{"id":4059,"date":"2022-08-08T17:51:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/?page_id=4059"},"modified":"2022-10-01T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T23:02:23","slug":"event-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Official website for Alan Freed, the disk jockey who helped introduce Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; font-size: 1.5em; font-family: Times, serif;\">Albert James &#8220;Alan&#8221; Freed (December 15, 1921 \u2013 January 20, 1965) was an American disc jockey who produced and promoted large traveling concerts with ground-breaking acts, helping spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout North America and the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline Cool-Content-Timeline event-timeline\"><div 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.story-details::before{border-right-color: #878787 !important;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-vertical-timeline-body.one-sided.right .timeline-content  .story-details::before{border-left-color: #878787 !important;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-vertical-timeline-body .timeline-content  .story-details{border-color: #878787 !important;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .timeline-content .ctl-row .ctl-6.timeline-block-detail::before{border-bottom-color: #878787 !important;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .ctl-6.timeline-block-detail{border-top-color: #878787 !important;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-vertical-timeline-body .timeline-content  .timeline-block-icon{border-color: #606060FF !important;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .swiper-button-next{color: #606060;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .swiper-button-prev{color: #606060;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .cool-horizontal-timeline-body .swiper-pagination-bullet-active{background: #606060;}.cool-timeline-block-a0de66c9-9aa3-4d90-ae15-0f691fb11d44 .icon-true .timeline-block-icon span.timeline-block-render-icon svg{fill: white;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body both-sided left\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong><strong>1921<\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1921-birth-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>BIRTH<\/h3><p>Albert James Freed is born on December 15 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, son of Charles Sidney Freed, a Russian Jewish immigrant and Maude Palmer Freed, from sturdy Welsh Protestant mining stock.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong><strong>1939<\/strong><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1939-school-orchestra-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>SCHOOL ORCHESTRA<\/h3><p>Freed is introduced to trombone at Salem High School. Freed organizes a band, Sultans of Swing, modeled after the Harlem orchestra, playing Blues or Dixieland at dance dates.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1940<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1940-discovers-radio-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>RADIO STATION<\/h3><p>Freed enrolls in Ohio State to study journalism and engineering, but when he peers through the window of the campus radio station, \u201che was gone.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1940<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1940-enlists-army-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>MILITARY SERVICE<\/h3><p>Freed registers and is assigned to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, as a Signal Corps photographer on September 20, 1940. On army ski patrol, Freed comes down with double mastoiditis and is given Honorable Discharge on May 16, 1941<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1942<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1942-WKST-radio-debut-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>RADIO DEBUT<\/h3><p>Freed lands his first big break with WKST New Castle, Pennsylvania, making $17 a week.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1943<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1943-a-WKBN-War-radio.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>WAR RADIO<\/h3><p>February 8: Alan Freed joins WKBN in Youngstown, Ohio, earning $42 a week. The station broadcasts overseas on Radio Luxembourg.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1943-Marries-Betty-Lou.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>MARRIAGE 1<\/h3><p>August 22: Freed marries Betty Lou Bean. They would go on to have two children, Alana and Lance.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1945<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1945-WAKR-introduce-RB.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>INTRODUCING RHYTHM &amp; BLUES<\/h3><p>Freed becomes a sports announcer at WAKR Akron, Ohio. When the disk jockey scheduled for 11:15 p.m. music spot doesn\u2019t show, Freed grabs a stack of records and covers the segment. The next day, the sponsor and station owner give Freed the show, which he names \u201cRequest Review.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1949<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1949-Sunday-band-stand.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>SUNDAY BAND STAND<\/h3><p>Freed hosts premier of WAKR\u2019s \u2018Sunday Band Stand\u2019 show.<br><br>December 2: Freed divorces Betty Lou.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1950<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1950-Marries-Jackie.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>MARRIAGE 2<\/h3><p>February 11: Freed leaves WAKR for a better job, but a clause in his contract bans Freed from broadcasting within 75 miles of Akron for one year after leaving. After several Court appeals, Freed loses the legal contest.<br><br>August 12: Freed marries Jacqueline McCoy Hess in Toledo, Ohio. They would go on to have two children, Siegline and Alan Jr.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1951<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1951-WXEL-TV.