The Father
JC recieved 13 Gold records for discovering artists including; Harry Chapin's hit TAXI. Chapin later went on to write a song inspired by JC's life called W*O*L*D. Chuck Berry for My Ding-a-ling, Wayne Newton for Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast, Joe Simon - Power of Love, Mouth & MacNeal How Do You Do?, and many others.
WKRI Providence/Warwick, RI - Morning Drive Entertainer
WBSM New Bedford, MA - AM Drive & PM Talk with numerous levels of On Air Radio production & Copy writing
WCIB Falmouth/Cape Cod, MA - Vice President of Operations, AM Drive time Host with multiple levels of On Air production responsibility.
WROC Rochester, NY - Operations Manager & AM Drive Host, rated #1 for adults 25-34, Guest appearances for TV Weather.
WYSL Buffalo, NY - AM Drive, Arbitron rated #5 in market #26.
WMEX Boston, MA - Music Director, AM Drive Host, consistently rated #1. Earned 13 gold records during tenure for discovering artists and/or being 1st in the nation to promote their music.
WJET Erie, PA - Production Director for Radio & TV 24. Mid day Host. Rated #1 in market ahead of the morning drive.
JC graduated from Pawtucket West High School in 1958. He entered the US Air Force after high school and was stationed in San Antonio, TX. This is where his radio career began. He held numerous billets in the Air Force, with his primary task being that of a Communications Specialist, but he was afforded the chance to perform numerous radio broadcasts for the Armed Forces.
Aside from service in the United States, and overseas in the Middle East, JC played an instrumental role in the blockade of Cuba during the missile crisis. He was part of JFK's special "crack communications team" that was directly involved with those extremely tumultuous circumstances surrounding the "Bay of Pigs" Cuban missile crisis.
After the Service he pursued a career in radio, which began at WJET in Erie, Pa. His career would take him across the northeast from Boston to Buffalo, Rochester to Providence , New Bedford and Cape Cod. In the late 80's JC found his way down south till 1987 when he died in a fatal car crash on a trip back to New England.
JC was known industry wide for his "Think Sheet". This was a widely read publication amongst radio programmers in the 60's and 70's that provided analysis and statistical data on new artists and trends, not to mention run downs for jocks of some of the effective on-air jokes. He was given the honor of speaking at some of the early broadcaster conventions, and had earned 13 gold records in his career for discovering new artists, or promoting artists for the first time.
This movie below is an audio segment JC put together in tribute to his brother Brian's wedding. It was later put to video for the 30th anniversary by JC's son Jim.