Ken Minyard

Who is Ken Minyard?

Ken Minyard is a radio personality. He was featured on KABC radio's morning Newstalk show in the early 1970s, but he is best remembered as a partner on the radio with Bob Arthur. The "Ken and Bob Company" was Los Angeles' #1 rated radio show for almost 20 years on KABC.

After Arthur retired in 1990, Minyard soldiered on alone briefly, then partnered with Roger Barkley for an additional 6 years, but the morning Los Angeles radio market was growing very competitive, particularly from an increasing number of FM morning talk shows. One Monday morning, Los Angeles tuned in to find that Roger Barkley was gone and Minyard was continuing with a new format. He commented at the time that Barkley was upset, but that the station demanded a change. "Talk radio, and radio in general, is tough", he once remarked. "You won't work forever". But Ken Minyard still had many more good years on Los Angeles radio.

Later he partnered with Peter Tilden on KABC and also had a 2-year pairing on a syndicated show with his son, Rick. During the 80's Minyard was also a regular on the syndicated Dinah Shore Show on TV for 2 seasons.