John Lynch (radio)
John Lynch was the president and CEO of the Broadcast Company of the Americas. Early life John Lynch grew up in suburban Chicago in an Irish-Catholic family. His grandparents were Irish immigrants. His grandparents named their son (Lynch's father) John Pershing Lynch, after the World War I general of the same name. Lynch graduated from Benet Academy in 1965, and went on to major in broadcasting at Drake University, where he also played football as linebacker and tight end. He was drafted right out of college to play linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969. A knee injury in the first few weeks of the season immediately ended his football career after one season, however. Broadcasting career Following the end of his football career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Lynch sold advertising for the Chicago Tribune and later WIND (AM), then owned by Westinghouse Radio. In 1972, he convinced his boss at Westinghouse to relocate him to San Diego and make him sales manager at KFMB AM/FM, owned by Midwest Radio and Television. He moved with his wife Cathy, whom he met in high school, and their two toddlers. The KFMB stations were struggling when Lynch began his work there, but