Biography

In 1998, after selling his Missouri radio stations, KIXQ, KJMK-FM, KXDG and KSYN, Chuck retired from active broadcast management, ownership and programming. 

A forty-year veteran of the broadcasting industry, Chuck was born in Porum, Oklahoma.  He graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in Houston and immediately went to work at KBST in Big Spring, Texas. 

His career includes positions at KXYZ, KXOL, WRIT, KNUZ, WKY, WABC, KBOX, KLIF, KILT, WIXY, KAFM, KLBJ AM-FM and KHFI.    From 1977 until 1979 he was co-owner of Radio Music Report.  

He and his partners acquired radio stations in Joplin, Missouri that they built into the fifth highest rated (Shares) cluster of Radio stations in the United States before selling them to Zimmer Radio. 

Chuck is the recipient of many awards and is listed in several national "Who's Who" publications.  South Carolina's governor chose Chuck to serve as a South Carolina Athletic Commissioner.  Chuck is the father of four children (son John passed away in 1996). 

His three daughters have presented him with six grand children and one great grand child.  He married Kendall Alizon in 1982 when the two met while Chuck was lecturing on broadcasting at the University of Texas in Austin.  They reside in Houston and travel extensively.

Chuck was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in October 2002 and serves as a member of the founding board of directors of the organization.

chuck@chuckdunaway.com