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Ruth Ashton Taylor, Early Radio and TV Newswoman, Dies at 101

In the late 1940s, she was the only woman working on radio documentaries for CBS’s Edward R. Murrow. In Los Angeles, she was a pioneering newscaster and anchor.

By Richard Sandomir

British Broadcasting Corp Deaths (Obituaries) Disc Jockeys London (England) Music Pop and Rock Music Radio

Annie Nightingale, Pathbreaking British D.J., Is Dead at 83

She was initially told there was no room for her on BBC Radio 1 because a woman’s voice lacked the authority of a man’s. Once she was on the air, she stayed there for 53 years.

By Richard Sandomir

California Deaths (Obituaries) Disc Jockeys Ladd, Jim (1948-2023) Los Angeles (Calif) Nineteen Hundred Seventies Pop and Rock Music Radio Sirius XM Radio Inc

Jim Ladd, Free-Form Radio Trailblazer, Is Dead at 75

An institution of the airwaves in Los Angeles and beyond, he capitalized on the freedom the FM band offered in the 1970s to blaze his own path.

By Alex Williams

Central America Deaths (Obituaries) Guatemala Hispanic-Americans Latino USA (Radio Program) Martin, Maria Emilia (1951-2023) National Public Radio News and News Media Public Broadcasting Radio

Maria Emilia Martin, Creator of Public Radio’s ‘Latino USA,’ Dies at 72

As a radio journalist committed to the goal of representing all voices, she fought to tell the stories of Latino communities in the Americas.

By Penelope Green