John’s career in broadcasting began over 50 years ago aboard the aircraft carrier Kearsarge where he ran the ship’s radio station KEAR, and was the play by play announcer for many of the sporting events in which the carrier participated.

He graduated from Syracuse University in 1956 with a major in Radio/TV. His career in the broadcasting business moved through some of the nations most prestigious radio and TV stations. He was on air and the production manager at WMBD, Peoria and WDEL, Wilmington, DL and moved into sales at WSYR Radio and TV in Syracuse. From there he went to WCAU in Philadelphia before being promoted to run CBS Radio Spot Sales offices in Philadelphia and Chicago. In 1968 John was named general Sales Manager for WBBM Newsradio 78 in Chicago. In 1972 he went to Atlanta to put WPCH on the air for Sudbrink Broadcasting. When Meredith acquired Peach in 1978 Lauer became General Manager of both WPCH and WGST Newsradio 92. He founded the Georgia Network in 1980 and was instrumental in moving WGST’s frequency to 640 after Jacor acquired the station in 1985. Since leaving Jacor in 1992 John has headed a pay-per-view television company and served as manger of WMLB in Atlanta before selling the station for 10.5 million dollars in 2004.

Lauer, an accomplished computer programer, has written instantaneous statistic sports programs for the NFL, the NBA and more than 300 colleges who are still using his Statman software to provide information to broadcasters and media.