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1979 in radio

October 27: Charles Coughlin, 88, Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest who used radio to reach a mass audience during the 1930s.

Charles Coughlin

Sax Rohmer's 1936 novel President Fu Manchu features a character based on Coughlin, a Catholic priest and radio host who is the only person who knows that a criminal mastermind is manipulating a U.S. presidential race.

Eugene Borowitz

"Catholics and Father Coughlin: Misremembering the past" in Patterns of Prejudice 19, 4 (1985): 156-25.

Francis Beckman

At a rally on October 20, 1939, Beckman supported noted radio priest Father Charles Coughlin in his stand for peace.

Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses

In the USA Nazi supporters such as Father Charles Coughlin (a Canadian immigrant) agitated for a boycott of Jewish businesses.

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