Peter Cavanaugh | |
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| Born | Peter Lawrence Cavanaugh (1941-09-08)September 8, 1941 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 2021(2021-08-13) (aged 79) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Le Moyne College |
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| Years active | 1964-2019 |
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Peter Cavanaugh was a radio jockey and radio station manager in the 1960s and 1990s, and a major contributor to the Flint Michigan rock and roll boom of the 1960s.
Born September 8, 1941, inSyracuse, New York, Cavanaugh was exposed to radio drama at an early age, his father Donald Cavanaugh, died broadcasting live in the summer of 1948.[1] Thanks to a local Parish's Catholic youth ministry teenage Cavanaugh got his first chance to broadcast. He also met his future wife Eileen Scaia through the Catholic Youth Organization. At the age of 16 he had an overall audience share of 58% at his hometown station,WNDR.
After high school he worked full-time as a disc jockey while earning a BA in political science fromLe Moyne College in Syracuse before moving toFlint, Michigan where he began work as a local DJ. Cavanaugh premiered artists suchAC/DC andThe Who to the United States. Cavanaugh moved from the air to control the radio and served as general manager of WTAC.[2] In 1977, he began working for Reams Broadcasting, becoming the general manager ofWWCK-FM in Flint, Michigan, and also hosted their "Sunday 60s" radio program every Sunday morning.[3][4][5]
In 2002, Cavanaugh self-published an autobiography published via Xlibris.[citation needed]
In 2011, Cavanaugh was chosen as one of the Radio DJs to be listened to in theRock and Roll Hall of Fame's "On the Air: Rock and Roll and Radio." exhibit.[6]