Dan Daniel(1934-2016)
Dan, a Texas native, started in radio at 17 when he was in the Navy for
the Armed Forces Radio Service. After 27 months in the Navy he came
home to Houston and worked at KXYZ in 1955. He then moved to
Minneapolis-St. Paul (to replace Herb Oscar Anderson) at WDGY. Always a
country boy at heart, Dan has a great way with words. He can mix
together songs and seques with some of smoothest banter in radio.
During his WMCA days he always described himself as "the worlds most adequate swinging disk jockey" and his smooth sound and great voice was used frequently by the station on promos. Dan stayed at WMCA until July of 1970 and then moved to WHN in New York. He then switched to WYNY in New York, then back to WHN to play country music. He went back to WYNY with it became a country station and moved to WCBS-FM in 1996 where he remained until retiring in 2002. He has recently returned for part-time work.
During his WMCA days he always described himself as "the worlds most adequate swinging disk jockey" and his smooth sound and great voice was used frequently by the station on promos. Dan stayed at WMCA until July of 1970 and then moved to WHN in New York. He then switched to WYNY in New York, then back to WHN to play country music. He went back to WYNY with it became a country station and moved to WCBS-FM in 1996 where he remained until retiring in 2002. He has recently returned for part-time work.
