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Bob Shannon (Radio)
Bob Shannon may refer to: * Bob Shannon (American football), high school football coach * Bob Shannon (radio personality) (born 1948), radio name of current New York City area DJ Don Bombard * R. J. Adams R. J. Adams, also known as Bob Shannon (September 20, 1942 – January 26, 2015), was a Canadian-American film and television actor, acting coach, screen writer, film producer, documentary producer and radio personality. Beginnings Adams w ... (1942–2015), another radio personality known as Bob Shannon See also * Robert Shannon (other) {{hndis, Shannon, Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Shannon (American Football)
Bob Shannon (born 1945) is an American former high school football coach. He is best known for coaching the East St. Louis Flyers to six Illinois and two national championships. Biography Early life Robert Lavern Shannon was born 1945 in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Career Shannon achieved a record of 192-34 in 20 seasons at East St. Louis. In 1985 he was selected as the USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year along with taking the High School Football National Championship. Shannon accused the school district of condoning corruption. He claimed the athletic director stole from the district. He left in 1995 after the school board backed the athletic director, who later pleaded guilty to stealing $90,000 from athletic accounts. Janet Reno awarded Shannon the United States Attorney General Award, an award rarely given outside of law enforcement, for his efforts to fight corruption. He coached Alton and Christian Brothers College High School before retiring from coaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Shannon (radio Personality)
Don Bombard (born December 16, 1948), known professionally as Bob Shannon, is an American radio disc jockey best known for his work on WCBS-FM in New York City. He is also the author of the book ''Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll''. He has a son, Scott (no relation to current WCBS-FM morning DJ Scott Shannon), and a daughter, Avery. Early life Don Bombard was first introduced on radio by future sportscaster Marv Albert, then a Disc Jockey on WOLF (AM), in May of 1962 as the winner of a guest deejay contest while still a junior high school student over in his hometown of Syracuse, New York. At age 15, Bombard experimented with broadcasting from his home, using a radio that had the wiring reversed to become a transmitter. The radio's antenna was hooked to a radiator, utilizing the water pipes to get the signal out to his neighborhood. In high school he partnered with Jody Carmen and Mel Cowznofski in the Big 50 "Hits of the Week Survey, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |