B. Mitchel Reed

In a career that spanned four decades, B. Mitchel Reed roamed the wide world of radio formats and established himself as a standout in both Top 40 and its flip side, free-form FM rock. He began his radio career as a jazz announcer in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early 1950s, but his first fame came as a fast-talking deejay at KFWB in Los Angeles and WMCA in New York City (“I’m not talking too fast,”...