Monday, March 24, 2008

Passing of Jackson Armstrong - New York's Unknown DJ

Back in the early 1990s I joined a club of radio enthusiasts called Decalcomania.  There was a poll of the members of who was their favorite disk jockey.  Jackson Armstrong won the vote in a landslide. Sadly, he just passed away at the age of 62. Below is a listing of the radio stations where he worked.  He did one appearance on WNBC as the Unknown DJ.  Otherwise he never worked in New York City.  He was a final candidate for the morning man at WCBS-FM in late 2004, but Micky Dolenz got the gig.  My condolences to the family.

WCOG [Greensboro NC] 1964 - John Larsh
WAYS [Charlotte NC] 1965 - John Larsh
WIXY [Cleveland OH] 1966
WKYC [Cleveland OH] 1967 - Big Jack
WMEX [Boston] 1968
CHUM [Toronto Ontario] 1968
WPOP [Hartford CT] 1969
KTLK [Denver] 1969
WKBW [Buffalo] 1970
WKTQ [Pittsburgh] 1973
KDKA [Pittsburgh] 1975
WHYI [Miami] 1975
WIFE [Indianapolis IN] 1976
KTNQ/KHTZ [LA] 1978
KFI [LA] 1980
KFRC [San Francisco] 1982
KKHR [LA] 1984
KBOS [Tulare CA] 1988
WMQX [Winston-Salem NC] 1997
WWKB [Buffalo] 2002-2006

Radiophiles will find a host of shows on various web sites. I would highly recommend The Reel Top 40 Radio Repository, http://www.reelradio.com

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear about Mr. Armstrong Bruce.

 
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