Bill Gavin

Bill Gavin (November 6, 1907 – January 27, 1985) was an American radio personality and publisher of the influential Gavin Report.

Life and education Gavin was born in Chetek, Wisconsin in 1907. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of California-Berkeley. Before his radio career, he was a teacher, pianist and singer. He briefly traveled with an all-male vocal group called The Blenders. He died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 77. Gavin founded the Gavin Report in 1958 with information from the show. It was a publication that "monitored air play for Top 40 records, and later expanded to other categories; it [was] used as a programming aid by radio stations and record companies."