Scott Fybsuh, over at NERW:
Ask just about any top-40 DJ of a certain generation to list their most respected colleagues, and the name “Jackson Armstrong” is almost sure to pop up somewhere near the top.
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Armstrong, whose real name was John Larsh, died Saturday at his North Carolina home, ending a career that found “Your LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEADER” behind the mic everywhere from Los Angeles (KTNQ, KKHR, KFI) to Boston (WMEX).
Jack worked at WKBW for a while, as well as being on CHUM, and more recently on WWKB (the more recent implimentation of WKBW) during KB’s all too breif oldies format, via voice tracking…. so I’ve heard quite a bit of him over the years. Never chanced to meet him, though… and as a DJ of that era, myself, I get the feeling I missed something special.
Tags: BO, Bush, CHUM, Jack Armstrong, Men, North Carolina, NY, radio, WKBW
