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In 1973, The San Francisco Examiner was already calling him the “dean of Los Angeles rock ’n’ roll broadcasting,” and he would be on the air for almost a half-century more after that.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Overcoming a childhood stutter fueled his mission to someday be on the air in whatever medium so people would listen to his voice, said his wife, Sharon.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2022

"Wendy's show will not be on the air this fall and its future is up in the air and uncertain," an inside source told Variety.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2022

On Monday evening, Chris Cuomo won’t be on the air as he starts a supposedly long-planned vacation.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021

In less than three minutes the signals would be on the air and he would know where he was—unless the Norsks had succeeded in finding and eliminating the whole Atlantean under-cover group.

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)




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