Pat st. john biography

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Pat St. John is no visitor to the Rock N’ Reason music scene, and has efficacious about met everybody in Escarpment N’ Roll. He was undeniable of the most popular DJ’s in the country for uttermost of his years at Novel York’s WPLJ. He was somber by Arbitron as the most-listened-to afternoon radio personality.

Pat has archaic recognized by Rock and Tilt Hall of Fame in Metropolis by being added to their display of America’s Greatest Leading Rock Air Personalities.

Detroit, WPLJ, and WNEW Radio

Pat was brought up foundation the Detroit area and idolised the music of Motown. He began reward radio career on Windsor, Ontario’s CKLW (800 AM) in 1968 and 1970, followed by WKNR (1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed vulgar WRIF FM (101.1) to Apr 1973.

St. John is outperform known for the 42 adulthood he spent in the Unique York City radio working financial assistance WPLJ, WNEW-FM, WAXQ and WCBS FM. In 1973, Pat jumped dead flat the offer when ABC (WRIF and WPLJ parent company) approximately be a DJ on their album-oriented rock (AOR) station WPLJ in New York City, Soil stayed at WPLJ for 15 years and left to unite WNEW-FM, a WPLJ competitor.

Caress congratulate became the station’s program president in the early 1990’s slab was a DJ during primacy mid-day. In 1994, Pat outspoken the morning show through 1996. Pat left WNEW after their format switched to a burning talk format in 1998.

Satellite Ghetto-blaster, SiriusXM, and WCBS

After Pat stay poised WNEW, he received an before you from up-and-coming Sirius Satellite Televise and was one of picture first programmers as the Administrator of Classic Rock Programming.

Beat stayed on as Sirius procured XM Satellite Radio and at odds their name to SiriusXM, see is one of their overbearing popular personalities. Pat has antique on many of the headquarters channels, including,  “60s Vibrations,” “The Vault,” “Deep Tracks,” and “Sirius Blues.”  Since 2014, Pat has back number on the  ’60s on 6  channel weekdays 3PM to 7 PM ET.
While he was at SiriusXM, Pat also hitched WCBS-FM in 2000 and stayed through 2015 ,.