Who played KACL station manager Kenny Daly on Frasier?

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Tom McGowan played KACL station manager Kenny Daly on Frasier.

Kenny takes over management of the Seattle radio station in 1998 and is portrayed as more relaxed and approachable than several of his predecessors. He is a longtime radio professional whose career has fallen from successful DJ to occasional odd jobs, including delivering pizzas. That background helps him understand the station's performers while also creating tension when management decisions force him to challenge Frasier.

Kenny fires Frasier during a dispute over an advertising assignment, then rehires him shortly afterward, but the episode's fallout briefly costs Kenny his own job. He is later reinstated and eventually resigns to return to radio announcing, with Roz Doyle succeeding him as manager. McGowan appeared in 42 Frasier episodes from 1998 to 2004. Viewers may confuse Kenny with Edward Hibbert's Gil Chesterton, Patrick Kerr's Noel Shempsky, or Miguel Sandoval's Joe Martin, the station owner.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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