John Otto (radio personality)
- John Otto (radio personality)
John Otto (1929 - 1999) was a radio talk show host in Buffalo, New York. He began his broadcasting career in the 1940s, and hosted programming at three Buffalo radio stations; WBNY 1400 AM (which has since changed call signs), WGR, and WWKB. He began his radio career at the age of 19 at WBNY. He spent most of his radio career doing an evening listener call in show branded Extension 55 at WGR. When WKBW (now WWKB), switched from music to talk he moved to that station doing the same show rebranded as Night Call. Within two years the station made another format change which did not include his show. After several months off the air; he returned to WGR. He never retired. When his health deteriorated to the point he was unable to get to the WGR studio; he did his 10pm to 1am listener call in show from his home until days before his death. He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers' Hall of Fame in 1998. He died December 6, 1999 at the age of 70 in Buffalo, New York of emphysema.
External links
* [http://www.staffannouncer.com/johnotto.htm Hold the Phone: The John Otto Picture and Audio Page] by Buffalonian Steve Cichon
* [http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991210.html North East RadioWatch: December 10, 1999]
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