Editing J. P. McCarthy (section)

==Early radio career==
When his service was up, McCarthy returned to [[Michigan]], settling in [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]. He got a job at Flint radio station [[WSNL|WTAC]]. While at WTAC he frequently auditioned for [[WJR]], a leading radio station in Detroit, with a 50,000-watt [[clear-channel station|clear-channel]] signal that could be heard in much of the Eastern United States and Canada.   After frequent auditions, McCarthy was hired by WJR as a staff announcer in 1956.

The position of staff announcer was merely straight forward announcing, and McCarthy aspired to do more in radio. When [[Marty McNealy]], the host of WJR's Morning Music Hall, left for [[WKMH]] in 1958, McCarthy was chosen to replace him. The station promoted him heavily, and he was soon the #1 rated radio show in Detroit.