A Letter Addressed in Long Island, New York, Props Highly Tommy Shannon at CKLW Radio
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A RAVE FOR SHANNON
To the Editor,
Now that WINS in New York is no longer a music station, we in New York have lost another fine disc jockey in Joel Sebastian. Just recently, Murray the K left New York radio. Because of this lack of good disc jockeys and radio stations in New York, I, and many of my friends have been listening to some fine stations out of town.
I’d like to call to the attention of those who read your fine magazine that there is one very fine disc jockey who is on CKLW in Detroit-Windsor. He is Tom Shannon, formerly of WKBW in Buffalo, and he is on every evening from 6:30-11:30.
He plays a good amount of new records, and he is very well informed about the pop music situation in the world. CKLW is at 800 on the radio dial, and it is a fine station.
I hope many people take note of Tom Shannon, the best DJ in the business. It is too bad that in New York, one station plays only 28 different songs a week, and the other is totally mediocre. Thank God there is a Tom Shannon and CKLW.
Sincerely,
Jon Stroll
127 Circle Drive
Roslyn Heights, L. I., N.Y. 11577
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Tom Shannon passed away in Salinas, California, on May 26, 2021, while under hospice care for pancreatic cancer. He was 82.
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