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	Estate of Gordon v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
		McLendon was sixty-five years old on March 5, 1986, resulting in an actuarial life expectancy of fifteen years from that date.
		McLendon’s estate tax return relied on a presumption that he had received an adequate and full consideration for the assets transferred in the private annuity transaction.
		As such, the Estate concludes that McLendon’s possibility of surviving for a year or more from that date was not so remote as to be negligible, and that he therefore was permitted and required to use the tables under the clear terms of the ruling.
	pub.bna.com /lw/19980324/9760135.htm (4540 words)

	Radio Hall of Fame - Gordon McLendon, Pioneer
		Gordon McLendon is considered the creator of format radio and one of the most innovative programmers in the medium’s history.
		McLendon was born on June 8, 1921, in Paris, Texas and purchased station KNET/Palestine in 1946.
		Gordon McLendon was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1994.
	www.radiohof.org /pioneer/gordonmclendon.html (221 words)

	Gordon McLendon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		McLendon, nicknamed "The Old Scotchman", is also noted in radio history as the founder of the Liberty Radio Network (noted for its daily national broadcasts of Major League Baseball) in the 1940s.
		In other radio milestones, McLendon was one of the originators of the "beautiful music" format on his KABL in Oakland, California in 1959; and as the founder of the first all-news radio station (WNUS in Chicago) in the 1960s.
		Jack Ruby was both a listener and admirer of McLendon and known to the staff of the station.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_McLendon (584 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Gordon McLendon (the Old Scotchman), radio programming innovator and sportscaster, was born at Paris, Texas, on June 8, 1921, the son of Barton Robert and Jeanette Marie (Eyster) McLendon.
		McLendon was married in 1943 to Gay Noe, daughter of James A. Noe, former governor of Louisiana; in 1973 he married Susan Stafford, a syndicated columnist, radio talk-show host, and actress.
		McLendon was a member of the board of stewards of Highland Park Methodist Church in Dallas and the board of directors of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra,
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/MM/fmccc.html (1281 words)

	Gordon McLendon - Moviefone
		Gordon McLendon is best remembered for taking Western Union wire reports about baseball games around the country and turning them into fascinating...
		Gordon McLendon (the Old Scotchman), radio programming innovator and sportscaster, was born at Paris, Texas, on June 8,...
		Gordon McLendon is considered the creator of format radio and one of the most...
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/gordon-mclendon/47843/main (131 words)

	:: Mike Anderson's St. Louis Media Info & News ::
		Gordon McLendon and the same Bill Stewart added certain characteristics that improved the Top 40 format concept at KLIF in Dallas.
		But the genius of Todd Storz and Gordon McLendon drove the Top 40 concept from the beginning and Bill Stewart is said to have made their genius work.
		Gordon McLendons’ KLIF in Dallas was attracting more and more listeners with his ever expanding presentation of local news.
	www.stlmedia.net /pages/pages-top40origins.htm (2428 words)

	Biography: Gordon McLendon
		Gordon McLendon was born in Paris, Texas, on 8th June, 1921.
		In 1963 rumours began to circulate that McLendon might have been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
		Gordon McLendon died of cancer on 14th September, 1986.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKmclendon.htm (449 words)

	RT40RR - The Steve Eberhart Collection!
		McLendon and his staff were exceptional talents, many of whom continue in radio today.
		At 12:51 Gordon McLendon phones in a report from the Trade Mart and at 1:00 Joe Long arrives at the downtown KLIF studios and does a quick report before racing into the studios to anchor.
		At 1:38 an erroneous report of a secret service agent is aired and at 1:38, Gordon McLendon arrives in the studio and begins co-anchoring with news director Joe Long.
	www.reelradio.com /se/index.html (1738 words)

	DFW Radio Archives - 1972
		Gordon McLendon sold KLIF for $10.5 million, at the time it was the highest price ever paid for a single radio station.
		The stage was set for McLendon and his associates, and they decided to launch a new kind of top 40 station with KNUS - a hip, youthful station without all the teeny-bopper and bubble-gum music.
		With typical McLendon fanfare, KNUS 99 was re-born as one of the nation’s first high-profile FM top 40’s.
	www.dfwradioarchives.com /1972.htm (321 words)

	TIME.com: End of Liberty -- Jun. 9, 1952 -- Page 1
		McLendon joined them to his Liberty Broadcasting System, by last year had a network of 458 stations, second only to Mutual.
		The big reason: McLendon was so eager to build his empire that he ignored sound programming, often paid more to service his stations than they paid him in affiliation fees.
		McLendon then filed a damage suit for $12 million against the big-league ball clubs under the antitrust laws.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,806483,00.html (602 words)

