WHAM 1180 in Rochester is mourning the loss of former host and owner Jack Palvino, after he passed away over the weekend.
Palvino hosted a show on the station and also co-owned the cluster in his Lincoln Group alongside Bud Wertheimer and Ed Musicus. The group purchased the station in 1978.
He also owned and worked at WVOR, WHTK, WPXY, and WHRR in Rochester. He also co-owned WBUF in Buffalo, as well as a pair of stations in Ohio.
WHAM 1180 is now owned by iHeartMedia.
A 30-year trustee of the New York State Broadcasters Association, Palvino was elected to the NYSBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
“Of all the stations, this one is the special one,” Palvino said of 1180 WHAM during his Hall of Fame induction speech. “This place has a legacy that is absolutely unique and it’s a wonderful, wonderful memory.”
Jack Palvino was 90 years old.
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