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Dec 23, 1996 · Barry Gray, the smooth-talking but sometimes tart-tongued host of a late-night radio talk show, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 80.
- Barry Gray, Talk Radio Pioneer, Is Dead at 80 - The New York ...
Born Bernard Yaroslaw in Red Lion, N.J., Mr. Gray was an...
- Barry Gray Resigns From WMCA; Failure to Reveal Free Trips ...
Barry Gray, who had become a fixture of late night radio in...
- Barry Gray, Talk Radio Pioneer, Is Dead at 80 - The New York ...
WMCA broadcast the first Negro-oriented anthology series New World A'Coming, written by Roi Ottley in 1944. And in 1945, host Barry Gray began dropping music and adding talk with celebrities and later call-ins from listeners. Gray is sometimes considered "The Father of Talk Radio", and his show on WMCA lasted through several decades and format ...
Barry Gray returned to WMCA in 1950, and stayed there for 39 years, refining the talk show format still utilized today. Gray was also known as a fierce critic of bigotry and survived McCarthyism and the Red Scare.
Dec 22, 1996 · Born Bernard Yaroslaw in Red Lion, N.J., Mr. Gray was an itinerant disk jockey -- obstreperous and adolescent, he was once called -- before being hired at WMCA in 1950. He changed his act at...
Dec 22, 1996 · Pioneer talk-show host Barry S. Gray, 80, who was a fixture on WMCA radio for 39 years, died early Saturday in his sleep, according to WOR radio.
Apr 16, 2020 · Barry Gray and Malcolm X - Part 1, 1960. Barry Gray on WMCA New York continues with the Malcolm X interview. Malcolm X discusses his meeting with Fidel Castro in Harlem and systemic...
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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...
