- Was a disk jockey at WABC Musicradio 77 in New York from 1961-82, when the station went all-talk.
- Has served as a Vice President of the New York City chapter of AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), the union that represents radio and television employees.
- Was host of his own countdown show, "Top 40 Satellite Survey," from April 1984 to January 1987. Unlike other top 40 countdown shows, it included only the top 40 singles in America with no other songs (hence the slogan "All Thriller--No Filler") and was a three-hour as opposed to a four-hour show.
- Catchphrase: "How ya doin', kemo sabe?".
- His first radio industry job post-college was as a dj on station WICC in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Grew up at 27-25 166th Street in Flushing, Queens, New York until his family bought a house in Malverne, Long Island, New York.
- Father John Hall Ingram was a big band saxophonist, mother Dorothy Trombley was a cellist in the chamber group The Trombley Trio.
- Older brother John Jr was born in 1929.
- Graduated from Hofstra University.
- Developed Parkinson's disease in 2014.
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