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Dottie Ray (September 20, 1922 – August 9, 2016) was an American journalist and radio host. While a student at the University of Iowa she joined the student newspaper, the Daily Iowan, and became its first female editor-in-chief. Ray led an all-female editorial team during World War II and employed her future husband, Robert Ray, to write editorials. She moved with Robert to Albany, New York, but returned to Iowa after three years. Ray was asked to become a host for Iowa radio station KXIC around 1959 and accepted when the station offered to set up a studio in her house so she could manage her childcare. She initially presented a show as "President Alice" interviewing children on their birthdays. Ray was offered a 15-minute show interviewing local personalities which ran weekly from Septem
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| dbo:abstract | Dottie Ray (September 20, 1922 – August 9, 2016) was an American journalist and radio host. While a student at the University of Iowa she joined the student newspaper, the Daily Iowan, and became its first female editor-in-chief. Ray led an all-female editorial team during World War II and employed her future husband, Robert Ray, to write editorials. She moved with Robert to Albany, New York, but returned to Iowa after three years. Ray was asked to become a host for Iowa radio station KXIC around 1959 and accepted when the station offered to set up a studio in her house so she could manage her childcare. She initially presented a show as "President Alice" interviewing children on their birthdays. Ray was offered a 15-minute show interviewing local personalities which ran weekly from September 4, 1959 as the Dottie Ray Show. The show survived cancellation in 1980 and ran until 2014, by which time she had broadcast 14,444 shows and interviewed 32,397 people. Ray was entered into the Iowa Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2008 and received the national Marconi Small Market Personality of the Year award in 2014. She was featured in a documentary in June 2016. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Dottie Ray (September 20, 1922 – August 9, 2016) was an American journalist and radio host. While a student at the University of Iowa she joined the student newspaper, the Daily Iowan, and became its first female editor-in-chief. Ray led an all-female editorial team during World War II and employed her future husband, Robert Ray, to write editorials. She moved with Robert to Albany, New York, but returned to Iowa after three years. Ray was asked to become a host for Iowa radio station KXIC around 1959 and accepted when the station offered to set up a studio in her house so she could manage her childcare. She initially presented a show as "President Alice" interviewing children on their birthdays. Ray was offered a 15-minute show interviewing local personalities which ran weekly from Septem (en) |
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