On Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, John Lupton wrote:
> From the Associated Press account:
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> "Taylor Grant, a radio and TV broadcasting pioneer from the 1950s and 1960s,
> has died, He was 85. Mr. Grant, of Laverock in Montgomery County [Pa.], died
> Tuesday at Abington Memorial Hospital after suffering an apparent heart
> attack.
> Mr. Grant made his career as a news analyst, working for numerous Philadelphia
> stations and ABC News in New York alongside anchor Chet Huntley and
> commentator Drew Pearson. He championed free speech and often criticized what
> he viewed as an 'unprecedented number of repressive measures instituted by
> federal and local authorities and quietly accepted by the people'...Mr.
> Grant's career began at radio station WHAT, in Philadelphia. After several
> years with Philadelphia stations, Mr. Grant spent a decade with ABC and the
> Mutual Radio Network in New York. He returned to Philadelphia television
> before retiring in 1972. The Philadelphia stations for which he broadcast
> include KYW-TV, WIP, the former WCAU, WFLN, WIBG, WPTZ and WRCV."
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> My own memories of Taylor Grant are from his days with WFLN during the 1960s.
> Although the above account notes his retirement in 1972, I recall hearing him
> doing occasional guest stints on various stations in the 80s and 90s. A very
> intelligent and articulate man, and a pleasure to listen to, even if you
> didn't agree with him.
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Unfortunately, Taylor Grant showed his true colors(a genteel antisemitism) when prior and during the Six Day War in 1967, he attacked Israel and Israel's fight for its survival.