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August 1st 07, 08:17 AM
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First Radio Talk Show Host?
On Jul 31, 7:56 pm, Bob Miller wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:15:32 -0700, RHF wrote: 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 How about Mayor Laguardia reading the the funnies to New York City when the newspapers were on strike? Musta been back in the thirties. bob k5qwg 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 . . . .- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Bob - That will do too ~ RHF |
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