He had a wide array of talents and interests which led him towards a highly diversified career in many fields from running and owning WDAS (AM) from 1950 to 1979, refereeing for Polo sporting events, and owning and operating Whole-Sum Products, a candy factory, for more than four decades.
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On October 19, 1950, Leon bought WDAS-AM from William Goldman, moving the station from Ocean City, New Jersey to Philadelphia.
He made his major league debut on August 2, and fouled out pinch hitting for pitcher Max Leon in his only at-bat.
Leon Trotsky | León | Max Roach | Max Martin | Mad Max | Max Ernst | Kings of Leon | Nuevo León | Max Bygraves | Leon Russell | Max Weber | Max Bruch | León, Guanajuato | Jean-Léon Gérôme | Max McLean | Max | Max Factor | Max Beckmann | Max Baucus | Kingdom of León | Max von Sydow | Max Reger | Max Beerbohm | Max Ophüls | Max Müller | Max Headroom | Max Bill | Leon | Saint-Pol-de-Léon | Peter Max |
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.