Don Wade, The Big Draw for KTAC In The Late 1970’s

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• Wade's KTAC replacement

  November 27, 2025 at QZVX

  Jason Remington says:

  July 1979 – New morning personality at KTAC is J.J. Regan, from Syracuse N.Y. He is KTAC’s replacement for Don Wade who left broadcasting a couple of months ago for the wilds of Longbranch, Pierce County.
  J.J. (first name John — “the J.J. is mostly the program director’s idea”) has a stable of character voices, most of whom manage to engage J.J. in conversation through preproduction techniques.
  Regan has spent all of his radio career in New York State environs. He and his family moved into an apartment supplied by the station, but are looking for a home of their own. Unfortunately, Regan first relied on the advice of KTAC’s bombastic newsman, Chuck Boland, who suggested he go out and “get himself lost, just to learn the city.”
  J.J. told his listeners that in one such encounter, he ended up in a part of town where his wife got some incredibly cheap jewelry, he watched some flickering movies and his daughter got a tattoo.

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• Stoned

  November 27, 2025 at QZVX

  Ken Leffler says:

  Don Wade’s Stoned Ranger series was very funny. Thanks for adding that on your site.

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