Gordon Barton McLendon born June 8, 1921; died September 14, 1986). His place of birth was a hospital in Paris, Texas, but his parents then took him to their home in Oklahoma where he spent his early childhood before moving yet again across the state line to Atlanta, Texas where he attended high school and developed his interest in the commentary style of radio broadcasting.

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  • Gordon Barton McLendon born June 8, 1921; died September 14, 1986). His place of birth was a hospital in Paris, Texas, but his parents then took him to their home in Oklahoma where he spent his early childhood before moving yet again across the state line to Atlanta, Texas where he attended high school and developed his interest in the commentary style of radio broadcasting. McLendon is widely credited for perfecting, with great commercial success, the Top 40 radio format during the 1950s and 1960s which was first invented by Todd Storz and for developing the offshore pirate radio broadcasting to both Scandinavia and the British Isles.
  • Gordon McLendon oli yhdysvaltalainen radio-alan uranuurtaja, jota pidetään nykymuotoisen formaattiradion kehittäjänä. McLendon perusti KLIF-aseman Dallasiin, Texasiin vuonna 1947. Koska hänellä ei ollut varaa lähettää baseball-otteluita livenä, hän loi itselleen The Old Scotchman -radiohahmon, ja selosti ottelut otteluraporttien ja äänitehosteiden avulla. Nämä lähetykset olivat kuultavissa McLendonin itsensä perustaman Liberty Broadcasting System -verkon kautta, johon kuului 400 asemaa. 1950-luvun alussa KLIF muutettiin erääksi ensimmäisistä TOP40-asemista ja pian siitä tulikin Dallasin kuunnelluin radioasema. 1960-luvun alussa McLendon käynnisti ensimmäisen vain uutisia lähettävän radioaseman, chicagolaisen KABL:n. Gordon McLendon nimettiin Radio Hall of Fameen vuonna 1994.
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  • Gordon Barton McLendon born June 8, 1921; died September 14, 1986). His place of birth was a hospital in Paris, Texas, but his parents then took him to their home in Oklahoma where he spent his early childhood before moving yet again across the state line to Atlanta, Texas where he attended high school and developed his interest in the commentary style of radio broadcasting.
  • Gordon McLendon oli yhdysvaltalainen radio-alan uranuurtaja, jota pidetään nykymuotoisen formaattiradion kehittäjänä. McLendon perusti KLIF-aseman Dallasiin, Texasiin vuonna 1947. Koska hänellä ei ollut varaa lähettää baseball-otteluita livenä, hän loi itselleen The Old Scotchman -radiohahmon, ja selosti ottelut otteluraporttien ja äänitehosteiden avulla.
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