About Jack G. Thayer
Lived 1922 – 1995 (aged 72–73). Jack G. Thayer was a manager.
Jack G. Thayer (November 22, 1922 – January 1, 1995) was an American broadcasting executive and disc jockey. Born in Chicago, he began his career in radio as a disc jockey in Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Sacramento, California. He was president of the NBC Radio Network from 1974 through 1980, and then was head of WNEW-AM (now WBBR) in New York City. After this he served as the C.E.O. and executive vice president of Gear Broadcasting International, a subsidiary of Gear Telecommunications, from the mid 1980s until his death on New Year's Day 1995 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Who was Jack G. Thayer?
American broadcasting executive and disc jockey
When was Jack G. Thayer born?
Jack G. Thayer was born in 1922.
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Jack G. Thayer died in 1995.
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Jack G. Thayer was a manager.
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