Mickey Waldman
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August 12, 1942
Mickey Waldman | |
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| Born | Marian Zucker August 12, 1942 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | May 8, 2008 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago Hofstra University |
| Occupations | radio personality and producer |
| Employer | WBAI |
Mickey Waldman (August 12, 1942 – May 20, 2008) was a prominent radio personality/host and producer at influential WBAI in New York.
Born Marian Zucker on August 12, 1942, in New York City, she gained the nickname "Mickey" while studying at the University of Chicago. She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1965. She married in 1968 and kept the surname Waldman after getting divorced. Waldman earned her Juris Doctor from Hofstra University in 1981.
Career
Mickey Waldman started working at WBAI, the Pacifica Foundation's New York station, as an assistant and technician, along with Nancy Allen, for Bob Fass on his late night radio show, Radio Unnameable. She began as a volunteer, but in time became one of the station's relatively few paid employees.
Waldman went on to produce freeform radio shows titled Swan Song[1] and The Next Swan[2] for WBAI-FM in New York City for approximately 4 years. The latter title was derived from the legendary story of the tenor who missed the mechanical swan he was to board and upon which he was to be taken off stage who then, stuck awkwardly on stage, launched into an improvised song including the lyric "What time is the next swan?" as he made his way offstage. She presented discussion and interviews with literati of the moment.
Waldman was expert in the intricacies of the 1973 Carlin Case and provided coverage of the particulars and of the free speech issues the case presented.[3]