John Shepard III, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Shepard III
American radio executive
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1886
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Date of Death: 11-May-1950
Profession: manager
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About John Shepard III
- John Shepard III (1886 – 1950) was an American radio executive and merchant.
- Among his many achievements, he was one of the original board members of the National Association of Broadcasters, having been elected the group's first Vice President in 1923.
- Shepard co-founded a New England radio network, known as the Yankee Network, along with his brother Robert, in 1929-1930.
- Shepard was also an early proponent of Frequency Modulation or FM broadcasting: he established the first FM network, when he linked his station in Massachusetts with one in New Hampshire in early 1941.
- He also was an early experimenter with home shopping, creating perhaps the first all-female radio station, WASN, in early 1927; the station broadcast some music, but mostly focused on shopping news and information about merchandise that listeners could purchase.
- Additionally, he created a local news network to serve New England, the Yankee News Service, and was instrumental in getting radio journalists the same credentials as print journalists.
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