Casey Kasem was born on June 15, 1932 in Hollywood, California. He began his career as a disc jockey and later worked for an advertising agency and the station WXLO, before becoming a local radio personality in Seattle. In the late 1950s he joined the Armed Forces Radio Service and soon became a popular disc jockey with American Forces in Germany. In 1964 Kasem moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television
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In 1969 he won a contract with ABC Radio to host a daily one-hour call-in show called American Top 40, which he continued until 1975. In 1976 he began hosting the morning show "American Top 20" for ABC Radio, which was later syndicated across the United States. He also hosted a weekly talk show called The Casey Kasem Show from 1977 to 1984.