"Huggy Boy" Profile KRLA Radio Oldies Disc Jockey Los Angeles CA

Here is a rare video that Suzanne Reynolds and I (CNN) produced in 1993. Steve Boyagian (Fox News) was the photographer. Shot at KRLA Radio studios.
I hope you enjoy this video for you old school music fans that listened to oldies on KRLA in Los Angeles. Dick Hugg was one of the country's premiere pioneers of rock and roll radio. RIP Huggy Boy!
Richard James "Dick" Hugg (also known as "Huggy Boy" (June 9, 1928 - August 30, 2006) was a KRLA radio disc jockey in Los Angeles, California.
More info from Wikipedia:
Though originally an R&B disc jockey, Hugg gradually aimed his radio and television shows at Los Angeles' burgeoning Latino population and featured almost every young Chicano group coming out of East Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley, the Pomona Valley, and the San Fernando Valley. He promoted dances and shows in the barrio and was important to the growth of the city's so-called Eastside Sound.
He also brought to East Los Angeles groups such as , Sonny and Cher, The Righteous Brothers and Dusty Springfield, acts that may otherwise have not been accessible to Mexican-American audiences.
Hugg is referenced in Season 2, Episode 14 of The Rockford Files, "The Hammer of C Block." Isaac Hayes's character, Gandolph Fitch, while searching for a radio station says, "Nobody's playing music anymore? Where's Huggy Boy or Hunter Hancock?" He is also featured in the introduction of the music video for On A Sunday Afternoon by the Chicano rap group Lighter Shade of Brown.
Hugg was married to Emily Hugg for 25 years and had three girls: Darlene, Lisa, and Tiffany. He was later in a relationship for 17 years with Sandy Flores with whom he had a son, Richard Hugg, Jr.
He had seven grandchildren. Dick Hugg died of cardiac arrest on August 30, 2006, at age 78. He is interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.
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[@lloydwarwick1487]

I used to listen to Huggy Boy 70 yrs ago when he broadcast out of Dolphins of Hollywood. It was a party every night. A different time and a different world. The oldies are still on my playlist. Im 84 now .RIP Huggy Boy!😎

[@oldschooldjernie]

Cool story. Richard seemed to be a good amd genuine man when we went to KRLA that day. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Keep the oldies alive.---old school dj ernie

[@bigzach1000]

This guy seems really cool. I miss the days when you could actually hear random songs on the radio.

[@LAFan]

KRLA 1110 AM was a great station. Miss radio personalities like Huggy Boy.

[@tompadin6182]

It's pretty cool that this slice of local Los Angeles history is preserved.

[@MartinSanchez-eq6bj]

I'm radio dj marty, the east side kid sanchez

[@MartinSanchez-eq6bj]

I worked with huggy boy x p r s ten ninety the solar express

[@oldschooldjernie]

welcome