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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of October 23, 2016
Edition #908

Now in both Real Audio and MP3

Talent: PAT PATTERSON "THE FAT CAT"
Station: WCOP Boston
Date: October 26, 1961
Time: 29:19 (unscoped)
18:48 (scoped)

Pat Patterson is a North Carolina broadcasting legend, but he also starred in quite a few other markets.

Patterson got his start in radio at a local AM station while at Kansas State, from which he graduated in 1958. He went on to work at WGR Buffalo, WPTR Albany, N.Y., WPRO and WICE Providence, R.I., and WCOP and WHDH Boston, before arriving at WKIX Raleigh, N.C., in 1969. He spent five years there as morning man and program director before leaving for WHDH Boston. He returned to the Tar Heel State at WQDR Raleigh from 1977 to 1982. Following a gig at KLUF Houston, he returned to WKIX from 1988 to 1990, then did a talk show at WDNC Chapel Hill from 1990 to 1997.

During his time in Raleigh, Patterson won four Billboard awards for Best Morning Personality in a Medium Market and Best A.M. Personality in a Major Market. He was named to the North Carolina Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010, having been nominated three times previously.
 

Enjoy Pat Patterson "The Fat Cat" (UNSCOPED) here.

Enjoy Pat Patterson "The Fat Cat" (UNSCOPED) here.
 

Enjoy Pat Patterson "The Fat Cat" (SCOPED) here. \

Enjoy Pat Patterson "The Fat Cat" (SCOPED) here.
 

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)
 

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