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whataboutbobbed August 7, 2020
Sixteen-year-old Nancy Clancy was reportedly the youngest radio announcer in the country in 1924. Here she is shown in the studios of WAHG, the Alfred H. Grebe station in Richmond Hill, N.Y. WAHG grew to become today’s WCBS in New York City
In 1922, Jesse Koewing was one of the first announcers at WOR in Newark (later New York City). She identified herself on the air with just her initials “J. E. K.” 

The Women Who Overcame Radio’s Earliest Glass Ceilings

Nancy Clancy – best name ever!!!

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