Springer is best known for “The Jerry Springer Show,”
which he hosted for 27 years.

Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944 – April 27, 2023)

(TMZ) – Beloved talk show host and former Cincinnati Mayor
Jerry Springer died Thursday at the age of 79, following a
brief illness.

Springer’s death was confirmed by TMZ, who reported he
was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago and eventually
became worse toward the end of April. A spokesperson
confirmed he died peacefully at his home in the Chicago
area Thursday morning, according to the outlet.

Robert "Red" Robinson OBC (born March 30, 1937)

(CANADIAN PRESS) – VANCOUVER — The family of Vancouver
radio personality Red Robinson says he has died after a brief
illness.

In a statement posted online, Robinson’s family says he passed
away on Saturday, April 1st, shortly after 8 a.m.

Robinson began his radio career in 1954 at Vancouver’s CJOR,
and his website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play
rock ’n’ roll music on a regular basis.

It says Red jumped to Vancouver CKWX station in 1957, where
he met American singer Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.

His website says he was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in 1994, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1997
and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000, retiring from radio
in 2007.

In 1959, Robinson took a job with KGW Radio in Portland, OR,
on the condition that he also host a TV show. He got his wish,
hosting Portland Bandstand on KGW TV. However, because
of American draft laws, he was also required to do a six-month
stint in the US Army at Fort Ord in California.

Red in 1955

Red with Buddy Holly

Red Robinson with Elvis Presley in 1957.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first "fireside chat"
on this day in history, March 12, 1933, to reassure and inform
a nation reeling from the effects of the Great Depression.

This was the first in a series of broadcasts in which FDR
spoke plainly and directly to every American within the
sound of his voice.

According to Britannica, the term "fireside chat" was coined
by Harry Butcher of the CBS radio network.  

Bronze sculpture of a man listening to the 1930s valve radio. This sculpture by George Segal at the Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, DC, commemorates the famous
fireside radio chats during the Great Depression.

With the words, “Hello! This is New York calling,” the U.S. Voice
of America (VOA) began its first radio broadcasts to the Soviet
Union. The VOA effort was an important part of America’s
propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union during the
Cold War.

The VOA began in 1942 as a radio program designed to
explain America’s policies during World War II and to
bolster the morale of its allies throughout Europe, Asia,
the Middle East, and Africa.

After the war, VOA continued as part of America’s Cold War
propaganda arsenal and was primarily directed toward the
western European audience.

America’s 40th President Ronald Wilson Reagan was born
in Tampico, Illinois, on this day in history, Feb. 6, 1911.

Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and was the president of the
Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 until
1960.