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Born in [[Brady, Texas]], Hall coined in 1965 the term "[[easy listening]]" to describe the sound of [[WPIX-FM]], a radio station then heard in metropolitan [[New York City]].<ref name="all access">{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/167405/claude-hall-former-billboard-radio-tv-editor-coine|title=Claude Hall, Former Billboard Radio-TV Editor, Coined The Term 'Easy Listening,' Passes Away|work=AllAccess.com|date=July 7, 2017|accessdate=July 8, 2017}}</ref> |
Born in [[Brady, Texas]], Hall coined in 1965 the term "[[easy listening]]" to describe the sound of [[WPIX-FM]], a radio station then heard in metropolitan [[New York City]].<ref name="all access">{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/167405/claude-hall-former-billboard-radio-tv-editor-coine|title=Claude Hall, Former Billboard Radio-TV Editor, Coined The Term 'Easy Listening,' Passes Away|work=AllAccess.com|date=July 7, 2017|accessdate=July 8, 2017}}</ref> |
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Hall was the author of the [[e-book]] "Radio Wars", which was published in 2012.<ref name="all access"/> He died in [[Las Vegas]] |
Hall was the author of the [[e-book]] "Radio Wars", which was published in 2012.<ref name="all access"/> He died in [[Las Vegas]] at age 84.<ref>[http://www.voxjox.org/ Claude Hall]</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Latest revision as of 20:43, 5 March 2024
Claude Hall (September 4, 1932 – July 7, 2017) was an American journalist and a writer for and longtime radio-TV editor of Billboard.[1][2]
Born in Brady, Texas, Hall coined in 1965 the term "easy listening" to describe the sound of WPIX-FM, a radio station then heard in metropolitan New York City.[3]
Hall was the author of the e-book "Radio Wars", which was published in 2012.[3] He died in Las Vegas at age 84.[4]
References
- ^ "JoniMitchell.com Library: Newport Port of Call for All Music: Billboard, July 29, 1967". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1958-12-15. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ a b "Claude Hall, Former Billboard Radio-TV Editor, Coined The Term 'Easy Listening,' Passes Away". AllAccess.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ Claude Hall