shortly thereafter, he partnered with pittsburgh radio personality jay mitchell, to form harrington and mitchell advertising, inc.. jim was the president/general manager and creative director of the firm, which ran successfully for nearly a decade, before ceasing operations, voluntarily, in 1997. in 1998, jim was hired to do mornings on whbc in canton ohio. his family was firmly committed to the greater pittsburgh area, so he leased a condominium in canton and commuted home to pittsburgh on weekends. after two years of commuting jim was hired by clear channel radio's pittsburgh station, 3ws. in 2002, that company transferred jim to their 50,000 watt am powerhouse, in wheeling west virginia, wwva, to program that facility and to do the morning show. two years later, wwva dropped all of its local programming, in favor of syndicated product and summarily dismissed all of its local talent and programming staff.