Bob Shannon (WCBS-FM)

Bob Shannon
Birth name	Don Bombard
Born	December 16, 1948 Syracuse, New York.
Country	United States
Children	2

Don Bombard (born December 16, 1948), known professionally as Bob Shannon, is an American radio disc jockey best known for his work on WCBS-FM in New York City. He is also the author of the book Behind The Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll.

He has a son, Scott (no relation to current WCBS-FM morning DJ Scott Shannon), and a daughter, Avery.

Don Bombard was first introduced on radio by sportscaster Marv Albert as the winner of a guest deejay contest, while still a junior high school student in his hometown of Syracuse, New York.

At age 15, Bombard experimented with broadcasting from his home, using a radio that had the wiring reversed to become a transmitter. The radio's antenna was hooked to a radiator, utilizing the water pipes to get the signal out to his neighborhood. In high school he partnered with Jody Carmen and Mel Cowznofski in the Big 50 "Hits of the Week Survey, which was printed and distributed in Syracuse, NY to local record stores.

He joined the staff of Syracuse University station WAER-FM as a freshman in 1965.

Bombard came to the attention of the local Syracuse Top 40 stations WNDR and WOLF when, as a teenager, he compiled and distributed his own weekly music survey known as The Big 50.

Bombard then went on to work at both stations from 1967 to 1977, where he gained experience as an announcer, music director, and programmer. He joined WNDR in 1967 as a part-time weekend dj. In 1968 he accepted an offer by WOLF to work full-time on their night show. He became the station's music director and atarted an all-request show. In 1969, he was part of the team that returned WOLF to a Top 40 format and remained as music director and night dj until the following year, when he was hired back full-time at WNDR.

There, he hosted a late-night "Attitude Hours" progressive rock show. Later he became assistant program director and afternoon drive DJ, as well as taking over the reins of the "Saturday Night of Gold" oldies show.

In 1975, he left radio briefly to run "Don Bombard Disco", a company formed with partner Guy Capone. He returned to WOLF the following year and became program director.

While in Syracuse, Bombard collaborated with local music historian Ron Wray (aka Ron Gersbacher) on a documentary history of WOLF ("The WOLF Story") and a series of "History of Syracuse Music" albums. He also formed (with Wray) Piece Records.

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