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Rick Sklar (born November 21, 1929, died June 22, 1992) was an American radio program director who, while at New York City's WABC, was one of the originators of the Top 40 radio format. ==Biography== Sklar grew up in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. He graduated from New York University and volunteered at WNYC radio as a writer. He then worked at WPAC in Patchogue, New York, and in 1954 moved to WINS where he was assistant program director. In 1960, Sklar became program director at crosstown competitor WMGM.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Museum of Broadcast Communications "> Rick Sklar )〕 He moved to WABC in 1962 and became program director there in 1963. Under his management, WABC became the model for tight-playlist, teenager-targeted Top 40 programming, with a strong signal and famed disc jockeys such as "Cousin Brucie" Bruce Morrow, Dan Ingram, Chuck Leonard, and Ron Lundy. His relationship with some of the DJs he oversaw was contentious at times. Scott Muni departed from WABC after a number of confrontations with Sklar over playlists including Sklar's refusal to remove Louis Armstrong's version of the #1 smash hit "Hello, Dolly" from the playlist at Muni's request. In March 1977, Sklar was promoted to vice president of programming for ABC’s radio division. In 1984 he left ABC to start his own consulting firm, Sklar Communications. His autobiography, ''Rocking America: An Insider's Story: How the All-Hit Radio Stations Took Over America'' (ISBN 978-0312687977), was published by St. Martin's Press the same year. In an interview recorded in 1982, when WABC switched from music to talk programming, Sklar said:
Sklar continued to write articles and books as well as visiting various colleges discussing the business of radio in general. He was also an adjunct professor at St. John's University.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Sklar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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