Louis Charles Adler (April 18, 1929 – December 22, 2017) was an American radio journalist, director of

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Mass Communication Center, and also was Quinnipiac's

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-endowed Professor of Broadcast Journalism.

Biography

Adler was born in

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. A longtime morning news anchor on WCBS in New York, Adler was credited with popularizing the "talk news radio" format on WCBS during the late 1960s. From 1969 to 1980, Adler also served as WCBS' general manager and/or

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, (sometimes concurrently.) After his retirement, he became owner of WKFD, an AM radio station in Wickford, Rhode Island.

Death

He died on December 22, 2017, in

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at the age of 88 from

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