A St. Louis native, he devoted his entire career to the team — first as an outfielder and third baseman and then, for 50 years, as a radio announcer.
Category: Radio
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Emma Choi Navigated NPR Layoffs, and College
Emma Choi, NPR’s first Gen Z podcast host, went from being an intern to landing her own show in less than a year. Then she got laid off.
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Is Public Television the Israeli Government’s Next Target?
Kan, a multimedia network of news, prestige TV and niche language radio, is prepared to fight for its life.
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Alicia C. Shepard, Ombudsman Who Defended NPR in Torture Debate, Dies at 69
In one of many jobs she held in a diverse journalism career, she dealt with charges that the network was “serving as right-wing apologists for waterboarding.”
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Polito Vega, Salsa ‘King’ of New York Radio, Dies at 84
In a career that began in 1960, the Puerto Rico-born Mr. Vega became, one admirer said, “the architect of Hispanic radio at a global level.”
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NPR to Cut 10% of Its Staff
The nonprofit media organization, which has a staff of about 1,100 people, said the layoffs were required because of a slowdown in advertising and a drop in corporate sponsorships.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lloyd Newman, Teenage Chronicler of ‘Ghetto Life,’ Dies at 43
He and LeAlan Jones recorded stories of life and death in a Chicago housing project for NPR, winning a Peabody Award and inspiring the birth of StoryCorps.
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In a Future Filled With Electric Cars, AM Radio May Be Left Behind
Carmakers say electromagnetic interference causes static and noise on AM transmissions, annoying customers. Broadcasters say they could lose a connection to their core listeners, who rely on the radio for emergencies.