LEE
ARNOLD
Lee
Arnold, born in Scranton, PA, was the best known air
personality at WHN, New York, the most listened to
Country radio station of all time. After working at
WSCR in his hometown of Scranton, he continued his
broadcasting career at WAVY radio and TV and WNTA AM/FM/TV,
both in Norfolk. Lee became Music Director and Air
Personality at Country formatted WJRZ, Hackensack New
Jersey, (1965-1971) which served the New York City
metropolitan area. He joined WHN radio (1971-1988),
and was there when it changed from an Adult Contemporary
to a Country format in 1973. While at WHN, Lee hosted
the weekly nationally syndicated shows “Country
Cookin’” and “Country Line” (1972-1976).
Later, he hosted the Mutual Broadcasting System’s “On
A Country Road” (1981-1991) and was the voice
of “Country In The Air”, an in-flight airline
Country Music channel. He was honored by both Billboard
Magazine, The Country Music Association (1976) and
The Academy of Country Music (1983) as Major Market
Country Disc Jockey of the Year. Lee Arnold appears
as announcer on two landmark live Country albums “Buck
Owens and The Buckeroos’ Carnegie Hall Concert “ and “Country
Comes To Carnegie Hall”. He then joined Country
formatted WYNY New York (1991-1993). Lee Arnold was
inducted into The Country Music D J Hall of Fame in
2002. He joined the Sirius Satellite Network in 2001.
He is also co-anchor analyst for ESPN's dog show series
in addition to Animal Planet's dog show series. July
of 2002, he debuted a new syndicated weekly show as
host of "Country CloseUP" on Triumph Radio
Network.
