Born in Bronx, NYC… John O’Brien attended and somehow managed to graduate from Enfield schools in the bottom 5th percentile (that means dum, right?). Was married 1992-2007 when she finally came to her senses and realized what a horrible mistake she made. I graduated from the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and upon graduation immediately began my career in this business, that thankfully requires very little knowledge and even less common sense. I worked at two different radio stations in Hartford, and three in Springfield, where I was unceremoniously fired from at least three of them. One of them twice. At that station I spent over 30 years doing mornings with five different partners. Four of whom were able to recognize their mistakes in time to salvage their careers, the last guy I worked with for 27 years. In that time, I’ve been very open about my health issues. I’ve been in and out of remission with melanoma twice. Now dealing with it for the third time. Not a lot of people walking around after 12 years with stage four cancer, so I’m not signing up for any magazine subscriptions. Also, not buying any green bananas. Or signing any long-term contracts, so we’ll just see how this works out. Really looking forward to the 4am alarm again! -John