Claude Hall

Claude Hall (September 4, 1932 – July 7, 2017) was an American journalist and a writer for and longtime radio-TV editor of Billboard.[1][2]

Born in Brady, Texas, Hall coined in 1965 the term "easy listening" to describe the sound of WPIX-FM, a radio station then heard in metropolitan New York City.[3]

Hall was the author of the e-book "Radio Wars", which was published in 2012.[3] He died in Las Vegas eight weeks before his 85th birthday.[4]

References
  1. "JoniMitchell.com Library: Newport Port of Call for All Music: Billboard, July 29, 1967". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  2. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1958-12-15. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  3. "Claude Hall, Former Billboard Radio-TV Editor, Coined The Term 'Easy Listening,' Passes Away". AllAccess.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  4. Claude Hall


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