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John Hurlbutt Retires

By John Hurlbutt says farewell after many years on WRVO

Oswego, NY – John Hurlbutt has been with WRVO since day one, January 6th, 1969. He also has been the local Morning Edition host for WRVO since 1980. John Hurlbutt retired this week and on Tuesday, said goodbye to the faithful listeners of WRVO.

*The audio file contains John's final weather chat with Meteorologist Kevin Williams at 7:06 Tuesday morning, followed by his final Morning Edition segment at 9:45, which also includes one last chat with Kevin.

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