.’s airwaves as part of a programming overhaul. HOT 92.3 - with an oldies format - is now Real 92.3, a hip hop station. Fans are not happy: An online petition to get Laboe back on the air already has more than 8,000 signatures. He was the first DJ to spin West Coast rock n’ roll, and he invented the request and dedication and the term “oldies but goodies.” We hear about why he’s such a broadcast legend in Southern California.
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