 johnny donovan is an american radio announcer and producer at new york's wabc (am). he grew up in poughkeepsie, new york, nicknamed "sarge," after his father's former rank in the united states army. a radio enthusiast from an early age (with an amateur radio station k2koq in a corner of the basement), he became a dj ("large sarge") on whvw in nearby hyde park, after helping build the station. he went on to stations in kingston (wbaz) and binghamton (wene), new york and atlantic city, new jersey (wmid) before landing in new york, first at wor-fm, and finally at wabc ("the holy grail"), where he followed dan ingram on the air. donovan stayed on as production director/announcer when wabc changed to a talk format in 1982. he is still heard internationally as the "voice" of rush limbaugh's syndicated show, for which wabc was the flagship station from 1988 until the end of 2013; it currently airs on wor. with the assistance of peter kanze, rob frankel and allan sniffen, he produced the annual, now defunct, wabc rewound program each memorial day. == quotes == *"and now, from sunny south florida, it's open line friday." (previously: "live from the eib southern command in sunny south florida, via new york city, it's open line friday.") *"and now back to america's most influential talk radio host, rush limbaugh." *"when they say talk radio, they really mean rush, on the eib network. 77 wabc" *"you're listening to the eib network." *"know rush and you know the truth." *"reverberating nationwide&nbsp;&mdash; rush on the eib network." *"america's anchorman! rush on the eib network." *"the center of the radio universe&nbsp;&mdash; rush on the eib network." *"now back to jason lewis on the rush limbaugh program." *"the man who runs america! rush on the eib network." *"resistance is futile. rush on the eib network." *"voted the number one talk radio personality of all time&nbsp;&mdash; rush on the eib network." *"america's most listened-to talk 
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