Ken Speck
Ken Speck served as an on-air personality at WIRE-AM in Indianapolis from 1970 to 1985 before moving to KRPM-FM in Seattle, where he helped take the station from No. 42 in the market to No. 1 within five months. During Speck’s time at WIRE-AM, the station received numerous Station of the Year awards. Arbitron ranked Speck No. 1 in his time slot for years. His radio work began in 1955 in Ohio at Kent State University’s WKSU-FM and then WAND-TV, WCMW-FM and WCNS-AM. His early years included working at WCAR-AM in Detroit and as program director at WSLR-AM in Akron, Ohio. There, his station was ranked No. 1 in Billboard Magazine’s radio response rating. Speck’s tireless charity and fundraising work for many groups resulted in numerous awards including the CASPER Award from the Central Indiana Community Service Council.
Speck was inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2017.
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