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William B. Williams (DJ)
William B. Williams (August 6, 1923 - August 3, 1986), was an American disc jockey on New York City radio station WNEW for over four decades. He hosted the popular program ''Make Believe Ballroom''. Williams is particularly noted for coining the title "Chairman of the Board" for Frank Sinatra.
Unusually, Williams appeared in the November, 1966 issue of ''Detective Comics'', in a story which involved Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, the civilian identities of Batman and Robin, appearing on his show. He was given a prominent appearance on the cover for the occasion.〔http://www.milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=fullsize&issue=24038627564%20357〕
==Early life==
Born William Breitbard in Babylon, New York, Williams graduated from Babylon Senior High School and attended Syracuse University for one year before dropping out.〔(Hinckley, David, "No Jock: William B. Williams, ''New York Daily News'', October 11, 2005 )〕 In 1944, he was hired as a staff announcer at WAAT in Newark, New Jersey while visiting a friend at the station. According to Williams ''"the guy who did the all-night show had just been fired for being bombed on the air."''〔("William B. Williams, Radio Personality, Dies", ''The New York Times'', August 4, 1986 )〕 Six weeks later, a staffer at WNEW heard Williams on the air and invited him to apply for a job at the station. He was hired at WNEW and worked several time slots before being fired by station manager Bernice Judis in 1947. An article in the ''New York Daily News'' suggested that Williams was fired for his aggressive tactics with management in his role as shop steward; however, WNEW's official story was that he was fired after Judis caught him one evening in the studio with his feet propped on the desk clad in bright red socks. She was apparently horrified by his lack of style.〔Nightingale Gordon, ''WNEW - Where the Melody Lingers On'', 1984.〕
Williams worked at several others stations, including WOR, but was rehired at WNEW in 1953 following a management change. He hosted the ''William B. Williams Show'' in the morning hours, and ''Music in a Sentimental Mood'' in the afternoon from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
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