Jamie McCarthy (son of J.P McCarthy-longtime morning announcer for WJR-AM, a 50 Kw AM/Mediumwave station owned by the Goodwill Company, then by Capital Cities Communications along with WKBW-AM in Buffalo, New York; and when Capital Cities Communications had merged with ABC, the merged company had opted to keep WJR-AM/WHYT-FM and sell WXYZ-AM/WRIF-FM) had just recently produced a documentary about his father on WTVS-TV that is to be networked nationally by the entire Public Broadcasting System (PBS) television network.
J.P McCarthy, during the tail end of the Goodwill Company owning the station; was infuriated over not having received a pay raise at WJR-AM, wanted to do radio ads for the Stroh’s Beer (and Ice Cream) company but couldn’t while simultaneously keeping his job at WJR-AM; so he had moved to San Francisco and taken a job at ABC’s KGO-AM, where he had taken it’s morning shift ratings from #18 to #3 in the ratings. Then, when Capital Cities had purchased WJR-AM; the General Manager of the station had explained to the upper management of the new owners as to why J.P McCarthy was let go, and so J.P was then hired back with a pay raise and the opportunity to do radio commercials for whichever company he wanted.
A writer, producer, and actor with 20 years of experience in the marketing and communications field, Jamie McCarthy most recently served as the director of integrated production at Goodby, Silverst…
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