Sommers is survived by his sons Steve Sommers (born c. 1965), media executive Sean Compton, David Sommers (who runs the travel business founded by his mother), Kevin Sommers, and Jason Sommers, stepson Brian Mitchell, and his daughter, Krissie Sommers Kastle who currently resides in Indiana. He had 19 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Steve Sommers took over his father's overnight time slot on WLW after Dale's retirement; that show continued until iHeartMedia fired him in 2020 in a combination of financially related layoffs and disputes over the show's content.