Alan Fredericks (September 11, 1934 – July 31, 2005) was an American disc jockey and award-winning travel editor and journalist. Fredericks was born Alfred Paul Israel in Bronx,

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. He graduated from Bronx High School of Science and New York University.Hinckley, David
"'Night Train' conductor makes his final stop."
''Daily News'', August 3, 2005. He also earned an M.A. in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research in 1987."In Memoriam: Alan Fredericks, 1934-2005"
''Travel Weekly'', August 8, 2005. He began using the name Alan Fredericks as a twenty-year-old disc jockey in 1954.
''New York Times'', Aug. 21, 2005. Fredericks hosted the "Night Train" radio show, which specialized in the music of

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groups, on radio stations WGBB, WHOM, and

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from the late 1950s to 1964, and his radio show was sponsored for a time by Times Square Records."Four N.Y. Dealers to Jointly Sponsor 'Night Train' Show."
''Billboard Music Week'' 73, no. 23 (June 12, 1961): 20. In later years, he would sometimes be a guest host on WCBS-FM on Don K. Reed's "Doo-Wop Shop," and also participated in several of the station's radio greats reunions. Fredericks changed careers from radio to the print media in 1966 and was hired by the Associated Press wire service, where he was assigned to the rewrite desk. Several months later in 1966 he was hired as an associate editor of ''Travel Weekly'' magazine, and he quickly rose to managing editor in 1967. Fredericks then served as the magazine's top editor from 1972 until 1997. In 1995, he was named travel journalist of the year by the American Society of Travel Agents, becoming the first writer for a trade publication to receive the award. Fredericks died of cancer at age 70 at his home in Old Bridge, New Jersey.

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Alan Fredericks
at the Rock Radio Scrapbook

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fredericks, Alan 1934 births 2005 deaths Radio personalities from New York City American travel writers The Bronx High School of Science alumni New York University alumni The New School alumni