Dave is a native of Buffalo, New York and joined Channel 6, WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, in 1978, as co-host of Channel 6's new live morning talk show, "AM/Philadelphia". He started his broadcasting career, in 1954, at WAER-FM, Syracuse, New York and later worked at WOLF-AM, in Syracuse. He started in television in 1956 at WBUF-TV in Buffalo, New York. ...
Best known in the western New York and southern Ontario area to a generation of kids now in their 30s and 40s who remember him as "Dave Thomas," the host of the morning children's program "Rocketship 7," which ran on WKBW-Buffalo from 1962-1978.