OMW almost missed this one, because it was near the Beacon Journal’s obituary section on Monday.
Former Akron resident and local radio personality Dale R. Allenbaugh – known on-air as Dale Richards – was killed over the weekend, in a drive-by shooting at a Florida nightclub. Police say he was leaving a job as disk jockey at the club in Port Orange FL, and that the club’s manager was alive, but in critical condition. Authorities say the shooters were ejected from the nightclub earlier that night, and they’re now being held and charged with first-degree murder.
The Firestone High graduate worked at local stations including Cleveland’s WZJM/92.3 (now WXTM) and Canton’s WRQK/106.9 before heading south.
And for older local listeners, his father’s on-air name would ring a lot of bells. Better known as Bobby Knight, Allenbaugh’s father worked at a number of Akron area stations, including WCUE/1150, WKDD/then-96.5, and WHLO/640. The Beacon Journal article says Knight is now working in New Smyrna Beach FL, but we’ll be darned if we can get past all the Google search results for a certain college basketball coach to find out where.
Our sympathies and condolences to Mr. Allenbaugh/Richards’ family, friends and former and current co-workers.
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