Dick Purtan, Date of Birth

Dick Purtan

American radio personality

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1936

Profession: radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality.
His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on Oldies 104.3 serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market.
Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR-AM, WXYZ-AM, CKLW-AM, WCZY-FM which became WKQI-FM in 1989 and WOMC from 1996 until his retirement in 2010.
Previous to coming to Detroit at WKNR "Keener 13" in 1965, Purtan worked at WOLF-AM in Syracuse, NY and WSAI in Cincinnati; he began his radio career in his hometown of Buffalo, NY at WWOL under the station-mandated name "Guy King" and also worked for a very short time at WBAL in Baltimore (only to be forced to leave the station after his witty, sardonic humor clashed with the station's conservative ownership).