Patrick Stanton
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Patrick Joseph Stanton (May 22, 1907 – March 1, 1976) was an American radio personality, disc jockey, businessman, and a cultural figure in the city of Philadelphia for almost fifty years. He was the originator and host of the Irish Hour radio program that aired on various stations from 1926–1976, and the owner of the city's WJMJ radio station, from 1947 to 1965. Stanton also served as the president of the Poor Richard Club, and as press secretary to Philadelphia Mayor James Tate.
Early life and work
Stanton was born in County Cork, in 1907, the 8th of 16 children. He emigrated to the United States as a child and lived with a widowed aunt in Philadelphia. He almost did not make it to the New World, as only a case of "Scarletina" or Scarlet Fever, kept him from boarding the Titanic. He travelled on another White Star ocean liner, the Haverford, arriving safely in America and settling in Philadelphia.
Stanton attended Holy Ghost Prep School and as a young man he joined local theater companies and later had a stint making films and doing vaudeville in New York City. But the stage career did not take off and he ultimately found his vocation in radio.
Radio career
Stanton started out as a radio announcer for WIAD, broadcasting from the Essex hotel.
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