Phil Donahue recalled the moment he realized the power of the microphone. “I was a reporter for WABJ radio in Adrian, Michigan,” he told Closer. “I must have looked 13.” But he suddenly understood why ...
"The Phil Donahue Show" began in 1967 as a local series in Dayton, Ohio. It was syndicated nationally in 1969 and relocated to Chicago in 1974, with the show's title shortened to just "Donahue." That ...
A pioneer in daytime television has died at the age of 88. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says Phil Donahue invented the audience-participation talk show. ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Phil Donahue may have ...
To the editor: Most people will remember Phil Donahue for his trailblazing daytime TV talk show, but my meeting with Phil was to honor him, Ellen Spiro and Tomas Young for their seminal antiwar ...
Phil Donahue was another. Even on shows that were much lighter in tone, Phil Donahue would involve his audience - not just the studio audience, where he famously would stroll into the crowd with his ...
This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. Today6 we're starting off by remembering Phil Donahue, the pioneering TV talk show host who died Sunday at age 88. We'll listen back to a conversation ...