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Martin Block

American disc jockey
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  • radio disc jockey
    disc jockey

    …show’s potential was revealed when Martin Block broadcast his Make Believe Ballroom on station WNEW in New York City as filler between news coverage of the closely followed trial of the kidnapper of the Charles Lindbergh baby. Upon the request of thousands of listeners, the makeshift show was retained by…

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    …show’s potential was revealed when Martin Block broadcast his Make Believe Ballroom on station WNEW in New York City as filler between news coverage of the closely followed trial of the kidnapper of the Charles Lindbergh baby. Upon the request of thousands of listeners, the makeshift show was retained by…

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