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July 8, 2020
John GarabedianYou’re a guy who’s “best known” for quite a few things. But, let’s start with Open House Party, which actually had its genesis many years before you signed on in 1987 with the legendary Sunny Joe White at WXKS (Kiss 108) in Boston and taking it national the following year. Was Sunny Joe a tough sell? How long before you knew you’d caught lightning in a bottle?
Sunny approached me about doing a weekend gig at KISS 108 right after I had sold my Boston TV station. “Kiss kicks ratings ass all week,” he said, “but on the weekends we lock the place up, turning it into a music machine and the ratings show it.” I told him I was beyond weekend shifts on local radio, but had an idea which could solve his problem. The concept was Open House Party, which he immediately loved. “Build your studio and we’ll put it on Kiss right away.” We debuted with a 14 share 12+ on a 7 share radio station.
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