# Dave Hull > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dave_Hull > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dave_Hull.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hull > Source revision: 1344139995 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [David Hull (disambiguation)](/source/David_Hull_(disambiguation)). **Dave Hull** (January 20, 1934 – October 15, 2020), known as **"The Hullabalooer"**, was an American radio personality voted one of the top ten [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) radio personalities of all time. ## Career Hull began his radio career in Armed Forces Radio in Casablanca, Morocco and in commercial radio in 1955 at KGFL in [Roswell, New Mexico](/source/Roswell,_New_Mexico). He got his nickname while working at WONE in [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton,_Ohio). Los Angeles radio historian Don Barrett[3] quotes Hull as saying: "A woman wrote me from a hotel outside Dayton to say she couldn't stand all that hullabaloo. Well, *[Webster's](/source/Webster's_Dictionary)* defined it as a 'tumultuous outroar,' so I used it." He reached Los Angeles' [KRLA](/source/KRLA) in the summer of 1963 as weekend relief and went full-time there in the 9pm-midnight slot by the fall of 1963. By the end of 1964, Hull's increasing popularity prompted one young female fan, [Suzie Cappetta](/source/Suzie_Cappetta), to write and record a song entitled "Dave Hull The Hullabalooer", which quickly reached the local top 40 charts by early 1965. Hull became close with [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) during their 1965 and 1966 American tours. During that time, Hull taped approximately fourteen interviews with the band. He, along with [Bob Eubanks](/source/Bob_Eubanks), planned The Beatles' 1966 concert at [Chavez Ravine (Dodger Stadium)](/source/Dodger_Stadium). Hull worked closely with [The Beach Boys](/source/The_Beach_Boys), [The Dave Clark Five](/source/The_Dave_Clark_Five) and [The Rolling Stones](/source/The_Rolling_Stones) during that period. In December 1965, Hull opened his "Hullabaloo" teen club on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood.[4] Dave appeared (using the name David Hull) as a talent contest manager in an October 1966 episode of *The Monkees*. Dave Hull was the first guest host on the nationally syndicated *[American Top 40](/source/American_Top_40)* program, week ending November 6, 1971.[5] He was heard in Los Angeles at the time on KGBS. His hilarious "Dial-a-Weirdo" call-in show on KGBS was syndicated nationally for a while in the mid-1970s. Hull hosted the nationally syndicated TV show *[Matchmaker](/source/Matchmaker_(game_show))* in the late 1980s, reportedly seen in over 100 markets, a video version of his late 1970s *Lovelines* program heard on KMPC. Hull held the 6 PM-to-midnight slot on one of the country's few remaining [beautiful music](/source/Beautiful_music) stations, [KWXY](/source/KWXY) in [Cathedral City, California](/source/Cathedral_City,_California). from 1994 until his retirement in January 2010. He also remained active as a [voiceover](/source/Voiceover) artist for national radio and television commercials. He lived in [Palm Springs](/source/Palm_Springs) California. Hull's book, *Hullabaloo!: the (Mis)Adventures of L.A. Radio Legend Dave Hull* was released in January 2013.[1] ## Early stations and dates - **KGFL** [Roswell, New Mexico](/source/Roswell,_New_Mexico), 1955 - **[WONE-AM](/source/WTUE)** [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton,_Ohio), 1957 - **[WQTE](/source/WRDT)** [Detroit, Michigan](/source/Detroit,_Michigan), 1960 - **[WTVN](/source/WTVN)** [Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus,_Ohio), 1961 - **[WFLA](/source/WFLA_(AM))** [Tampa, Florida](/source/Tampa,_Florida), 1963 ## Southern California stations and dates - **[KRLA](/source/KRLA)** [Pasadena](/source/Pasadena,_California), 1963–1969 - **[KFI](/source/KFI)** Los Angeles, 1969–71, return 1974 - **[KGBS](/source/KTNQ)** Los Angeles, 1971–73 - **[KIIS](/source/KIIS-FM)** Los Angeles, 1973 - **[KMPC](/source/KMPC)** Los Angeles, 1978–1980 - **[KRLA](/source/KRLA)** Pasadena, return in 1981 - **[KHJ](/source/KHJ_(AM))** Los Angeles, 1985–87 - **[KRLA](/source/KRLA)** Pasadena, return 1992 - **[KRTH](/source/KRTH)** Los Angeles, 1994 - **[KIKF](/source/KIKF)** Los Angeles, 1994 - **[KWXY](/source/KWXY)** [Cathedral City](/source/Cathedral_City,_California), 1994-2010 ## References 1. ["Bio"](http://www.davehullthehullabalooer.com/). Dave Hull. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 1. [Remembering Dave Hull, the KRLA radio legend so popular he had his own flavor of ice cream](https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/19/remembering-a-beatle-connected-krla-radio-legend-so-popular-he-had-his-own-flavor-of-ice-cream/) 1. See a brief bio of Don Barrett at the bottom of [http://laradio.com/](http://laradio.com/) . 1. ["KRLA Beat"](http://krlabeat.sakionline.net/issue/4dec65.pdf). KRLA. 4 December 1965. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2011. ([PDF](/source/PDF)) 1. Durkee, Rob. *American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century*. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1999. Accessed December 10, 2007. ## External links - [KWXY home page](http://www.kwxy.com) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dave Hull](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hull) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hull?action=history)). 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