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Gary Dennis King (July 24, 1934 – August 28, 2019) was an American businessman and radio personality. He founded WYAR, in Yarmouth, Maine, in 1998. He established the Heritage Radio Society three years earlier.[1][2]

Early life

King was born in Pownal, Maine, in 1934, to Charles King and Marion Noyes.[1] He moved to Yarmouth, Maine, during his childhood, and lived on East Elm Street.

He served as a radio operator in the United States Army Signal Corps in Germany at the conclusion of World War II.[1]

Career

After returning to Maine from military service, King worked as an announcer on WCME and WCSH. At WCSH, he became a television engineer,[3] then a program director.[1]

In 1995, he established the Heritage Radio Society.[4][5] Three years later,[6] WYAR went on the air in the basement of their home on Cousins Island, Maine.[7][8] He served as the station's chief operator and manager for the next fifteen years.[1][9]

Personal life

In 1956, King married Lois Brown, whom he had known since he was eight years old. They had four sons.[1]

King played the banjo, and was a member of the Ken MacKenzie band, a local group.[1]

Death

King died in 2019, aged 85, after a battle with Parkinson's disease.[1] He had survived his wife by fifteen years. They are both interred in Yarmouth's Old Baptist Cemetery.

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