Marlin Raymond Taylor is an American former radio broadcaster, program director, and radio executive who is credited as the “father of beautiful music,” an update of the older easy listening radio format popular from the 1960s to the 1980s.

His autobiography, Radio… My Love, My Passion, details his life and career, including the development of the beautiful music format. He was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2021.

Book: My Love, My Passion

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RADIO… the early 1930s

Thursday November 14, 2024

This is a book I first read several years ago, having been loaned to me by my longtime radio industry friend, Ken…

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NRHS 2024 Convention Logo NRHS Convention 2024

Thursday October 31, 2024

The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) held its 2024 convention in Harrisburg, the capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Attendees traveled to…

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Jerry & His DayStarters!

Thursday October 17, 2024

Jerry Del Colliano and I first met when he came to work for us in 1964 at Philadelphia’s fledgling FM station, WDVR….

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Riding Rockets & Shooting Stars – A Guest Commentary!

Thursday September 19, 2024

While I fully expected to bring you a fresh Musing of my own, and while I have a number on the drawing…

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Music, Maestro, Please…

Thursday August 29, 2024

It’s an art and a science. It’s a universal language. It stirs the senses, kindles the fires of memory, and soothes the…

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Seventy-Nine Years Ago this Week!

Thursday August 15, 2024

The date was August 14, 1945 … while I knew a war was going on and that the man who would become…

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