Bill Mazer was an American television and radio personality. He won numerous awards and citations, including three National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964 to 1966. Considered a New York institution in sports reporting, Mazer was inducted into the hall of fame for the Buffalo Broadcasters Association (1999), Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame (2000) and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1997). He is also recognized as the host of the first sports talk radio show in history that launched in March 1964 on WNBC (AM).
Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
On October 23, in the year 2013, Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of October 23, one of 492 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on October 23, 2013 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Notable Deaths event in recorded history.
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- 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
- Wikipedia source last updated on 1 September 2026.
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