![]() ![]() But increasingly during breaks in music and during news reading he would editorialize. The program started in music format with Quinn as D.J., as Quinn in the Morning. Talk show hostĪfter Quinn's program was canceled on B-94, he moved in 1993 to WRRK, where he gradually adopted his conservative political talk format. Quinn largely credits this lawsuit with "opening his eyes" and inducing his conversion to political conservatism. Three years later, his FM morning show was canceled. On Valentine's Day 1990, Randolph won on all counts, and a jury awarded her $694,000. After a course of conduct wherein they implied that News Director Liz Randolph was promiscuous, she sued the station and Quinn and Banana for defamation and sexual harassment. In 1983, he became half of "The Quinn and Banana Show" alongside Don Jefferson on B-94 FM, which ran in Pittsburgh until 1992. In 1979 Quinn moved to the midday slot at WTAE radio, an adult contemporary station in Pittsburgh, under the aegis of General Manager Ted Atkins ("Captain Showbiz"). During his tenure at 13Q, Quinn issued a parody 45 rpm record of the then Top 40 hit " Undercover Angel" titled "Undercover Pothole" the parody lamented the atrocious condition of Pittsburgh roads during that period. In an emotional farewell as he returned to Pittsburgh, Quinn said, "May I get lockjaw if I ever forget how much I appreciate the people who listen."Ī Pittsburgh station, 13Q or WKTQ, lured him back in 1977 to capture the adults who had grown up listening to him on KQV. Quinn's final hour included a trivia game called "Stump The Audience", where the answers had been kept "in a sealed envelope on Funk and Wagnalls' doorstep since noon today". He then moved to Buffalo, New York, where in the late 1970s he became known to listeners throughout the northeast on WWKB (WKBW at the time), a 50,000-watt station that took requests from as far away as Norway. He stayed until 1972, then spent time in New York City at WPIX-FM. In 1968, he jumped at an opportunity to take a job at WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia, but was back at KQV in less than a year. Quinn was hired from WING/Dayton in 1967 and had an immediate impact on the market. Quinn is best remembered in the Pittsburgh area as the vociferous nighttime host on KQV radio in the 1960s, during the station's peak as a Top 40 power. Limbaugh worked at KQV and at WIXZ in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as a disc jockey under the name Jeff Christie. Disc jockey and novelty hostīefore beginning his political morning show, Quinn spent a number of years at KQV in the 1960s and 1970s, where he befriended his eventual political mentor Rush Limbaugh. and was also heard on XM Satellite Radio Channel 244 from 6 a.m. Until its cancellation in November 2013, his program The War Room with Quinn and Rose was aired on 12 stations across the U.S. WYSL brought Jim back to the airwaves on April 1st 2015.Jim Quinn (born February 26, 1943) is an American conservative radio talk show host based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, currently hosting Quinn in the Morning on WYSL in Avon, New York, and WAVL in Apollo, Pennsylvania. Quinn’s syndicated show on WPGB ended on Novemwhen he was unable to reach a contract agreement with the station. Jim and his partner Rose Somma Tennet are also heard on WWVA in Wheeling, W.Va. In January of 2004, Jim moved to a new talk station in Pittsburgh, WPGB 104.7 FM. Since then Jim has remained a fixture on the Pittsburgh radio scene, with WTAE-AM, B-94 (WBZZ-FM) and WRRK. After a very successful stint in Buffalo, Jim again returned to the Steel City and 13Q (WKTQ). Then he did the 7-Midnight shift on WPIX-FM also in New York City before going to WKBW in Buffalo. In 1973, Jim left for New York City where he was PD at WPLJ-FM, the ABC owned and operated FM in New York (formerly WABC-FM). ![]() On February 8, 1969, Jim Quinn came home to KQV. When Kris Stevens left KQV to head to sister station WLS in Chicago, it was time to bring our Leader back. In July of 1968, Jim left Pittsburgh for Philadelphia and WIBG. He arrived in Pittsburgh, August 30, 1967. ![]()
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