	Top 40 (radio format) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Todd Storz is regarded as the father of the Top 40 format, Gordon McLendon of Dallas, Texas is regarded as the person who took an idea and turned it into a mass media marketing success in combination with the development in that same city of PAMS jingles.
		McLendon's successful KLIF in Dallas, which went Top 40 around 1953 or 1954, soon became perhaps the most imitated radio station in America.
		Don Pierson took the formats of Gordon McLendon, Boss Radio and PAMS jingles to the United Kingdom and Europe and subsequently revolutionized the popular music format of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Radio).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Top_40_(radio_format) (1395 words)

	Gordon McLendon - Biography - Moviefone
		Gordon McLendon is best remembered for taking Western Union wire reports about baseball games around the country and turning them into fascinating running commentaries, which he would broadcast across his 458-station network from his home base in Dallas.
		In 1981, McLendon produced the film Escape to Victory.
		Gordon McLendon - Biography, Birth date, Relationships, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/gordon-mclendon/47843/biography (86 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Counting Down the Greatest Tex-Centric Top 40 'Billboard' Hits of the Past 50 Years
		Although Omaha programmer Todd Storz is generally credited with actually codifying the Top 40 format based on his study of jukebox play patterns, Gordon McLendon's KLIF in Dallas was one of the format's earliest adapters and most influential adherents.
		McLendon dubbed KLIF "America's Most Imitated Radio Station," and there was definitely some truth to the claim.
		McLendon's KILT in Houston and KTSA in San Antonio had similar success in their respective markets.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-11-08/music_string41.html (893 words)

	Gordon McLendon — www.greenwood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Description: Students and others interested in radio history will be intrigued by this fast-paced biography of Gordon McLendon's career in the radio industry, touching also on his work in motion pictures and involvement in Texas politics.
		Following a glimpse into his childhood, education, and military career, Ronald Garay describes McLendon's station ownership and management in Palestine, Texas; the development of a major network, the Liberty Broadcasting System; his live and recreated baseball and football programs; and his skirmishes with the major league baseball establishment.
		Much attention is given to how McLendon "re-invented" radio and competed with television and print media through his Top 40 music hits, disc jockey programming, and the use of local news.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/GBE/.aspx (243 words)

	TIME.com: "The Old Scotchman" -- Sep. 4, 1950 -- Page 1
		Sparked by energetic, moonfaced President Gordon McLendon, Liberty Broadcasting System has grown in the past three years from one station in Texas to 240 in 34 states by concentrating on a single specialty: bringing broadcasts of major-league baseball games to the vast audience beyond the reach of stations in the major-league cities.
		Sports-minded Gordon McLendon first got the idea for his network during the war, when he found that boys from Arkansas argued just as hotly as Brooklynites about big-league baseball, even though the only games they ever heard were the World Series.
		A crack announcer as well as a fast-stepping businessman, McLendon still depends on teletyped reports, dressing them up with skillful sound effects and a sense of on-the-spot excitement that has given him bigger audiences in some cities than competing "live" broadcasts direct from the press box.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,856698,00.html (735 words)

	Gordon Barton McLendon: An Inventory of His Papers, 1917-1978, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
		Gordon B. McLendon is well-known for his pioneering efforts in radio broadcasting.
		McLendon was a pioneer in recreating sporting events, using the voice of the "Old Scotsman." During the 1950s he developed the top 40 format (rapid fire music, news and contests).
		McLendon also owned a string of drive-in theaters, produced several motion pictures, and developed advertising campaigns for over 150 movies.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/ttusw/00118/tsw-00118.html (595 words)

	Don Keyes Online - www.donkeyesonline.com
		This was in the early 1960s, and our leader had decided to stick his toe in the political pool to test the waters in his run, not for City or County Commissioner, but for a biggie.
		She was a champion of conservatism, particularly in the business sector, and Gordon found that especially toothsome.
		Ralph Yarborough’s people approached the McLendon Stations and requested equal time and after a bit of wrangling among lawyers, sure enough the Senator was granted equal time at no cost to him.
	www.radiodailynews.com /donkeyes10.htm (1205 words)

	Beach Music
		When Gordon McLendon and Todd Storz walked into a drugstore in Dallas, Texas one afternoon in the early 50s, they had no idea they were about to make history.
		Soon, McLendon's radio station KLIF-AM would become the most copied station in the world.
		Mclendon and Storz realized that to beat the competition they had to program to those teens.
	home.earthlink.net /~supercfl/id4.html (783 words)

	Ken Dowe - www.kendowe.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Thought by McLendon to be too young to be a manager, or even a PD, the ambitious (but, rebellious) Dowe accepted a role with Pat O'Day and his company, owned by movie star Danny Kaye.
		With his alter ego ("Granny Emma"), the tutoring of Bill Stewart, and the strong support of Gordon McLendon, Ken Dowe established himself as a legendary radio personality and innovative Operations Director of KLIF.
		McLendon, again was faced with the loss of his friend and programming ally.
	www.wilsonshannon.com /kendowebio.htm (1262 words)

