Lou Adler (journalist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLou Adler (journalist)
American radio journalist
Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1929
Date of Death: 22-Dec-2017
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Lou Adler (journalist)
- Louis Charles Adler (April 18, 1929 – December 22, 2017) was an American radio journalist, director of Quinnipiac University's Ed McMahon Mass Communication Center, and also was Quinnipiac's Fred Friendly-endowed Professor of Broadcast Journalism.Adler was born in Jamestown, New York.
- 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 news director, (sometimes concurrently.) After his retirement, he became owner of WKFD, an AM radio station in Wickford, Rhode Island.
- He died on December 22, 2017 in Meriden, Connecticut at the age of 88 from Alzheimer's disease.
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