Howard Miller, died at age 81, was a Chicago radio personality from the 1940s through the 1970s, (WIND, WBBM) was extraordinarily popular as a pre-rock 'n' roll disc jockey and later as a controversial conservative radio commentator and TV talk-show host. Miller had a morning show on WIND and quickly dominated a new phenomenon that became known as "drive-time" radio. His patter and record spinning promoted singers and performers such as Patti Page, Pat Boone, Roger Williams and the Four Lads. By the mid-1950s, he was unquestionably the country's foremost disc jockey, and Time Magazine in 1957 called him "probably the nation's single biggest influence on record sales." His WBBM radio program included a fifteen minute daily interview show on CBS Radio Network with recording stars of the 1950's and 1960's.
