Chuck Southcott was named Los Angeles Times “Disc Jockey of the Year” and received both the Billboard and Gavin awards as national “Program Director of the Year.” While with KGIL that station was named “Radio Station of the Year” by Billboard magazine. While at KMPC that station was given the Marconi Award by the NAB as “Radio Station of the Year.” While Chuck was the midday air personality and Program Director at KPRZ he worked with Al Ham in re-structuring and updating the “Music of Your Life” format for future satellite distribution, and from 1995-2007 served as both Program Director and air personality for that network.
Broadcasters know Chuck Southcott’s warm, knowledgeable presentation of the greatest music ever made by way of his daily network program as well as the memorable “biographies in sound” of Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington, Steve Allen, Milton Berle and Nat King Cole as well as the internationally syndicated weekly show “Musical.” In fact the great Peggy Lee gave her last extended radio interview to Chuck at her home in Bel Air, California.
In his spare time Chuck serves as President of the highly respected Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters as well as Vice President of the World Childhood Leukemia Council.
Chuck Southcott is heard on Star 1450 AM weekdays from 4a to 9a, and weekends from 2p to 6p
Chuck Southcott has been presenting the great standards both locally and nationally for his entire career.
Chuck has been a dominant force in Los Angeles radio for a quarter of a century. He’s been both Program Director and air personality at KGIL, KPRZ, KMPC, KJQI, KKJZ and KKLA in Los Angeles and has worked with such stellar talents as Robert W. Morgan, Wink Martindale, Gary Owens, Charlie Tuna, Jim Lange, “Sweet Dick” Whittington, Dick Whittinghill and Peter Marshall, among others.
During his thirty years in Los Angeles, Scott was on the air for 20 years on Gene Autry’s flagship station for Golden West Broadcasters AM 710 KMPC, alongside such broadcasting legends as Chuck Southcott, Gary Owens and Wink Martindale. He worked as an announcer for the CBS Television network and KTLA channel 5, Tribune Broadcasting as well as serving as a national commercial voice-over artist and TV spokesman.
Scott O’Neil was the show announcer on the CBS Television network’s “Bobby Goldsboro Show'’, and is remembered as the voice of the wacky commercials on the classic TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati”.
In 1996, Scott moved to Las Vegas to retire, but discovered he still loved to work in broadcasting. He became the morning personality, playing the great standards, on KJUL-FM 104.3 where he earned the NAB’s 2005 Marconi award for Adult Standards Station of the Year.
Since moving to Las Vegas, Scott has been spokesman for several of Nevada’s finest businesses. When he’s not on the air, you’ll usually find Scott on the golf course, riding his Harley, or participating in a community charity event.
Scott says, "I love this city. Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the world. So many of the great standards artists have homes, and perform here. There’s always something exciting and new, yet it has the feel of a small town. People here really care about each other, and our community."
Scott O' Neil is heard on Star 1450 AM, weeknights from 6p to 11p, and weekends from 9a to 2p.
Scott O’Neil loves the standards!
He says “I have had the privilege of playing and enjoying the Great American Songbook, and great stars, my entire radio career.
From his broadcasting origins in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he started on WRAL-TV, Channel 5, he joined the Air Force for a four year stretch in Armed Forces Radio & TV. After moving to Los Angeles to work for CBS, Scott attended UCLA as a journalism major before joining the legendary KGIL-AM 1260 in 1969.
