Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: April Whitney (Former KROQ DJ)
“So I started answering the phone, and about a week later they hired me as receptionist. And about two weeks later, Rick Carroll let me go on the air and start doing the News on the air. And then they started paying me, and I became promotions director. It was about, I don’t know, a month later, they hired me as promotions director. [How old were you?] I was 18. [Wow.]”
Air date: 06/23/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews April Whitney, his great friend and legendary former KROQ DJ who started at the station as an intern in 1978.
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