Veteran Pittsburgh DJ Announces Retirement

PITTSBURGH, PA — "Banana" Don Jefferson, who rose to fame as a Pittsburgh disc jockey at B-94 in the 1980s and later worked locally at WZPT-FM and WSHH-FM, has announced his retirement. Jefferson most recently worked at WITL in Lansing, Michigan.

The veteran DJ announced the news on his Facebook page.

"Guess who doesn’t have to wake up tomorrow morning at “O Dark Thirty” to do a morning show? This guy - that’s who. I join a long but very distinguished list of former morning show DJs friends here on Facebook as I got “retired” Friday morning," he posted.

"Yep - I really am hanging up the headphones after (IMO) one hell of a run. I will now just
be Michelle’s head pool boy. (Fun fact - we don’t even own a pool). Seriously- this is a good thing. Now, I‘ll be spending more time with my grandson Bash, doing some writing I’ve put off for too long and sometimes, cooking dinner for Michelle. (She gets two choices -
pancakes and beer or steak and beer.)

"Thanks to everyone who’s been a part of the last 45 years on the radio. Hope to see or talk to you soon. And to quote Mister Rogers: "Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

"Bring. It. On."