Joel Sebastian, WXYZ Detroit, MI. 1965 (0:08:20)

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Joel Sebastian in October 1964 at WXYZ in Detroit. Contributed by Paul Schmidtbleicher. [Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Bob Green] Here is the late Joel Sebastian at Detroit’s WXYZ in December 1964. Sebastian was born in Detroit. He was at WXYZ twice, beginning in 1961. He left for WIND in Chicago, and then returned to Detroit. This was his last WXYZ show, right before leaving for WINS in New York in December, 1964. He later worked at WCFL in Chicago. Such a great voice and cool dude — but what was “BIG time”, and who cared?

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