Thomas Shannon (August 11, 1938 – May 26, 2021)[1] was an American broadcaster from Buffalo, New York.
[1] He held several radio positions, beginning his career as a newsman at WXRA and ending as an oldies jockey at WHTT in the same city.
Shannon most notably served as a top-40 disk jockey at WKBW in Buffalo and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario during their peaks as internationally popular radio stations.
[2] He also worked at WGR and WKBW-TV in Buffalo, KHOW, KLZ, and KWGN-TV in Denver, and WMJC and WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan.
[2] Shannon died in hospice care of pancreatic cancer in Salinas, California, on May 26, 2021, at the age of 82.