Pat St. John
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Pat St. John is an American radio personality and voice artist. Known as “The Dee-Jay’s DJ”, he began his radio career on Detroit's CKLW in 1969, but is best known for his work in the New York City market on WPLJ, WNEW-FM, WCBS-FM and WAXQ, and now back on WCBS-FM. He also can currently be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio, and has done extensive television voiceover work, including announcing for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve since 2000.
Pat is known for his conversational on-air style with interspersed bits of music trivia, along with "Collectible Cuts" from his extensive record library.
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[edit] Early years in Detroit
Pat was born in Detroit, and was raised on the music of Motown. In 1969, at the age of 18, he landed his first gig as a radio personality on CKLW, and the following year he moved across town to WKNR. His last Detroit job was at the ABC-owned album-oriented rock (AOR) station WRIF from 1971 until 1973, when he moved to its New York City sister station.
[edit] WPLJ and WNEW years
In 1973, Pat began a 15-year stint at WPLJ. He survived station's transition from AOR to top 40 in 1983, and during that era, he was rated by Arbitron as the city's top-rated afternoon disc jockey.
Pat left WPLJ in 1987, and returned to his rock roots on WNEW-FM, which had been WPLJ's rival during its AOR years. He became the station's program director for a short period in the early 1990s, and remained with the station until it switched to a hot talk format in 1999.
[edit] Recent developments
After the demise of WNEW's rock format, Pat decided to focus primarily on his voiceover career. He has been the announcer for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in 2000, and continues to do voiceovers for commercials.
Pat has also been involved with Sirius Satellite Radio since 1998. He can currently be heard on '60s Vibrations, The Vault, and SIRIUS Blues, where he has served as format manager.
He returned to New York radio in 2002 on WNEW's sister oldies station WCBS-FM. In 2004, he moved to WAXQ where he stayed until 2006. In July 2007, Pat returned to the reincarnated WCBS-FM, where his regular airshift is on Sundays from 10 AM to 3 PM. Additionally, in February 2008, Pat replaced Howard Cogan as the pre-recorded voice of the Jack character on WCBS-FM-HD2 and it's web stream at ilikejack.com.
