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Joe 'JoBo' Colborn, Longtime B96 'Eddie & JoBo' Co-Host, Dies at 70

The station announced his death without releasing a cause.

Overview

  • B96 disclosed Colborn’s death on Monday, with outlets reporting that further details were not immediately available.
  • Colborn rose to prominence alongside Eddie Volkman after moving from evenings to B96’s morning drive in 1988.
  • The duo were fired in 1994 following a defamation lawsuit by former NBC 5 anchor Joan Esposito, a case that later settled.
  • After a brief stint at Philadelphia’s Q102, they returned to B96 in 1996 and remained on the air until 2008.
  • Later work included shows on WLS-AM in 2010 and K-HITS in 2011–2012, and B96 hailed him as a legend in a public tribute.