About Tom Shannon
Tom Shannon was a television presenter.
Thomas Shannon (August 11, 1938 – May 26, 2021)
Shannon was born in Buffalo, New York, He held several radio positions, beginning his career as a newsman at WXRA and ending as an oldies jockey at WHTT in the same city. Shannon most notably served as a top-40 disk jockey at WKBW in Buffalo and CKLW in Windsor, Ontario during their peaks as internationally popular radio stations. He served two stints at each station. Shannon, along with Phil Todaro, wrote the hit song "Wild Weekend" as his personal theme song, which later became an instrumental hit by The Rockin' Rebels.
Shannon died in hospice care of pancreatic cancer in Salinas, California, on May 26, 2021, at the age of 82.
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American broadcaster
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Tom Shannon died in 2021.
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Tom Shannon was a television presenter.
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