Jon Shannon

Jon Shannon

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Jon Shannon and his wife Lori have been married since 1995 and have two adult sons.

Jon joined WPOR in 1996, and began hosting the morning show in 2001. Almost 25 years of waking up Mainers!

Jon is also a Maine Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee, was named one of the Top 30 Country Program Directors in America by Radio Ink Magazine, and is author of National #2 Hot New Release “The Longest Summer” as chosen by Amazon.

 

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