… Delicious yellow coat …
Big Jack Armstrong at a remote broadcast, 1967
Even though he is frequently remembered as the fast-talking night jock on
WKBW in Buffalo, N.Y., Jack Armstrong (aka: John Larsh) made his first high-power appearance on 50KW WKYC (formerly KYW) in Cleveland, Ohio.
Jack left WIXY in Cleveland and was offered the prime nightime DJ shift at WKYC when Jerry G. joined Ken Draper at WCFL in Chicago. Jack broke his contract at WIXY and could not call himself “Jack Armstrong” at WKYC, so initially, he was just Big Jack. Later, he called himself Jackson W. Armstrong. This aircheck is most likely from January of 1967, and Armstrong would have just been hired. It features Jack and his sidekick The Gorilla, and a few PAMS jingles.
As of July, 2001, Jack Armstrong was morning drive host at WMQX-93.1 in Greensboro, N.C., where he was for several years. He passed away March 22, 2008 at his home in North Carolina.