22 Facts About Scott Shannon

Michael Scott Shannon was born on July 25,1947 and is an American radio disc jockey currently best known as the announcer of The Sean Hannity Show.

Scott Shannon hosted the morning show for WCBS-FM in New York City from 2014 to 2022 as well as Scott Shannon Presents America's Greatest Hits which is syndicated nationally with United Stations Radio Networks and Audacy.

Scott Shannon previously worked for WHTZ, WPLJ, and The True Oldies Channel.

Scott Shannon began his radio career during at WFBS in Spring Lake, North Carolina, which was later WMRV, while serving in the US Army.

Scott Shannon left Nashville to take a job as a record promoter with Casablanca Records, and while there in 1977 recorded an album with Jack Grochmal.

Scott Shannon returned to radio in Washington, DC, as program director of WPGC-FM, taking that station to the number-one spot in the Arbitron ratings.

Scott Shannon was primarily responsible for the renaissance of the musical career of vocalist Charlene, whose song "I've Never Been to Me" he revived by his programming of the long-dormant track.

Scott Shannon began putting the record in rotation in 1989, and soon after, many other DJs around the nation added the song to their playlists.

Scott Shannon is particularly known within the broadcasting industry for his work creating the "morning zoo" concept which debuted in Tampa in the early 1980s on WRBQ.

Scott Shannon then took the concept to startup WHTZ in New York City in 1983.

Scott Shannon was the driving force in helping Z100 become the top-rated FM station in New York City within a mere 74 days of signing on the air.

In March 1992, Scott Shannon left Westwood One Radio Networks; this effectively brought an end to the show.

Scott Shannon went on to start a new show named Scott Shannon's Battle of the Hits, produced by Cutler Productions and aired over the July 4th weekend in 1992.

In 1989, Scott Shannon left WHTZ for Los Angeles to start up KQLZ, branded as "Pirate Radio".

Ultimately, Scott Shannon was forced out of KQLZ in early 1991 and the station switched to conventional album-oriented rock.

In 1991, Scott Shannon returned to New York and resurfaced on Z100's biggest rival, WPLJ.

Also in the 1990s, Scott Shannon served as a radio consultant for WPLY in Philadelphia and WKCI-FM in New Haven, Connecticut.

On February 25,2014, WCBS-FM in New York announced that Scott Shannon would be hosting a brand new morning show entitled Scott Shannon in the Morning starting March 3.

Scott Shannon is the host of the True Oldies Channel radio network and is the announcer for talk radio's The Sean Hannity Show.

On October 28,2022, Scott Shannon announced he was stepping down as the morning host of WCBS-FM and hosted his last show two months later on December 16,2022.

Scott Shannon is featured prominently in a documentary film chronicling the launch and early success of WHTZ.

Scott Shannon is one of several disc jockeys honored in an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.