Photo by Richard Avedon.
Center: Larry Josephson, laughing. Clockwise-ish from top left: Dale Minor, Frank Coffee, Eric Salzman, Baird Searles, Steve Post, Frank Millspaugh, Bob Fass.
Larry Josephson … helped define the genre of free-form, politically progressive radio in the pre-digital age.
Larry loved to tell jokes, old jokes with punchlines, and to send emails with jokes. Name the subject, and he'd probably know a joke about it.
… a prolific public radio producer who hosted a groundbreaking freeform radio show, made documentaries and played a pivotal role in establishing the independent producer community.
His dyspeptic morning show helped make WBAI-FM in New York a vibrant, eccentric, alternative radio haven. “I was the first angry man in morning radio,” he said.
As an independent public radio producer for decades, he revived the Bob & Ray comedy team for a new generation of fans and hosted a nationally syndicated series of discussions about politics.
“New is worse.”
—Larry Josephson
