Daily News | John DeBella is retiring from WMGK after 48 years in Philly radio
Longtime Philadelphia radio star John DeBella will retire from WMGK airwaves in June, the host announced Thursday.declaring his decision to step back after 48 years on the air, and 21 years at WMGK. “My schedule has caused me to miss a lot of family time, and now it’s time to pay them back for all the games, dinners, and events I wasn’t around for.”
His show at MMR, first called The DeBella Travesty and then The Morning Zoo, went on to become the market’s highest rated morning show through much of the decade. DeBella’s zany format stood in stark contrast to the more buttoned down morning hosts of the time, such as Ken Garland on 610 WIP-AM, he became a regular figure in local print media’s gossip coverage.“We did not understand how big we were. I talk on the radio. I’m not impressed by it,” he said. “It was never about me.
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