Sandy beach wben bio

He brought his famous laugh to Buffalo more than 50 years ago and the jingle that's opened his WBEN talk show since 1997 says Sandy Beach is "bigger than life and twice as loud."

That may be, but News critic Jeff Simon added this in 2007:

Sandy Beach "may be the most talented figure in (the) storied history of Buffalo radio," and Beach was the "last legend still heard daily on Buffalo radio."

Aside from a brief stop in Erie, Pennsylvania and four years in Milwaukee, Beach has been a constant in Buffalo radio since arriving at WKBW to take over the night shift there in 1968.

And if you’ve listened to even five minutes of his show – any of his shows – over the last 52 years, you’ll understand why News critic Hal Crowther dubbed Beach “the Needle” shortly after he landed on the Buffalo radio scene.

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