From left: Disc jockey Dewey Phillips, Wink Martindale 
and Elvis Presley.   

1964

Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale
(December 4, 1933 – April 15, 2025)

(FOX NEWS) – Martindale, who was surrounded by family,
including his wife Sandra, at the time of his death, had a 74-
year career in Hollywood, hosting a number of game shows
such as "Tic-Tac-Dough," "High Rollers" and "Gambit." He
was also a radio personality and  a close friend of Elvis Presley.

In 2019, Martindale told Fox News Digital he "met Elvis Presley
on a hot July night in 1954." In 1956, Martindale was hosting
"Teenage Dance Party" when Presley made an appearance.
Martindale died from lymphoma at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California. He was 91.

1959

SANDY KOZEL

Loretta Lynn was a country music singer and
songwriter. In a career spanning six decades,
Lynn released multiple gold albums.
She had numerous hits.

Lynn received many awards and other accolades
for her groundbreaking role in country music,
including awards from both the Country Music
Association and Academy of Country Music.

Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022)

On April 11, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the first live
sporting event on the radio, a boxing match between
Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.

On March 21, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio hosted an event now
recognized as history’s first major rock-and-roll show…
the Moondog Coronation Ball.

Breathless promotion on the local radio station. Tickets
selling out in a single day. Thousands of teenagers,
hours before show time, lining up outside the biggest
venue in town.

The “Moondog” in question was the legendary disk jockey
Alan Freed, the self-styled “father of rock and roll” who
was then the host of the enormously popular “Moondog
Show” on Cleveland AM radio station WJW.

Voice of America is an international broadcasting state media
network funded by the federal government of the United States
of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S. international broadcasters. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the
world.

Its targeted and primary audience is non-American outside the
US borders. As of November 2022, its reporting reached 326
million adults per week across all platforms. It is financed by
the U.S. Agency for Global Media after approval by Congress.    

VOA was established in 1942, and on February 24, 1942, the
Foreign Information Service, precursor to the Voice of America,
made its first broadcast from New York City to Europe. 

The VOA charter was signed into law in 1976 by U.S. President
Gerald Ford. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

As of 2022, VOA had a weekly worldwide audience of about
326 million (up from 237 million in 2016) and employed 961
staff with an annual budget of $267.5 million.

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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913 – 2006)

Voice of America headquarters.

Louis Armstrong being interviewed in the Voice of America Studio.