Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of March 29, 2015
Edition #828

Talent: SHANE
Station: WGR Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: May 12, 1975
Time: 29:40 (unscoped)

Shane arrived in Buffalo in 1973 when he took over the 6-10 p.m. shift at WKBW, replacing the Janitor (who had replaced the legendary Jack Armstrong a few months earlier). Two years later, it was off to WGR (after a stop at WYSL) and an eight-year stint as the 6-10 p.m. jock there where he really made his mark in Buffalo radio. He left WGR in 1983, returning in 1986 before leaving three years later as the station transitioned to talk.

Prior to Buffalo, Shane jocked at KFWB Los Angeles, KFBB Great Falls, Mt., KGEZ Kalispell, Mt., WYPR Danville, Va., WCOG Greensboro/Winston Salem, N.C., KPUG Bellingham, Wash., KGA Spokane, Wash., KNAK Salt Lake City and WLEE-AM Richmond, Va. Shane returned to Richmond at WLEE-FM in 1996 after a brief stop at WWKB (the renamed WKBW) in 1993 and a short stint at CHSC St. Catharines, Ont. These days Shane - who once ran for Buffalo city council under his real name Ron Gibson - was out of radio and working as a golf professional in Richmond.

Hear Shane on WGR here.

(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

 

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