An ayoda on radio

  He was often referred to as "Uncle" Joe Benson , indeed he was that friendly, familiar, and familial presence on the local dial. Don Barrett once described him as "an AOR legend, for 15 years he was the host of KLOS's Sunday night "The Seventh Day" program, highlighting entire albums with in-depth background stories." Benson had three stops at KLOS, with KLSX, Arrow 93 (KCBS-FM), and The Sound 100.3 (KSWD) also mics that he graced. Benson died this past Tuesday at the age of 76. Peter Larsen of the Orange County Register   offered a comprehensive review of Benson's career. Some highlights: I started in October of 1980 (at KLOS), and it was basically put on the record, ‘Here’s such and such by such and such,’” Benson says of many disc jockeys at the time. “I’d go, ‘You know one of the things about Jethro Tull was that Ian Anderson recorded the music first and then tried to figure out what the words were going to be, which is really kind of backwa...