open house party

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If you're new to us, Open House Party is a huge national event. It's broadcast every Saturday and Sunday night on Pop music FM stations across North America. It is totally listener interactive, with all music played from listener requests and is beamed live via satellite from the homes of host John Garabedian (Saturday) and Kannon (Sunday). 14 year old John Garabedian started DJing at high school "Sock Hops", dances held after basketball games where everyone was required to take their sneakers off so they wouldn't leave marks on the gym floor. A DJ since he was 14, John Garabedian parties) in three homes; suburban Boston, the mountains of Vermont, and on Cape Cod. All three have radio studios in the basement with satellite dishes the size of a '78 Buick, and all three have private airports for John to travel between his houses... he is an experienced instrument/multi engine rated private pilot. Kannon, originally from North Carlina, actually grew up listening to Open House Party while in high school. He lives in Philadelphia, where he blasts out Monday-Friday afternoons on 96.5 Wired FM. Kannon replaced Kane as host of Sunday OHP in 2008. He was formerly nighttime DJ ay 95.5 The Beat/Atlanta. The story of Open House Party began in 1955 when it was created as the afternoon show on radio station WORC in Worcester, Massachusetts. Years later, while still in high school, John Garabedian stumbled into WORC and was hired to DJ on Saturday and Sunday nights (sound familiar?). Blown away with the power, popularity, and interactivity of the weekday Open House Party, he eventually ended up as co-host. Dick Smith (L) and Bob Bryar (R). Bryar was voice of the New York Rangers before buying WORC with his wife Shirley and creating Open House Party. They co-hosted Open House Party with another DJ who developed a relationship with Shirley. Shirley and the other DJ eventually ran off together to Hawaii, leaving Bob behind. Shortly thereafter Bob developed a relationship with a hot OHP phone operator, a 19 year old redhead. Note the pre-computer blue request table covered with paper requests. The modern Open House Party began one night in 1987 when John Garabedian went to a party in Boston. Bumping into him was legendary radio programmer Sunny Joe White of Boston's KISS 108. Sunny asked John if he would like to do a weekend air shift to replace the sagging ratings of a Saturday night mix show. Sunny knew John's DJ work and knew he could increase the ratings. When they met to discuss it at dinner the following week, John proposed to Sunny the idea of a spectacular, national party show. "I know exactly what you need", exclaimed John, "I've done this show before"! "It's called "Open House Party". The idea of an interactive weekend party show with live studio audience, all-request music, 800 call-in lines, superstar guests, and beat-to-beat music mixing of hot party music and remixes lit Sunny Joe up. Sunny Joe White was one of America's most respected and innovative radio programmers. His vision of radio was to create a community of listeners who connected with his station the same way people constantly check email today.

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