Longtime radio legend in New York

New York radio legend Dan Ingram, known as one of the best Top 40 disc jockeys in the industry, died at home in South Florida on Sunday. He was 83.

The Long Island native began his career at small stations in New York and Connecticut before moving on - and up - to Dallas and St. Louis. By 1961, he returned home to WABC and launched a career that lasted through the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys.

When WABC gave up on music and switched to talk radio, Ingram moved to WKTU in 1984 and then to WCBS in 1991, where he stayed until he retired in 2003.

Ingram had a residence along Galt Ocean Drive in Fort Lauderdale show.

“Dan Ingram was probably the most influential, most powerful and most popular top-40 jock in the history of New York radio,” WCBS-FM’s Bobby Jay told the Daily News when Ingram left the station in 2003. “I remember the late Sonny Taylor and I would listen to him when we were at WWRL and we loved it. His mind was sharp as a razor.”

Ingram was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007.

“The radio industry, the tristate area and all of us at CBSFM have lost a friend who happens to be a legend,” the station said in a statement Monday. “Dan was an influence and inspiration to so many DJs through the years.” since 2008, records