A new series from Radio Diaries remembers controversial broadcasters in American history, including Joe Pyne, who paved the way for in-your-face... Joe Pyne: America's first angry talk show host ...

We can trace this style back to the shock jocks of the 1980s, like Howard Stern, or to in-your-face conservative talk ... is Joe Pyne, and the action starts in just a moment." On these shows ...

The pioneer of this type of radio and TV was a talk show host named Joe Pyne. At the peak of his career in the 1960s, The New York Times called Pyne, quote, "the ranking nuisance of broadcasting." ...

We can trace this style back to the shock jocks of the 1980s, like Howard Stern, or to in-your-face conservative talk ... show nationally. Soon it broadcast on more than 200 stations across the ...

But the real founding father of angry, sensational media was a 1960s talk show host named Joe Pyne, according to several people who knew Pyne and have studied his work. At the peak of his career, his ...