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Kathy Whiteside moved to middays at WLIF in Baltimore, Johnny Dark worked at WTTR in Westminster, Maryland, until his death in September 2016, and Ira Melman worked for a while at WTOP-FM, and later for Voice of America (VOA) in Washington. WBIG was the first station in the U.S. to work directly with one of the Beatles.
On September 15, 2016, a radio broadcasting legend spoke his final words. But Johnny Dark was much more than a broadcasting legend. He was a husband, a father, a grandfather, neighbor, coach, athlete, poet. Before Johnny Dark, he was Albert Lowe Bennett, Jr., a young man who, encouraged by his high school English teacher, was "bitten by the bug ...
This was the on air tribute as heard on Oldies 100 (WBIG) for Johnny Dark's 45th year in broadcasting.
Aug 16, 2006 · The Baltimore 'Johnny Dark' was PD, I think, and remained with WCAO well into its flip to country in the 80s (and may have been with the station until it became gospel 'Heaven 600'). He later surfaced at Oldies WBIG-FM in D.C. (which has since been flipped to Classic Hits).
Sep 16, 2016 · UPDATED: June 29, 2019 at 7:32 p.m. Johnny Dark was a radio force on WCAO during the coming of the age of rock ‘n’ roll, perhaps hitting his peak when he served as master of ceremonies for the ...
Sep 17, 2016 · Baltimore Sun. Disc jockey is recalled as a force in Baltimore rock radio. 2016-09-17 - By Jacques Kelly and Frederick N. Rasmussen jacques.kelly@baltsun.com. Johnny Dark was a radio force on WCAO during the coming of the age of rock ’n’ roll, perhaps hitting his peak when he served as master of ceremonies for the Beatles’ 1964 appearance ...
Johnny stayed with WWMX-FM until the summer of 1993 when he joined the staff of WBIG-FM (“Oldies 100”) in Washington, D.C. The next 11 years would become some of the most enjoyable of his career and Johnny would become well-known for his specialty programs the “Top Ten At 10” and “Dial-A-Hit,” a 6-hour all-request show.
