# What ever happened to John Lander's Hit Music USA?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 24, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-john-landers-hit-music-usa/170749 "2003-04-24T02:18:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-john-landers-hit-music-usa/170749/1 "2003-04-24T02:18:49Z")

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Did he just quit? Or did stations just start dropping him? I used to like his programs.

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**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-john-landers-hit-music-usa/170749/2 "2003-04-24T02:26:43Z")

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Is this the same John Lander that’s the morning DJ for Mix 98.5 here in Boston? I wasn’t even aware that he’d ever had a nationally syndicated show.

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**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-john-landers-hit-music-usa/170749/3 "2003-04-24T03:13:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fibber McGee \*  
> \*\*Is this the same John Lander that’s the morning DJ for Mix 98.5 here in Boston? I wasn’t even aware that he’d ever had a nationally syndicated show. \*\*

I was just thinking the same thing…

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-john-landers-hit-music-usa/170749/4 "2016-03-31T18:48:09Z")

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Yanno, it’s been a while, and I never did get a satisfactory answer. But the answer to the question is ‘Yes, that John Lander.’