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Red McCombs, Car Salesman Turned Media Mogul, Dies at 95

A Texas entrepreneur, he co-founded the media giant Clear Channel, owned pro sports teams and created more than 400 businesses in a variety of industries.

By Glenn Rifkin

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BBC Arabic Radio Airs Final Broadcast After 85 Years

The move came as part of cost-cutting measures under which the news service is also ending its radio programming in 10 other languages, including Persian, Chinese and Hindi.

By Maya King

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Ray Cordeiro, a Voice on Hong Kong’s Airwaves for 70 Years, Dies at 98

Late-night radio listeners in Hong Kong associated Mr. Cordeiro’s sonorous voice with easy-listening standards and early rock. He worked until he was 96.

By Tiffany May

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Jerry Blavat, D.J. Who Channeled the Soul of Philadelphia, Dies at 82

A live-wire personality and an epic self-promoter, he got a generation of youth in the City of Brotherly Love on its feet with little-known R&B gems.

By Alex Williams