R.I.P.: Talk Radio Pioneer Ben Hoberman

The radio industry has lost a pioneer of the talk radio format.  Ben Hoberman passed away Saturday at the age of 92.

He was an ABC Radio executive for 36-years and is crediting with starting the first fulltime talk radio station in 1960 at KABC 790 AM Los Angeles.

He moved from Los Angeles in 1979 where he had been KABC-AM's general manager. While in New York and he ran the ABC Radio Division, which controlled ABC's six specialized satellite radio networks, six AM stations and six FM stations, as well as such syndicated programs as Casey Kasem's "American Top 40."