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"Shotgun Tom" has entertained audiences on radio and television for 40 years! Click "enlarge" to see the photo and its caption. (Most enlargements are 30k. You must have Javascript enabled!)
) enlarge | ![KPRI 106.5 1967](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/kprimed.jpg', 450, 400, 'On KPRI in 1967, while still in high school, he went by the name Tom Irwin. Later he became known as "Shotgun Tom" Kelly')) enlarge |  McAllister on KACY in 1969. Later he became known as "Shotgun Tom" Kelly')) enlarge | ![136 KGB](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/kgbmed.jpg', 400, 400, '"Shotgun Tom" on Boss Radio 136 KGB')) enlarge | ) enlarge |
![KCBQ 1974](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/qconsole.jpg', 525, 400, '13 year old Tom took the photo on the left of "Dollar Bill" Bishop at KCBQ\'s picture window studios at 7th and Ash downtown in 1963. "Shotgun Tom" is pictured in 1974, working at that same console')) enlarge | ) enlarge | !["Shotgun Tom" in the studio at the Corvette Diner](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/corvettebazookamed.jpg', 450, 600, 'A lot of people in San Diego remember "Shotgun Tom\'s" Juke Box Radio show from the Corvette Diner every Saturday and Sunday night before and after the Padres Baseball game broadcasts. It started in 1986 and lasted seven years. David and Leslie Cohn, the owners of the Corvette Diner, built a glass enclosed radio studio in the restaurant so Tom could do his broadcast on KFMB. They put a 20X30 blowup of this picture in the studio. The picture and radio studio are still there today. The clock that hangs in the studio says "Shotgun Tom\'s Juke Box". And that\'s what they call it to this day.')) enlarge | !["Shotgun Tom" at the Corvette Diner](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/corvettedinermed.jpg', 450, 400, '"Shotgun Tom" at the Corvette Diner')) enlarge | ![Corvette Diner Request Form](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/corvetterequestmed.jpg', 450, 450, 'A Corvette Diner Request Form. People at the restaurant would fill out the form and hand it to Tom\'s producer Kenny Cassady. Many people still come up to Shotgun and say "Shotgun, my daughter remembers you wishing her a happy birthday on your radio show on KFMB at the Corvette Diner."')) enlarge |
![Corvette Diner "Shotgun Tom" Pin](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/shotgunpinmed.jpg', 450, 500, 'The waitresses at the Corvette Diner would wear this "ShotgunTom" pin on their uniforms.')) enlarge | ) enlarge | ) enlarge | ) enlarge | ![Fred Magazine](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/fredmagmed.jpg', 400, 400, '"Shotgun Tom" on the cover of Fred Magazine, on his Words A Poppin\' TV show for kids')) enlarge |
) enlarge | ) enlarge | ![Words A Poppin' Staff](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/words_staffmed.jpg', 450, 400, '"Shotgun Tom" with the Words A Poppin\' staff')) enlarge | ) enlarge | ![The KUSI Kids Club](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/kidsclubmed.jpg', 480, 400, '"Shotgun Tom" on the KUSI Kids Club')) enlarge |
) enlarge | !["Shotgun Tom", Lloyd Thaxton and Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/radiothonmed.jpg', 500, 400, '"Shotgun Tom" Kelly, Lloyd Thaxton (Hollywood TV Dancetime Host from the 60\'s) and Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, just outside the K-Earth 101 main studio at 5515 Melrose in Hollywood.')) enlarge | !["Shotgun Tom" Kelly](javascript:popUp('http://shotguntomkelly.com/photos/shotgun07.jpg', 400, 550, '"Shotgun Tom" Kelly, 2007.')) enlarge |