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6 unusual facts about Hy Lit


Hy Lit

His last station was WOGL, where he broadcast from 1989 until his resignation late in 2005.

In the mid 1990s, it was revealed that Lit was suffering from the beginnings of Parkinson's disease.

In December 2005, Lit, station WOGL, and CBS Broadcasting settled the three-year health and age-discrimination lawsuit, under the condition that Hy Lit would (reluctantly) retire from the station.

WDAS-FM

This short-lived period introduced much of the new voices of "progressive" FM radio including Michael Tearson and Ed Sciaky alongside a revitalized Hy Lit from WIBG, and later a popular nighttime show by owner Max Leon's son Steve, who called himself "My Father's Son" on the air.

WKXW

Philadelphia radio Hall of Famer Hy Lit and his son Sam Lit, who anchored the air staff in the early 80s

WNTP

For many years, 990 was known as WIBG, and had great success in the ratings playing Top 40 music in the 1950s and early 1960s with popular hosts including Joe Niagara (The Rockin' Bird), Hy Lit, Bill Wright Sr., Frank X. Feller, and others.



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