Claude Hall (writer)
Claude Hall (September 4, 1932 – July 7, 2017) was an American journalist and a writer for and longtime radio-TV editor of Billboard.[1][2] He is perhaps best known for having coined the term "easy listening" in 1965 in describing the sound of WPIX-FM, a radio station then heard in metropolitan New York City.[3]
Hall is the author of the e-book "Radio Wars", which was published in 2012.[3] He was born in Brady, Texas and died in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4]
References
- ↑ "JoniMitchell.com Library: Newport Port of Call for All Music: Billboard, July 29, 1967". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- 1 2 "Claude Hall, Former Billboard Radio-TV Editor, Coined The Term 'Easy Listening,' Passes Away". AllAccess.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Claude Hall
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.