Scott Mason

Scott Cary Mason (September 26, 1959 – April 19, 2015) was an American radio personality, executive and engineer who worked at Los Angeles radio stations KKDJ, KIQQ, KGBS/KTNQ, and KROQ-FM. Mason suffered from kidney problems for most of his adult life and received two kidney transplants prior to his death in 2015 at the age of 55.

In May 1979, Rick Carroll was hired to run KROQ-FM. Carroll hired Mason as a weekend DJ and chief engineer, even though he was still a teenager. Since that time, Scott would go on to work every air shift on KROQ-FM at one time or another. Scott was an original host of Loveline

In 1999, Infinity Broadcasting CFO Farid Suleman put Mason on the company's Y2K team. That team eventually became the CBS Radio regional engineering team, and Mason was appointed regional director of engineering for the West Coast, ultimately overseeing operations of 45 stations.

For nearly twenty years, Mason hosted "OpenLine", KROQ-FM's Sunday morning public affairs program. By 2008, the program was being heard In 2006, the show also aired on KCBS-FM /JACK-FM. In 2008, the show was broadcast in Los Angeles on K-Earth 101 (renamed "The Forum" for K-Earth broadcasts) and on 94.7 The Wave KTWV.

Mason suffered from kidney disease throughout his adult life. He received a kidney transplant in 1999 followed by a second transplant in 2012 — this one from personal friend and KROQ DJ Gene "Bean" Baxter, since he was very far down on the transplant recipient list — but died on April 19, 2015. was a volunteer EMT, and also volunteered with the Boy Scouts.