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Charles Osgood, Lyrical Newscaster on Radio and TV, Dies at 91

A familiar face on television as the host of “CBS Sunday Morning” from 1994 to 2016, he was also known for his “Osgood File” segments on CBS Radio, often delivered with humor and a rhyme.

By James Barron

California CBS Corporation Deaths (Obituaries) Documentary Films and Programs Labor and Jobs Murrow, Edward R News and News Media Radio Taylor, Ruth Ashton (1922-2024) Women and Girls

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