Edition #1338 |
Talent: JACK ARMSTRONG
Station: CHUM Toronto
Date: February 13, 1969
Time: 49:10 (unscoped)
11:28 (scoped)
Nearly two dozen stations in 10 states
and one province, from Toronto in the north, Miami in the south,
Boston in the east and San Francisco in the west. Such was the
much-travelled career of the legendary Jack
Armstrong.
Big Jack got his radio start at the age of 14 in his home state
of North Carolina, with a gig at WCHL Chapel
Hill in 1960 as John Larsh. He was still rockin' 46 years
later when he signed off his final show at WWKB Buffalo,
New York, in 2006.
In between, Armstrong worked at two other North Carolina stations
- WAYS Charlotte and WMQX Winston
Salem. He made five radio stops in California, at KTNQ/KHTZ, KFI and KKHR Los
Angeles, KFRC San Francisco, and KBOS Tulare,
California. He had two Ohio stops, both in Cleveland at WIXY and WKYC.
There were also two Pennsylvania gigs, at Pittsburgh stations WKTQ (13Q)
and KDKA.
Also on Armstrong's resume: Florida (WHYI Miami),
Indiana (WIFE Indianapolis), Connecticut (WPOP Hartford),
Colorado (KTLK Denver) and last but not
least Ontario (CHUM Toronto - he talks
about his CHUM experience here). Armstrong also did a one-night stand
at WNBC New York as the Unknown Deejay
in 1978 (there was also a one-off gig at WNTC Potsdam,
New York, in 1970). It was quite a career for one of the greatest
Top 40 jocks of all time.
Enjoy Jack Armstrong on CHUM
