Studs Terkel [via]
Studs Terkel [WP, WQ], oral historian, broadcaster, activist, has checked out at 96.
I never knew, until just now, that Terkel was amongst the first few radio personalities to be referred to as a “disc jockey”:
…in 1945 he was given his own radio show, “The Wax Museum,” on WENR. Although “The Wax Museum,” which ran for two years, was primarily a jazz show, Mr. Terkel also followed his other enthusiasms, playing country music, folk, opera and gospel, as the mood seized him. He was one of the first to promote artists like Mahalia Jackson, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Big Bill Broonzy and Burl Ives. On occasion he would invite composers or performers to sit down for an on-air interview.
Studs for Obama [and more] at Huffington Post.