Veteran radio executive and broadcaster Dick Carr passed away on February 12 at the age of 90.
Carr served as Vice President for ABC and Mutual Radio Networks and was an executive producer for national programs featuring Larry King and Dick Clark, and others.
His radio career began at St. Bonaventure University and led to key leadership roles, including Program Director at WIP-AM in Philadelphia and as General Manager at WGST Radio in Atlanta. He later held a senior position at Park Broadcasting.
Carr was also Radio Group Vice President for the Meredith Corporation and one of the original general managers selected by Metromedia in 1960 under Chairman John W. Kluge. In that role, Carr carried on the “Make-Believe Ballroom” sounds on WNEW-AM in New York as its progressive rock sibling WNEW-FM gained younger audiences eager to hear high-fidelity rock ‘n’ roll that WOR-FM had dropped under RKO Radio ownership. In Philadelphia, WMMR-FM adopted a similar approach to WNEW-FM.
Even in retirement, Carr continued his passion for radio, hosting a nationally syndicated Big Band program, “Big Bands Ballads and Blues,” that aired on nearly 100 stations.
