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Dec 14, 1976 · Barry Gray, who had become a fixture of late night radio in New York with a talk show on WMCA that began in 1950, resigned from the station yesterday. He had been suspended three weeks ago amid ...
Barry Gray, the radio commentator who has been unemployed since Tuesday, when he was suspended by station WMCA, will be back on the payroll Monday. ... The president of WMCA is R. Peter Straus ...
Barry Gray returned to WMCA in 1950, and stayed there for 39 years, refining the talk show format still utilized today. During the 1960s, he was in the odd position of having an 11 p.m.-1 a.m. late night talk show on a station otherwise dominated by Top 40 music and the youth-targeted "Good Guys" disc jockey campaign.
Gray, Barry. ( b. 2 July 1916 in Red Lion, New Jersey; d. 21 December 1996 in New York City), New York City announcer credited with creating modern talk radio. Gray, born Bernard Yaroslaw, was one of four children of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. His father, Manius Yaroslaw, was an insurance salesman and real estate speculator.
Apr 16, 2020 · Barry Gray on WMCA New York continues with the Malcolm X interview. Malcolm X discusses his meeting with Fidel Castro in Harlem and systemic injustice.Date: ...
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For the last seven years before his death, Gray was a disc jockey at WOR- New York. Gray, Barry (birth name was Bernard Yaroslaw) Born in Red Lion, New Jersey 7/2/1916; died 12/21/1996 of complications following back surgery in a Manhattan, New York hospital. Served in the Depression era Civilian Concertration Corp (The CCC) during the late 1930's.
From 10pm-10am WMCA was talk & from 10am-10pm they played music. Talk shows included Dominic Quinn doing AM drive. Alex Bennett & Leon Lewis were alternating the overnights. Barry Gray's late night show remained in tact. With WMCA being talk from 10PM to 10AM with Chuck Browning, Dan Daniel & Frankie Crocker playing music the remaining hours.
