Gary Dennis King (July 24, 1934 – August 28, 2019) was an American businessman and radio personality. He founded WYAR, in Yarmouth, Maine, in 1998. He established the Heritage Radio Society three years earlier. ^{[1] [2]}

King was born in Pownal, Maine, in 1934, to Charles King and Marion Noyes. ^[1] He moved to Yarmouth, Maine, during his childhood, and lived on East Elm Street.

He served as a radio operator in the United States Army Signal Corps in Germany at the conclusion of World War II. ^[1]

After returning to Maine from military service, King worked as an announcer on WCME and WCSH. At WCSH, he became a television engineer, ^[3] then a program director. ^[1]

In 1995, he established the Heritage Radio Society. ^{[4] [5]} Three years later, ^[6] WYAR went on the air in the basement of their home on Cousins Island, Maine. ^{[7] [8]} He served as the station's chief operator and manager for the next fifteen years. ^{[1] [9]}

In 1956, King married Lois Brown, whom he had known since he was eight years old. They had four sons. ^[1]

King played the banjo, and was a member of the Ken MacKenzie band, a local group. ^[1]

King died in 2019, aged 85, after a battle with Parkinson's disease. ^[1] He had survived his wife by fifteen years. They are both interred in Yarmouth's Old Baptist Cemetery.