'Uncle' Tom Moffatt's career in more depth (from lifelong friend and coworker Ron Jacobs:

KGU [Honolulu] 1952 - part time staff announcer; attended University of Hawaii with Don Ho

AFRS [Honolulu] 1953 - U. S. Army; deejay at Tripler Army Hospital while working commercial radio in evenings; meets new announcer Ron Jacobs

KIKI [Honolulu] 1954 - first Hawaii deejay to play rock'n'roll music; remote broadcasts from White Top Drive In

KHVH [Honolulu] 1957 - original staff of Henry J. Kaiser station; Jeremiah Grundy Show; begins on-air 'feud' with fellow deejay Ron Jacobs

KPOA [Honolulu] 1958 - Uncle Tom's Cabin, host

KPOI [Honolulu] 1959-1974 - Hawaii's #1 rock jock; PD (1967); GM (1970); hosted over 25 'Show of Stars' Concerts at Civic Auditorium; emcee'd shows by every major rock artist from Bill Haley, Elvis, Chuck Berry, etc. to Elton John, Mariah Carey, *n Synch, etc.

left to right:
Uncle Tom Moffatt, Colonel Tom Parker, Ron Jacobs
KPOI, Honolulu c.1960
Arena Associates [Honolulu] concert promotion: co-founder with Ron Jacobs and Tom Rounds; merged with Watermark Inc (American Top 40, etc.) in 1970

Paradise Records [Honolulu] 1971- owner; producer;

Honolulu City Lights all time best-selling LP in Hawaii KGMZ [Honolulu] 1997-2000


Uncle Tom Moffatt
KGMZ, Honolulu c.2000
photo courtesy Honolulu Star-Bulletin
(Click on photo for larger one.)

Now: Promoting sports and other live events in Hawaii as Tom Moffatt Productions since 1974 (very successfully). Residing in Honolulu. "Tom Moffatt Tribute: 50 Years in Show Business" banquet to benefit Manoa Valley Theater (2002)


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