Bob Grant, radio legend

Bob Grant didn't like baseball from what I could tell. But I learned about many other things from listening to him for the past 20 years. Of course, he started in talk radio reportedly 58 years ago, via Chicago, LA, then New York. He popularized "telephone" talk radio when he found an engineer who figured out how to hook up a phone call so a host & listener could hear it. I taped the last hour of Bob's show today on WOR radio, & guess who called in to salute him? Howard Stern. As a Bob Grant listener, I knew that Howard liked him, & I was happy he called to honor Bob. Bob retired today, but those of us who learned so much from him for so long will be listening to hear his voice again.

• UPDATE, 11/11/08: At 8:10 PM Monday night I tuned in to hear Bob, but no Bob. Instead, unhappily, Curtis Sliwa. I read on a message board that Bob had said he'll be out this week, so I hope he will in fact be back next week. (sm)

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