

Thanks for taking the time to read this.As professional DJs, we offer custom music selections fit specifically for your event of choice. Sadly, that never happened, and Don passed-away, April 18th, 1997. with him doing Afternoon Drive (2pm-6pm) & my doing the 6pm-10pm Slot.so we could do a late-dinner, or whatever we wanted after we got off. I visited him there, and he always hoped that we could work together in L.A. All the while, Don and I stayed in-touch, and he was so happy about the moves I made.ĭon left KXOK, around 1970, and went back to Phoenix, and then to California where he started a school called "Rabbitt's Word Of Mouth" teaching students voice-over techniques & film production.

Louis as MD/Air Personality, for our sister station KSLQ-FM.


In September of 1967, I started my own On-The-Air career, first at a small station in Southeast Missouri, then in April of 1969, I was hired by Lin Broadcasting at 50,000 Watt/KAAY-AM in Little Rock, as MD/Air Personality, then to WDRQ-FM in Detroit for Bartell Broadcasting in 1972, and in August, 1973, was asked to come back to St. Yes, he first used Ron Elz as the "Rabbitt", but after the first year (1963-1964) that wasn't working out so he hired Don from KRIZ in Phoenix.and the rest is Radio History ! Louis as P.D., and started use of the name here. Louisīud Connell, mentioned above, was not a DJ at the time he created the "Johnny Rabbitt" persona, he was the Storz Radio's PD at WMAQ, Miami, then came to St. First, my thanks to the MeTV for adding my great friend & mentor Don "Johnny Rabbitt" Pietromonaco ! Don & I had both been actors and studied at the Pasadena Playhouse in California before we got in radio, and I worked with Don at KXOK from 1965-1967, here in St.
