Louis Charles Adler (April 18, 1929 – December 22, 2017) was an American radio journalist, director of

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Ed McMahon Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009) was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game sh ...

Mass Communication Center, and also was Quinnipiac's

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-endowed Professor of Broadcast Journalism. Adler was born in

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. A longtime morning news anchor on WCBS in New York, Adler was credited with popularizing the "talk news radio" format on WCBS during the late 1960s. From 1969 to 1980, Adler also served as WCBS' general manager and/or news director, (sometimes concurrently.) After his retirement, he became owner of

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, an AM radio station in Wickford, Rhode Island. He died on December 22, 2017, in Meriden, Connecticut at the age of 88 from Alzheimer's disease.

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