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WXKS-FM (107.9) has announced a new lineup, in light of the recent departure of midday jock J.J. Wright. (The station did not renew his contract, but did waive the non-compete clause in his contract, so that Wright, who had been at WXKS for 18 years, is free to work at other Boston stations. He has
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Do not adjust your dial if you hear a familiar voice on a different radio station. Yes, that's disc jockey JJ Wright, veteran jock at WXKS-FM, who's now doing fill-in shifts on WROR-FM (105.7). Wright, who has been in the Boston radio market since the early 1970s, was on WRKO-AM (when it played Top
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Wright was recognized at the 2000 Achievement in Radio Awards in Boston with the award for Best
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