John Garabedian

1980s (V66 & the launch of Open House Party) 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.

2000s–2018 (sale of Superadio, launch of XY.tv, end of Open House Party) 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.

In 2003, while still running Superadio and hosting Open House Party Saturday, 18 years after the start of V66, Garabedian founded his second television station, XY.tv, with music and youth-oriented programming. It cost $10 million to launch the station, and while the channel found cable distributors, it ceased operations in 2006. He bought them in 2012 and sold them in November 2021.

In January 2024, Garabedian purchased WJIB and translator 101.3 W267CE in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from the estate of former owner Bob Bittner.

Personal life Garabedian graduated from Weston High School in 1959 and briefly attended the University of Miami.

Garabedian is the president of the Cape Area Pilots Association (CAPA). Formed in 1995, the association works to promote area aviation and safety, and provides scholarships to local aviation students.