22 Facts About Charlie Tuna

Arthur W Ferguson, known professionally as Charlie Tuna, was a radio personality and television host based in Los Angeles, California.

At age 16, Tuna began working at his hometown's radio station, KGFW.

Charlie Tuna then worked for KOMA Radio in Oklahoma City in 1966, where he took over the "Charlie Tuna" pseudonym from Chuck Riley, who had used it for one show the week before Tuna's arrival.

Charlie Tuna then moved on to WMEX in Boston for the first 9 months of 1967.

Charlie Tuna worked at KBIG 104.3, where he hosted a long-running morning show Charlie Tuna in the Morning which aired from 5 to 10 am.

Charlie Tuna returned to radio February 9,2008, when he became the weekend personality on Los Angeles oldies station K-Earth 101.

CBS on August 27,2015, began downsizing their stations in Los Angeles, at which point Charlie moved on to expand his syndicated radio business with CharlieTunaSyndication.

Charlie Tuna served as announcer for Casey Kasem on his 1980s television program America's Top 10, and occasionally filled in for Kasem on his radio programs American Top 20 and American Top 10.

Charlie Tuna co-hosted Your Good Time Oldies Magazine from 1992 to 1995, and he produced and hosted 52 weekly episodes of Back to the 70s, which were rerun at radio stations across the country until 2008.

Charlie Tuna had a year-long run in 2009 of a 5-hour classic hits daily and weekend show, syndicated through United Stations Radio Network in New York.

Charlie Tuna moved his radio station voice imaging business to Black Card Radio later that year.

Charlie Tuna reunited with United Stations Radio Network in New York in 2013 to do the ad sales for his Black Card Radio shows.

Charlie Tuna hosted Cinema, Cinema, Cinema for 30 years, an internationally syndicated TV show, featuring the top movies in the US each week with clips from the films, and another international TV show Inside Hollywood for three years.

Charlie Tuna has been the announcer on a number of television game shows, including Time Machine, Scrabble, Scattergories, The $25,000 Pyramid, The Quiz Kids Challenge, and The New Battlestars.

Charlie Tuna was the announcer for the last two years of television's syndicated Mike Douglas Show and Alan Thicke's late night TV show Thicke of the Night.

Charlie Tuna appeared in the 1977 Universal movie Rollercoaster as emcee at the grand opening celebration of the amusement park ride "The Revolution" at the Magic Mountain Amusement Park near Valencia, California.

Charlie Tuna played a TV announcer in the 1979 independent film Racquet starring Bert Convy, Lynda Day George, Edie Adams, Tanya Roberts, and Bjorn Borg.

Charlie Tuna spent the last years of his life in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Tarzana, where he served as the community's Honorary Mayor from 1977.

Charlie Tuna died in his sleep on February 19,2016, at his home, aged 71.

Charlie Tuna is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Charlie Tuna was inducted in Chicago by his longtime friend Larry Lujack on November 8,2008.

On September 18,2010, Charlie Tuna was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award and inducted into the Route 66 Cruisin' Hall of Fame in San Bernardino, California.