ArtistInfo

Mary Turner

Rock and Spoken Word
A.k.a. Mary Turner Pattiz

TURNER, Mary: KMET, 1972-82; KLSX, 1993. In the past 50 years, there are half dozen formats that continue to be idolized and end up in a special place in the history of LARadio. KMET, “the Mighty Met,” was one of those stations that caught lightning in a bottle and complemented the turbulent times of unrest, free speech and free love. The Burner, Mary Turner, arrived at KMET in June of 1972 and left on the eve of her 10th year with the “Mighty Met.” Mary reflected on her early radio days: "It was an exciting time back then, because you didn't operate under any rules. You could play anything you wanted, say anything you wanted and who cared? FM at that time was a joke, especially to Top 40 people. We were the hippies, and they were the stars." On being a successful female: "I think being a woman helped more than anything else. The time was right for it, and I happened to be in the right place at the right time." In the early 1980s, Mary married Norm Pattiz, founder and chairman of Westwood One. In the early 1990s, she eventually came to terms with a substance abuse problem, and took steps to get clean and sober. Mary became a UCLA-certified drug and alcohol counselor and earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Mary Pattiz has become the new chairwoman of the Betty Ford Center at Eisenhower Hospital in Rancho Mirage. This will be a departure for the 28-year-old facility that has been led by a member of the Ford family up until this point of Mary taking over. Since 2005, Betty Ford’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales has been chairwoman.

Genres

• Rock
• Spoken Word