On Jul 30, 8:23 am, wrote:
If one means by "talk show" a regularly scheduled show where on air folk
responded to phoned questions and comments, something called "party
line" or some similar at kdka pittsburgh in the '50's has to be the
first if not close to it. There was a man/woman host team.

"In 1945, Barry Gray was bored with playing music and put a telephone
receiver up to his microphone to talk with bandleader Woody Herman.
Soon followed by listener call-ins, this is often credited as the
first instance of talk radio, and Gray is often billed as "The Father
of Talk Radio"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio

However, "MY" First Talk Radio Host
was the Voice of . . . Ira Blue
IRA BLUE = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Blue
MUSIC = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue
SOUND = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXKalBETSU&NR

and that's the way it is ~ RHF