Edition #1392 |
Talent: JACK CARNEY
Station: WABC New York
Date: April 14, 1961
Time: 48:28
(unscoped)
22:40 (scoped)
Jack Carney originally planned to become a lawyer. But
while working on a law degree at UCLA, the Los
Angeles native began taking radio courses out of curiosity. He
was soon bitten by the radio bug and it led to a 33-year career
that started in New Mexico in 1951.
After stops in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Atlanta and Boston and a few other places, Carney arrived in St. Louis in 1958 at WIL. His wacky stunts, sense of humour and his character Pookie Snakenburg helped vault the station from #7 to #1 in the Gateway City. That success led to him moving to the Big Apple, where he was one of the "Seven Swingin' Gentlemen" when WABC launched its Top 40 format in December 1960. After a few months there, he headed to the west coast for a decade of radio gigs that included KSFO San Francisco.
Carney returned to St. Louis in 1971 for what would be his final radio job, at 50,000-watt KMOX. He interviewed countless celebrities on his popular 9 a.m. noon show that ended in 1984, when he died of a heart attack. The man who would later be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame and St. Louis Hall of Fame was only 52.
Enjoy Jack Carney on WABC (UNSCOPED) here.
Enjoy Jack Carney on WABC
(SCOPED) here.
(The Joe Fazio Collection)
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