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| John Garabedian |
John Garabedian, radio personality, disc jockey and host of
Open House Party on WXKS-FM, was named the 2013 Broadcaster of the Year by the
Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA). The award was presented at Sound
Bites, the Association’s awards night last week.
Garabedian’s career began as a weekend announcer on WMRC in Milford , and included positions in the 1960’s at Worcester ’s WORC, WAFM in Miami ,
WHYN AM-FM in Springfield , WMEX in Boston , and WFEA in Manchester ,
NH
From the late 1960’s into the early 1970’s he was the Chief
Engineer at WWCO in Connecticut
and was an announcer and consultant at WBCN.
In 1972 Garabedian founded his first radio station, WGRT, licensed to Natick . Following that he founded WGTF in 1979 as
well as WJVJ-TV Boston “V-66” in 1984.
In 1987, Garabedian created Open House Party – an
interactive weekend party show, with a live audience, all-request music, 800
call-in lines, superstar guests and the hottest music in the country. The
program launched on Kiss 108 (WXKS), and over the next twenty years, the
program grew into a nationally syndicated show, broadcast on over 150 stations
in the United States .
In addition to the Open House Party, he is the founder and
CEO of CodComm, Inc. which runs four FM stations out of Hyannis .
Outside of broadcasting, Garabedian is an accomplished pilot
and the President of the Cape Area Pilots Association, and also serves on the
board of the Massachusetts Air and Space
Museum
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