https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/12/23/radio-how-a-disgraced-dj-made-his-way-to-southern-california-airwaves/

It is difficult to say with absolute certainty, but music and radio might have turned out far differently had Alan Freed not been involved.

Born December 15, 1921 in Pennsylvania, Freed came of age when radio itself was in its infancy. In 1933, his parents moved to Ohio, and after high school he decided to attend college at Ohio State University. It was there that he began to develop an interest in radio.