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Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)
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Gordon McLendon
American broadcaster (1921–1986)
Gordon Barton McLendon was an American radio broadcaster. Nicknamed "the Maverick of Radio", McLendon is widely credited for perfecting, during the 1950s and 1960s, the commercially successful Top 40 radio format created by Todd Storz. He also developed offshore pirate radio…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Liberty Broadcasting System
American radio network
The Liberty Broadcasting System was a U.S. radio network of the late 1940s and early 1950s founded by Gordon McLendon, which mainly broadcast live recreations of Major League Baseball games, by following the action via Western Union ticker reports. The sound effects were very…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)