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.
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