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Charles Edward Coughlin (/ ˈ k ɒ ɡ l ɪ n / KOG-lin; October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979), commonly known as Father Coughlin, was a Canadian-American Catholic priest based in the United States near Detroit. He was the founding priest of the National Shrine of the Little Flower.
Oct 9, 2020 · Father Charles E. Coughlin was a Catholic priest who reached a large audience through mass rallies and radio broadcasts. Coughlin, openly antisemitic, was an outspoken critic of the political establishment.
Mar 9, 2022 · Known as “the radio priest,” he was the first mass media demagogue. Foreshadowing today's social media reach and influence, Father Charles Edward Coughlin held millions of American radio ...
Charles E. Coughlin (born October 25, 1891, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada—died October 27, 1979, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.) was a U.S. Roman Catholic “radio priest” who in the 1930s developed one of the first deeply loyal mass audiences in radio broadcast history.
Aug 14, 2019 · Father Coughlin was a Catholic priest based in the parish of Royal Oak, Michigan, who became a highly controversial political commentator through his extraordinarily popular radio broadcasts in the 1930s.
One of the first public figures to make effective use of the airwaves, Charles E. Coughlin, was for a time one of the most influential personalities on American radio.
Father Coughlin's radio show started in the 1920s and his career continued well into the 1960s, before a culmination of anti-Semitic and anti-capitalist views – topped off by sympathetic leanings towards the Nazi regime – ultimately warranted the man's return to duty-bound obscurity.
Mar 9, 2022 · Thomas Doherty: Father Coughlin was the most infamous radio priest to this day in the 1930s. He had an audience of anywhere from 15 to 20 million listeners throughout most of the 1930s.
father Charles E. Coughlin, who died Oct. 27 at the age of 88 at his suburban Detroit home in Bloomfield Hills, wrote his own obituary when he was still in his 40s. He had an opportunity to...
Reverend Charles E. Coughlin (1891–1979) was a Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest and radio celebrity based in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, Michigan. His sermons, aired on Sundays, often featured populist, anti-Communist, and antisemitic claims.