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50 years later, LA Rams will have a Kelley back in the 710 radio booth

Orange County Register: Rams will have a Kelley back in the 710 radio booth

Venturing down memory lane to connect Rams’ past to Rams’ current, there’s a curious, colorful sidepath that leads to Paraquat Kelley.

Southern California rock music fans from the 1970s and ‘80s grew up with the exuberant and iconic KMET radio personality – “Whoo-ya!” – who jokingly took his nickname from the toxic weed killer in the news 40 years ago because of how it was a health hazard to unwitting marijuana users (Kelley was not one).

But what’s really in a name?