Clarke Ingram
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Clarke Ingram is a United States radio personality and programming executive.
Ingram is best known in his home market and hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is currently Program Director of Pittsburgh-area AM stations WKHB (620) and WKFB (770), which program a mixture of talk shows and oldies. The stations are owned by Broadcast Communications, Inc.
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[edit] Career
Ingram was formerly Program Director of two Pittsburgh stations, top 40 WBZZ (now WBZW) and "Jammin' Oldies" WJJJ (now talk WPGB). He also served as Program Director of top 40 stations WPXY in Rochester, New York and KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Operations Manager of top 40 KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona, and as an on-air personality at top 40 WHTZ (Z-100) in New York City and other radio stations including WBZZ, WWSW-FM, and the former WXKX/WHTX, all in Pittsburgh. [1]
While the bulk of Ingram's career has been in top 40 radio, he has moved into oldies in recent years.
[edit] Awards and recognition
- In 1995, Ingram was named one of the top 40 "Top 40 DJs of All Time" (ranked #38) by Decalcomania, a radio enthusiasts' club publishing a monthly newsletter. The list was published in the New York Daily News on September 5, 1995.
- Ingram won "Program Director of the Year" by the Gavin Seminar for Media Professionals and Bobby Poe's Pop Music Survey three times.
[edit] Other activities
- Ingram is recognized as an expert on the defunct DuMont Television Network [2], and maintains a personal Web site devoted to the subject, although it has not been updated for some time.
- Ingram was also a leading force in a grassroots protest to get the CBS television network to reconsider its cancellation of the program Jericho, which it announced in May 2007. Ingram was part of a group that organized www.jericholives.com, a website dedicated to saving the show.[3] CBS announced in June that it would bring back the show at some time during the 2007-2008 season. [4]
