Gary Dunes

Gary Francis Modugno (born in Syracuse, New York), better known by the nickname/stage name Gary Dunes, is a morning drive time radio personality on WSEN-FM FM in Syracuse, NY and the lead singer of the Band Code Red and Dunes & The Del-Tunes.

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• roadhouse blues Gary Dunes Band
• Gary Dunes and the Morning Crew
• References

Dunes was raised in Westvale which is a suburb of Syracuse, NY. He attended Onondaga Community College in Syracuse where he majored in radio and television. He began a singing career with his band Dunes & The Del-Tunes in 1976 while in high school.

In 1981 Dunes began his radio career in Auburn, NY working part-time at WMBO. In 1982 he was hired full-time to do afternoon drive at WGVA in Geneva, NY. A year later he landed a job in the Syracuse market at WKFM doing evenings. Dunes left WKFM after an ownership change and began working part-time at WNDR in Syracuse, NY and sister station WNTQ-FM (93Q) in December 1983. Within six months he was hired full-time to do evenings at WNTQ and later became the music director and midday personality. In 1991 after a long successful career at WNTQ Dunes left and took the midday / music director position at WSEN-AM/FM in Syracuse, NY. In 2000 he was elevated to the morning drive slot at WSEN where he remains today and still performs with his current band Code Red along with Dunes & The Del-Tunes when they reunite to perform at a few major events and venues during the year.

Along with doing mornings on WSEN-FM he can also be heard weekday afternoons from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on WSEN-AM, Oldies 1050.

Dunes has also done numerous interviews with many well known celebrities on his radio shows and has also made several television appearances on local TV in Syracuse.