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John Garabedian
John Hood Garabedian (born December 20, 1941) is an American radio personality and disc jockey. He is best known as the creator and former long-time host of Open House Party. He has been involved in Massachusetts radio and television stations for more than 50 years. In 2013, he was awarded "Broadcaster of the Year" for the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, and in 2014, inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He is currently the President of Jamchannel, a syndication company that produces Liveline hosted by Mason Kelter, a live national weeknight show for Top 40 stations.
At the age of 17, Garabedian joined Worcester station WORC as a disc jockey. Several years after joining, he became a co-host of the original Open House Party radio program, which was the all-request afternoon show at the time. By 1971, Garabedian was a program director at WMEX, and worked with well-known Boston-area disc jockey Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg.
In 1969, Garabedian and partners founded WGTR (now WQOM) as a top-40 station serving Boston’s western suburbs from Natick. About a decade later, he and his partners added a second station, broadcasting from Nantucket, WGTF-FM (which eventually became WEII).
From 1980 to 1984, Garabedian was a weekend DJ on progressive rock outlet WBCN in Boston and often dubbed as "John Gara B-C-N".
Four years after MTV's 1981 debut, Garabedian and fellow WMEX alumnus Arnie Ginsburg started a Boston-area 24-hour music video station, WVJV-TV (now WUTF-TV). Their station, known as "V66", mirrored MTV's early all-video format and lasted until 1986, when WVJV phased out videos and was sold to the HSN. "Life On The V: The Story Of V66" is a documentary released in 2014, about the channel.
Following the end of his first television venture, Garabedian returned to radio. In 1987, Garabedian restarted the Open House Party show as a Saturday and Sunday evening, all-request program on Boston station WXKS-FM. Over the next twenty years, the program grew into a nationally syndicated show, broadcast on over 175 stations worldwide.
Garabedian also founded Superadio Networks and Radiocraft. Superadio was created in 1988 as a distributor for Open House Party; it handled affiliate relations, sales and syndication, while Radiocraft owned and produced the show. Superadio became the largest distributor of mix shows in the world, while Open House Party was a ratings-success in almost every major market in America.
In 2001, Garabedian sold Superadio to Access One Communications, but kept ownership of Open House Party under Radiocraft. He also launched multiple 24-hour satellite networks, including City-FM in 1991, which he sold a few years later. In the late 1990s, he created a weeknight show, similar to Open House Party, called All Nite Café (hosted by Matthew Reid), which evolved to Romeo's Playhouse, (hosted by WXKS-FM (Kiss 108) afternoon DJ Romeo, then Party Playhouse with Jackson Blue after Romeo's departure in 2008. In 2009, Garabedian and Blue launched a four-hour weekly program titled Celebrity Top 10 Countdown, which Blue hosted until 2018. Garabedian owned all three programs (Party Playhouse, Celebrity Top 10 and OHP) under Radiocraft, but they were distributed through Superadio until 2009, followed by Westwood One until 2011. Then, Garabedian used Radiocraft to distribute the three programs himself, until 2013, when he sold all assets of Radiocraft (which included the three shows) to United Stations Radio Networks. Garabedian's Radiocraft, was then phased out completely. Part of USRN's purchase agreement was that he would continue to host Open House Party for four years.
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John Garabedian
John Hood Garabedian (born December 20, 1941) is an American radio personality and disc jockey. He is best known as the creator and former long-time host of Open House Party. He has been involved in Massachusetts radio and television stations for more than 50 years. In 2013, he was awarded "Broadcaster of the Year" for the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, and in 2014, inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He is currently the President of Jamchannel, a syndication company that produces Liveline hosted by Mason Kelter, a live national weeknight show for Top 40 stations.
At the age of 17, Garabedian joined Worcester station WORC as a disc jockey. Several years after joining, he became a co-host of the original Open House Party radio program, which was the all-request afternoon show at the time. By 1971, Garabedian was a program director at WMEX, and worked with well-known Boston-area disc jockey Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsburg.
In 1969, Garabedian and partners founded WGTR (now WQOM) as a top-40 station serving Boston’s western suburbs from Natick. About a decade later, he and his partners added a second station, broadcasting from Nantucket, WGTF-FM (which eventually became WEII).
From 1980 to 1984, Garabedian was a weekend DJ on progressive rock outlet WBCN in Boston and often dubbed as "John Gara B-C-N".
Four years after MTV's 1981 debut, Garabedian and fellow WMEX alumnus Arnie Ginsburg started a Boston-area 24-hour music video station, WVJV-TV (now WUTF-TV). Their station, known as "V66", mirrored MTV's early all-video format and lasted until 1986, when WVJV phased out videos and was sold to the HSN. "Life On The V: The Story Of V66" is a documentary released in 2014, about the channel.
Following the end of his first television venture, Garabedian returned to radio. In 1987, Garabedian restarted the Open House Party show as a Saturday and Sunday evening, all-request program on Boston station WXKS-FM. Over the next twenty years, the program grew into a nationally syndicated show, broadcast on over 175 stations worldwide.
Garabedian also founded Superadio Networks and Radiocraft. Superadio was created in 1988 as a distributor for Open House Party; it handled affiliate relations, sales and syndication, while Radiocraft owned and produced the show. Superadio became the largest distributor of mix shows in the world, while Open House Party was a ratings-success in almost every major market in America.
In 2001, Garabedian sold Superadio to Access One Communications, but kept ownership of Open House Party under Radiocraft. He also launched multiple 24-hour satellite networks, including City-FM in 1991, which he sold a few years later. In the late 1990s, he created a weeknight show, similar to Open House Party, called All Nite Café (hosted by Matthew Reid), which evolved to Romeo's Playhouse, (hosted by WXKS-FM (Kiss 108) afternoon DJ Romeo, then Party Playhouse with Jackson Blue after Romeo's departure in 2008. In 2009, Garabedian and Blue launched a four-hour weekly program titled Celebrity Top 10 Countdown, which Blue hosted until 2018. Garabedian owned all three programs (Party Playhouse, Celebrity Top 10 and OHP) under Radiocraft, but they were distributed through Superadio until 2009, followed by Westwood One until 2011. Then, Garabedian used Radiocraft to distribute the three programs himself, until 2013, when he sold all assets of Radiocraft (which included the three shows) to United Stations Radio Networks. Garabedian's Radiocraft, was then phased out completely. Part of USRN's purchase agreement was that he would continue to host Open House Party for four years.