biography
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Kaltenborn, H(ans) V(on)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1878–1965)
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| biography:
| Radio commentator, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. After working as a journalist, specifically for the Brooklyn Eagle (1902–5), he took time off to attend Harvard, then returned to the Brooklyn Eagle (1909–30). Known for his analyses of foreign affairs, he was hired by CBS (1930) and became widely known as the first American radio news analyst. He broadcast from a haystack during the Spanish Civil War. In 1940–55 he broadcast for National Broadcasting Company radio, and his clipped Oxford-style diction was a favourite of imitators and parodists. |
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