Todd Clark Pettengill (born April 18, 1966) is a former American radio

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who most recently worked for

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95.5 in the New York area. From 1993 to 1997, he also served as an on-screen backstage interviewer for the

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Career

Radio

Pettengill started his career in radio at the age of 13 at a local radio station in

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. In 1986, he hosted the morning radio show on the

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area's

WFLY WFLY (92.3 MHz, "FLY 92.3") is a Top 40/CHR radio station licensed to Troy, New York, and serving the Capital District. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and is considered the company's flagship station. The radio studios and offices ...

"Fly 92", called the Wake Up Service. It was the highest rated show in Albany history. Later on, he was promoted to program director and then vice president of Albany Broadcasting Company. Pettengill left the station for WIOQ in Philadelphia and eventually WPLJ in New York. He was the youngest morning show host in New York radio at the age of 25, when he became co-host of the WPLJ

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with

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, where he is known for his " phone scams". Pettengill and Shannon were seen on

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. Todd Pettengill has been named Billboard Magazine Major Market Air personality of the year six times and Radio and Records Major Market Air personality of the year four times. He founded Pettengill Productions, Inc in 1993 and 17Black, LLC in 2007. On February 7, 2014, Shannon announced he was leaving WPLJ. Pettengill then announced his newest venture: ''The Todd Show in the Morning'' on

. From January 2016 until the radio station's sale and sign-off in 2019, Pettengill co-hosted ''Todd & Jayde in the Morning'' alongside Jayde Donovan from Sacramento's

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. Pettengill was the host of a Saturday night 1980s music program known as ''Saturday Night at the 80s'' (later renamed ''Todd Pettengill at the 80's''). The show was broadcast in twenty-seven markets, including

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and

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. It was distributed by

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World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

Pettengill also worked for the

in the mid 1990s, as a backstage interviewer. He replaced

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, who had elected not to renew his expiring WWF contract. He made his WWF debut as host of the Saturday morning program ''

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'' on January 9, 1993. Pettengill also hosted ''WWF Blast-Off'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Pettengill made his

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debut at

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. He performed the opening number "WWF Superstars" at the 1996 Slammy Awards. The following year, he presented the Slammy for "Miss Slammy" to

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. His final WWF pay-per-view appearance at

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in August 1997. Pettengill had informed WWF executives that he wished to leave the company, as the grind of juggling his WWF duties and his radio career was proving to be too hectic. His last WWF appearance was to provide voice over for a promo package about "The Patriot"

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at In Your House 17: Ground Zero. Pettengill was replaced by current ''

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'' announcer Michael Cole, whom he had recommended to the company in many years.

Sporadic appearances (2013-present)

In 2013, Pettengill returned to the WWE (formerly known as WWF) for the first time since August 1997, and hosted segments of the WWE

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and

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release ''The Best of In Your House: Pay-Per-View Classics 1995-1999'', a compilation of several matches from the 1990s ''

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series. On January 26, 2020, Pettengill appeared on the watch along event that took place alongside the Royal Rumble. He appeared again in a June 2020 promotional video for the NXT TakeOver: In Your House event and did so the following year for the 2021 edition of

Personal life

Pettengill resides in

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. He is married to Carrie and they have two children.Farrell, Paul
"Todd Pettengill: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know"

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, April 19, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2019. "He’s married to Carrie Pettengill. The couple were wed in 1987. They live in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, where Todd Pettengill’s production company is also based."

References

External links

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Dish Nation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pettengill, Todd 1966 births American color commentators Living people Professional wrestling announcers Radio personalities from New York City People from Amsterdam, New York People from Cedar Grove, New Jersey