User:Joe Manglass/Joseph Manglass
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Joseph "Joe" Manglass is an American Radio Personality who is currently the oldest terrestrial radio "DJ" in New York's Hudson Valley.
Early Life Joe was born in Newburgh, New York in 1937 to immigrants from the Calabria region of Italy. The youngest of 5 children, Joe's interest in broadcasting
His other career interest was being a funeral director - an interest he still holds today. Until health problems prevented it Joe assisted friends he had made in the funeral industry by serving families at wakes and funerals
Joe's first job as a professional broadcaster came in 19XX. Accepting a position at WCNT in Centralia, Illinois, Joe moved from NY at the age of XX
At the urging of station management he began using the pseudonym "Joe Manning" he was told INSERT JEWISH NAME STORY HERE
Joe has also used the name Joe Mandell for a period in the XXXX's while at WXXX
Joe is also known for having a beautiful singing voice and at the request of
WHVW
WWLE - Bill Beal, Don Kirby, Bobby Maines, Bob Kreiger (Owner - Angelo Martinelli (Publishing))
Joe's popularity during this time saw a rise in the number of remote broadcasts he was asked to host not as streamlined an affair as it is today, Joe frequently enlisted the aid of his children to help set-up, hand out flyers, balloons and promotional items until it was time to help break down and load out
Live reports -taped via phone - from election headquarters
WCRR
WGNY
Joe was "retired" from WGNY in XXXX which caused a backlash amoungst his listeners. INSERT LETTERS
Joe was lured from retirement after a new format was
INSERT - association with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Joe is referred to as The Dean of Hudson Valley Radio
link to reviews he gave for singers that were included in the CD's cover art
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