Dick Lamb, a longtime Hampton Roads radio personality and station owner, died November 10 at age 88.
WTKR reported, citing spokesperson Chris Wilson, that Lamb died at home after a lengthy illness.
His work linked the microphone with station management. RadioInsight’s remembrance traces his Norfolk-market career to Top 40 WGH in the 1960s and identifies Lamb and Gene Loving as ownership partners who launched WWDE’s adult contemporary format in 1978, with Lamb hosting mornings.
WTKR recalled his more than 25 years with WWDE’s morning program and his later tenure at 92.9 The Wave, beginning in 2005. He also hosted a television variety show at the station now known as WTKR.
Lamb’s career offers a record of local broadcasting in which an on-air personality also helped shape the business behind the program. His death is a loss for colleagues and listeners across a market he served for decades.