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Remembering WJR Legend J.P. McCarthy

Twenty two years ago this morning brought the sad news of the death of beloved Detroit radio personality J.P. McCarthy. McCarthy ruled the morning radio airwaves at WJR for 30 years. WKAR contributor Russ White worked with McCarthy for the last five years of J.P.'s life and has this remembrance of the "Great Voice of the Great Lakes."

Hear more from Russ White Sunday afternoons at 4:00 on MSU Today on 94.5 FM and AM 870.

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