Jerry Mason

Jerry Mason on WHB 710 Radio in Kansas City, recorded September 4, 1964. WHB was Kansas City's #1 most listened-to radio station thoughout the 1960s, and in the 1950s was one of America's pioneer Top 40 radio stations as part of the Storz Broadcasting empire. Todd Storz of Omaha, along with Dallas' Gordon McLendon, are generally credited by most industry insiders as having "invented" the Top 40 radio format, and WHB was one of the format's leading practitioners. After previously doing the station's morning show, Jerry Mason was one of the midday disc jockeys on the station at the time.