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Ingram is best known in his home market and hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He is currently Program Director of Pittsburgh-area AM stations WKHB (620) and WKFB (770), which program a mixture of talk shows and Oldies . The stations are owned by Broadcast Communications, Inc.


CAREER

Ingram was formerly Program Director of two Pittsburgh stations, Top 40 WBZZ (formerly "B-94", now WRKZ ) and "Jammin' Oldies" WJJJ (now talk WPGB ). He also served as Program Director of Top 40 stations WPXY in Rochester, New York and KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona , Operations Manager of top 40 KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona , and as an on-air personality at top 40 WHTZ (Z-100) in New York City and other radio stations including WBZZ, WWSW-FM , and the former WXKX/WHTX, all in Pittsburgh. {Link without Title}

While the bulk of Ingram's career has been in top 40 radio, he has moved into Oldies in recent years.


Awards and recognition

  • In 1995 , Ingram was named one of the top 40 "Top 40 DJs of All Time" (ranked #38) by Decalcomania , a radio enthusiasts' club publishing a monthly newsletter. The list was published in the New York Daily News on September 5 , 1995 .

  • Ingram won "Program Director of the Year" by the Gavin Seminar for Media Professionals and Bobby Poe's Pop Music Survey three times.



Other activities

  • Ingram is recognized as an expert on the defunct DuMont Television Network {Link without Title} , and maintains a personal Web site devoted to the subject, although it has not been updated for some time.

  • Ingram was also a leading force in a grassroots protest to get the announced in June that it would bring back the show at some time during the 2007 - 2008 season. {Link without Title}



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