"Alvie" passes on. Flagstaff kid who became a big time radio star.
Sad to report Dennis Alvord of Jourdanton passed away Monday, August 15, 2016 at the age of 68. He was born November 19, 1947 in Kalispell, Montana to Adelbert and Virginia (Pool) Alvord. Dennis got his start at KEOS 1290 Flagstaff and worked all over the US including San Antonio, Nashville, Miami and Los Angeles as a radio disc jockey known as “Joe Nasty” and worked for KTFM in the 80’s and 90’s. He loved his two dogs, Teenie and Brownie. His favorite saying was “I want to sing, I want to dance, I want to ha cha cha cha.” Dennis became a friend to everyone he met and he will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Dennis is survived by his loving wife, Amy (Wilke) Alvord; daughter, Jennifer Alvord; brother, Charles Alvord and wife Robin; father-in-law, Lester Wilke; brother-in-law, Michael Wilke and wife Sandra and sister-in-law, Ericka Palmer and husband Jason. He is also survived by his nieces and nephews, Christina Alvord-Logan, Danny Alvord, Kaitlyn Kaycee, Kyle Palmer and Zachary Wilke. There are no services scheduled at this time.
He was the bright eyed Flagstaff High School kid who practically beat down the door at the KEOS studios on North San Francisco street. He wanted to learn to be a D.J. He did just that and as Tony Armenta said recently, "I admired his dedication and goal to become a great D.J."
Great guy, "Joe Nasty" was anything but. He will always be Alvie to us.
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I was saddened to hear about Alvie's passing. I remember KEOS at 1290 AM,and later worked at KEOS "The Mighty 690". One Sunday night as I was on the air, he called me letting me know that he was Program Director at KUPD in Phoenix and he offered me the midnight to 6 shift at KUPD. Unfortunately I wasn't able to accept the offer as I had had surgery and was under my doctor's orders, because ordinarily I would have jumped at the chance to work at the number one station in a major market. My life went one way and his went another and I lost touch with him after that. Again, I am saddened to hear of his passing and pray the Lords peace on his family.
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