	Texas Radio Hall of Fame - www.texasradiohalloffame.com
		The Radio "Wars" between Gordon McLendon's KTSA and Jack Roth's KONO are legendary.
		McLendon has to be considered as one of the first members of your Hall...a great RADIO man...the stories are endless.
		I remember when Gordon McLendon, hired one of our DJs who was tromping on the ratings of McLendon's man. On Friday he hired the young man with an offer to work at KLIF in Dallas -- The catch was the DJ had to report for work the following Monday.
	www.texasradiohalloffame.com /comments.html (8874 words)

	BeLogical.com - The Lynn Woolley Show
		In the late spring of 1956, Gordon McLendon sent me on my first PD job, to put KTSA in San Antonio on the air.
		He was a great radio pioneer in the days of Gordon's top 40 and his resonant tones will be missed on his many voice overs.
		When Gordon had Keyes, Mitch Lewis, Jim Foster, Weaver and others, he had parleyed a lot of broadcast experience into a realm of radio leadership.
	www.belogical.com /jimrose11.htm (2359 words)

	RT40RR - The Beau Weaver Collection!
		It is the marriage of Drake discipline and McLendon showmanship which would be the hallmark of Beau's style.
		Gordon McLendon's KLIF invented radio news as we know it, and on November 22, 1963, his team swung into action in an extraordinary effort.
		But McLendon may have underestimated the fl eye that the Assassination would give Dallas, in the court of public opinion for many years to come.
	www.reelradio.com /bw (841 words)

	Don Keyes Online - www.donkeyesonline.com
		As National Program director, Don Keyes oversaw the programming operations for all of the McLendon Stations from 1957-1966.
		A public memorial service was held January 28 at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Garland, Texas.
		There are ideas in the CD that you as a broadcaster can expand in today’s world.
	www.radiodailynews.com /donkeyes.htm (213 words)

	News/Talk/Sports
		With McLendon's arrival, Top 40 XEAK, the "Mighty 690" became "X-TRA News Over Los Angeles." The station later moved to 1090AM.
		McLendon later tried another talk format KADS, Los Angeles in 1967.
		In 1964, McLendon brought the format to WNWS ("News") Chicago.
	www.udel.edu /nero/Radio/readings/newstalk.html (1629 words)

	The World's Largest Battery
		KLIF in Dallas is generally considered the birthplace of Top 40 radio, and Gordon McLendon is considered its daddy.
		On the air since November 1947, McLendon took a brave step in 1954 when he changed radio forever by instituting a 40-song playlist and took the station from a 2% share to a 45% share almost overnight.
		It has changed hands several times since the Gordon McLendon days, and it is now owned by Clear Channel.
	beradio.com /mag/radio_worlds_largest_battery/index.html (982 words)

	[No title]
		One was Gordon McLendon, owner of the Liberty Broadcasting Network and of stations throughout the country, (emphasis added) including KLIF in Dallas.
		In an interesting coincidence of facts, Lyndon Johnson is reported by Robert Caro to have engaged in massive attempts to gain control of a large number of radio stations in Texas (Caro 82-9, 92-118).
		A further reference to Gordon McLendon is provided in this text on page 298, where the authors are quoting the verbatim transcript of the Warren Commission interrogation of Jack Ruby:
	home.att.net /~m.standridge/mclyndn.htm (1493 words)

	Rock and Roll Radio
		Ironically, why McLendon and others of the 1950’s had to pioneer at all is because of television.
		When radio broadcasters noticed their listeners forsaking radio dramas, big band shows, and so forth, for television programming, there came about an almost immediate sense of urgency to do something to save radio.
		Bill Drake, who previously had been on the air at WAKE in Atlanta, was working as program director in San Francisco at KYA-AM when Gene Chenault tried unsuccessfully to contact him.
	www.bossradioforever.com /html/rock_and_roll_radio.html (805 words)

	Texas Radio Hall of Fame - www.texasradiohalloffame.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Back in the U.S. after the war, he became the program director at KGVL in Greenville then moved on to program the new KIXL radio in Dallas in May 1947.
		When he was visiting WHO in Des Moines, he received a phone call from Gordon McLendon who hired him to bring the KIXL sound to San Francisco and KABL radio.
		In 1964, Gordon McLendon brought him home to KLIF.
	www.texasradiohalloffame.com /charlespayne.html (300 words)

	Radio Innovator Gordon McLendon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		DALLAS (AP) - Gordon B. McLendon, a founder of the
		McLendon used a list of the most popular records, a technique first
		McLendon also produced several movies, including "The Killer
	home.comcast.net /~wielandbob/gordon_obit_text.htm (238 words)

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