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Article: The Dick Clark empire took shape early
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 26, 2000
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The Dick Clark empire took shape early
Tuesday, December 26, 2000
Dick Clark was born Richard Wagstaff Clark on Nov. 30, 1929, in
Bronxville, N.Y., and raised in the suburb of Mount Vernon. He
attended Syracuse University and earned a degree in business
administration before landing his first broadcasting job at WRUN
radio in nearby Utica. His first job in television also was in the
small central New York city.
"I vividly remember working at WKTV, which is still the call
letters," Clark recalls. "It was on top of Smith Hill. And you talk
about being cold! There ain't no colder place than Smith Hill in the