Gordon McLendon

Gordon Barton McLendon was a radio broadcaster. Nicknamed "the Maverick of Radio", McLendon is widely credited for perfecting, during the 1950s and 1960s, the commercially successful Top 40 radio format created by Todd Storz. He also developed offshore pirate radio broadcasting to both Scandinavia and the British Isles. In addition, he was active in circles of conservative business-political power in the 1960s until the time of his death. ^{Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)}

8 June 1921

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Born on the same birth day (8 June): Evan Roberts (minister) • Fernand Fonssagrives • Gaby Morlay • George Charles Haité • Griffin Dunne • José Antonio Camacho • Kathy Baker • Kayyar Kinhanna Rai • Kevin Farley • Kiril of Varna • Luigi Comencini • Marcel Léger • Maurice Bellemare • Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician) • Robert Schumann • Sandy Nairne • Sergei Storchak • Thomas J. Higgins

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