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Article: Kay Morton was pioneer in St. Louis radio.(radio broadcaster; St. Louis, MO)
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- St. Louis Journalism Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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When she began her radio career in 1939, she was known as Jane Foster. That was on WTMV, the progressive little AM station in East St. Louis. By the time she left the broadcasting and free-lance business a couple decades later, Kay Morton was a local celebrity. Now, as Ruth May Markus, she's enjoying retirement in the Metro East. When she reminisces about her broadcast career, she has no trouble holding the attention of her audience.
She joined the WTMV staff immediately after graduating from Washington University, There was no pay, just 25 cents a day to cover her bridge fare from St. Louis to East St. Louis. The studios were in the Broadview Hotel, and the town ...
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