A 93-year-old Armenian DJ based in Palm Springs, California, is still on the radio air after 75 years.
93-year-old Armenian DJ conducts radio programs for 75 years
Later, he moved to California, attended Stanford University, and served in the US Navy during World War II.
Eventually, he landed a job as a radio announcer in San Francisco and adopted the name Art Laboe after a boss suggested he take a last name that sounds more American.
But it was when Laboe worked as a DJ in Los Angeles where he gained fame.
By 1956, Laboe’s afternoon show became the city’s top radio program.