Sandy Beach, far left, was one of six 2003 inductees into the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame. With him are (from left,) Carol Jasen, Larry Levite and Tim Russert.

Talk show host Sandy Beach is ending his 23-year run at WBEN-AM at the end of July.

The announcement was made Wednesday night in a memo to the staff from Entercom Buffalo leader Tim Holly that also was attributed to operation manager and program director Tim Wenger.

The memo termed the announcement as bittersweet.

A member of the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame, the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Beach has had a 60-plus-year run in broadcasting.

His Buffalo career started in 1968 when he arrived after several years in Hartford to become a disc jockey at WKBW-AM in its glory days.

The memo referred to Beach as a provocative and edgy talk show host who entertained with distinct humor.

His membership in three Halls of Fame speaks to Beachs skills as a talk show host. The Lunenberg, Mass., native also was a three-time nominee for Billboard Magazine Personality of the Year.

Buffalo News critic Jeff Simon has referred to Beach as "maybe the most gifted performer in the history of Buffalo radio."

Beach also had his critics, who might laugh at the memos kind assessment as loudly as Beach's signature guffaw on his program.

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Sandy Beach to retire from WBEN at the end of July - Buffalo News