Jack Horohoe is back on the radio airwaves after a 49-year hiatus.
He said "I was back on the air yesterday for the first time in forty-nine years." Jack says "I thought maybe it was time to go back on the radio." Jacks radio career began in the 1960's with stints at WNIA and WBLK.
In 1968 he began doing mid days for WEBR.
He left the business in 1973 to get into real estate and raise a family.
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