Jim Harrington

James Kane Harrington (born April 20, 1948 in Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American radio personality of the 1960s through the present, and a published author.

Jim Harrington

Career

In 1969, Harrington was hired to do weekends and fill-in programs on WICE in Providence and in 1970, the radio programmer Charlie Parker, hired Harrington to work full-time on WDRC AM & FM[1] in Hartford, Connecticut. In late Spring of 1973, he moved on, temporarily, to WMEX in Boston.[2] He then moved crosstown to WRCQ in late 1974 and did the morning show for a year. While at WRCQ, he was hired to do fill-in and weekends on WBZ in Boston.[3] He worked in both stations until he was hired in 1976 to work on New York City's Oldies giant, WCBS-FM, where he did the 6pm to 10pm Monday through Friday program.[4]

Jim Harrington Working in Jaws
Jim Harrington on the set of Jaws

References
  1. http://www.wdrcobg.com/alpha_h.html#haase
  2. "KMYR 99.5 Albuquerque Survey 10/07/76".
  3. "Radio Broadcasting History, Radio Stations by City (Massachusetts)".
  4. "Rock Radio Scrapbook: AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK".
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