Hold the Phone! The John Otto Page By Gary Deeb John Otto was the dean of talk radio in Buffalo. His calm manner, rich voice and warm style have set a remarkable standard for high-quality conversation since he first positioned himself at a WGR microphone nearly four decades ago. He is the stark antithesis of "shock radio" - treating his listeners as family and steadfastly refusing to cheap-shot his way to notoriety. Otto also has anchored news, hosted documentaries and been a quirky music personality ("Eydie Gorme entertaining-- and isn't she, though!"). His WGR late night talk show kept percolating talk alive six nights a week for decades.

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	Extention 55 1989 A great half hour of the show Windows Media File		John Otto Calls a Bisons Game John with Pete Weber mid 90s mp3 Audio
	John Gets MAD! mp3 Audio		On Baggy Pants.... mp3 Audio
	On Producer Greg Bauch mp3 Audio		On Limp Bizkit.... mp3 Audio
	On Mosh Pits mp3 Audio		On Oprah.... mp3 Audio
	On Rosie O'Donnell mp3 Audio		On Sacajewea.... mp3 Audio
	Silly open to an hour mp3 Audio		Are you There? A Classic mp3 Audio
	On Vocabulary mp3 Audio		Closing out the show. mp3 Audio

Your Congenial Co-Communicator in Images

John Otto, Holding the Phone.	Me with John Otto on the night he was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
A WWKB pub shot from the mid-80's... John hosted NightCall on KB.	an Early 60's shot of Brother John Otto... Host of a Sunday morning show for children.
John Otto, late 60s... On Extenstion 55.	Otto started his Buffalo Broadcasting career as a Jack of All Trades at WBNY Radio. This shot is from the Family of Henry Brach.
John Otto-- In the Delaware Ave WGR studios, 1998	Any Otto fan will fondly remember him fumbling through carts for his cheesy sound effects... This shot taken in 1998. Coming soon... Many of John's original sound effects below to the sound section!

John's Son surfed onto this page...
And he wanted to share this picture with his Dad's fans.
Its His favorite Picture of his father.

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Taken directly from those carts Your Operator On would fumble through every night....

	Extension 55 Jingle mp3 Audio		Show Open 1960s mp3 Audio
	Show Open late 80s mp3 Audio		Show Theme-- Miserlou mp3 Audio
	Who said that ? mp3 Audio		Who is that ? mp3 Audio
	JFK set to music 1 mp3 Audio		JFK set to music 2 mp3 Audio
	JFK set to music 3 mp3 Audio		JFK Set to Music 4 mp3 Audio
	Paul Harvey on Otto mp3 Audio		The rest of the story! mp3 Audio
	Shuffle off to Buffalo mp3 Audio		Snow, Snow, Snow mp3 Audio
	Spooky music with John Humming mp3 Audio		Sunday... Sweet Sunday mp3 Audio
	Writing a letter SFX mp3 Audio		Scream! mp3 Audio
	Hail to the Cheif mp3 Audio		A little travelling Music mp3 Audio
	Canada is where I ought to be mp3 Audio		Its been very nice to work with you guys mp3 Audio

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The Ultimate JOHN OTTO Collection! ALL ON ONE CD... Over 24 Hours of John Otto Radio goodness from stations WGR and WWKB. This mp3 CD is not for use with most portable CD players, and is probably best played for most people from their computers. This collection is available for trade... or for $16.99.

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