8-28-2026 8:29pm

98 Rock's

Jeff Barto Editor

Statement from Kirk McEwen

Alan Courduff, who was the morning man at 98 Rock when I first started at the station, has passed away. He had heart issues that ultimately took him down. After the station moved on from the 'Woodworth and Lopez' morning show they tabbed Courduff to team with Bob Lopez and for a time, John Panzarella.

Courduff developed characters like Dr. Flatula, Mama Panzarella, and probably most famously Glen Burnout, a play on the local town Glen Burnie. "Sing for your Song" was huge and the guy actually sat in EVERY SEAT at Memorial Stadium (Alan Sore-duff! I don't remember why.)

He then had a long career in Speech Pathology after radio and I last saw him at a friend's get together about 5 years ago. Alan had an acerbic tone at times, he could definitely be pointed, but he was always honest and I, for one, appreciated his candor. That's what made him great on the radio.

I'm also thankful for his guidance and wisdom when I was just starting out in radio with him and the likes of "The Queen" Sarah Fleischer, Tyree Ford, the late Kellie Saunders (who taught me how to run the board at 98 Rock RIGHT BEFORE she went to dinner with Jon Anderson of Yes), Chris Emry, and my homie, mentor and life long friend, the late Tony “Mad Dog” Colter, who along with my brother Mark got me into radio.

Thanks to the great Chuck DuCoty, 98 Rock PD, for hiring me as a sophomore at Maryland in 1984, 7 years after the station turned on the lights. And to think, as other stations turn OFF the lights, we turn 50 next year, on the backs of those listed above and all the others who came along later. Safe trip home, brother. Alan Courduff was 75.