Jim Quinn, W3VEX got his start on the professional side of radio at KQV-AM as a Top-40 DJ and later with the giant WTAE. In the years that followed, his broadcast career delivered roles as a morning DJ on other music stations during the rise of FM TOP 40 radio. Moving later to WPGB-FM, Jim became cohost of a conservative radio talk show. He was a well-known voice on the air, particularly among Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania listeners.
Jim became a Silent Key on Sunday, March 30th. No cause of death was immediately given.
In all, he had more than four decades in commercial radio, from Pennsylvania to Cleveland to New York City and upstate Buffalo, New York. His amateur radio career lasted even longer, according to his page on QRZ.com. Jim was first licensed as a teenager while living in his native New Jersey.
He was 82.