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>TELEVISION<\/h3><p>May: Forced to quit radio, Freed crosses over to WXEL-TV, then files a petition of bankruptcy to pay attorney\u2019s fees.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1952<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1952-Moondog-coronation-ball.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>MOONDOG CORONATION BALL<\/h3><p>March 21: After returning to radio on WJW, Cleveland, Freed hosts the \u201cMoondog Coronation Ball\u201d at the Cleveland Arena. The venue\u2019s 10,000 seat capacity is quickly exceeded, and a crushing mob of 25,000 breaks down doors and overwhelms the cops, prompting Freed to air a public apology the following day.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1953<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1953-survives-car-crash.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>CAR CRASH<\/h3><p>April 29: Freed survives an automobile crash into a tree, resulting in 200 facial stitches. For a brief time, Freed\u2019s heart stopped.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1954<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1954-NY-Radio.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>NEW YORK DEBUT<\/h3><p>August 10: After signing an agreement with WINS New York, at a yearly income of $75,000, Freed quits WJW, Cleveland and moves to the Big Apple.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1955<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1955-live-stage.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>LIVE STAGE SHOWS<\/h3><p>Freed hosts a live stage show at the Brooklyn Paramount. Weekly earnings surpass $175,000.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1956<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1956-hollywood-movie-career.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>HOLLYWOOD<\/h3><p>Freed appears in the first of 5 motion picture movies: <em>Rock, Rock, Rock!. Rock Around The Clock, Don\u2019t Knock The Rock, Mister Rock And Roll, <\/em>and <em>Go, Johnny, Go!<\/em> soon follow.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1957<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1957-Rock-Revue-choice1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>HIS OWN TV SHOW<\/h3><p>Freed stars as host of ABC\u2019s \u201cThe Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Revue,\u201d premiering on April 10.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1958<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1958-1-Boston-Riot.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>BOSTON ARENA RIOT<\/h3><p>May 4: Freed hosts the post-show at the Boston Arena\u2019s \u2018Big Beat\u2019 event. When Police refuse to dim the lights, Freed blurts: <em>\u201cI guess the police here in Boston don\u2019t want you kids to have a good time,\u201d<\/em> and after fifteen persons are beaten and stabbed in the resulting chaos, all future appearances in other states are banned.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1958-2-WINS-resignation.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>WINS RESIGNATION <\/h3><p>May 9: WINS Radio receives Freed\u2019s resignation, stating, \u201cI feel that you have failed to stand behind my policies and principles.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1958-3-Suffolk-court.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>RIOT INDICTMENT<\/h3><p>May 16: Suffolk County Grand Jury indicts Freed \u201cfor unlawfully, wickedly and maliciously inciting to riot,\u201d to which he pleads innocent and is released on $2,500 bail.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>&#8230;<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1958-4-WABC-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>WABC <\/h3><p>June 2: Freed airs on WABC radio.<br><br>July 25: Jackie obtains a Mexican divorce.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1959<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1959-1-marries-inga.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>MARRIAGE 3<\/h3><p>August 13: Freed marries Inga Lil Boling.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1959-2-WNEW-Not-Goodbye.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>DROPPED BY WNEW-TV<\/h3><p>November 23: WNEW-TV \u201cBig Beat\u201d weekly dance show, drops Freed, who signs off with, <em>\u201cThis is not goodbye. It\u2019s just goodnight, and we\u2019ll see you soon.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1960<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1960-1-Special-Sessions.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>PAYOLA SCANDAL<\/h3><p>February 26: Court of Special Session of The City Of New York People VS Freed, for his allegedly accepting gratuities.<br><br>April 25: Freed appears at the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, in an executive session on \u201cPayola and related deceptive methods in broadcasting.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1960-3-NY-police-station-arrst.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>ARRESTED <\/h3><p>May 6: The People of The State of New York launch a formal case against Freed for commercial bribery in connection with alleged payola totaling $30,650, and soon after, New York Police arrest Freed<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1960-2-People-NY-bribery-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>CHARGED <\/h3><p>May 19: Along with Mel Leeds, Peter Tripp, and 5 other defendants, Freed receives a misdemeanor charge of commercial bribery.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1961<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KDAY-1961-06-25.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>HIRED IN LOS ANGELES<\/h3><p>Los Angeles radio station, KDAY, hires Freed on May 28. In hopes of returning to live stage shows, Freed reaches out to artist managers, but is ignored.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1962<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WQAM-bizcard.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>HIRED IN MIAMI<\/h3><p>September 1: Freed joins STORZ Broadcasting Station WQAM in Miami.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1962-2-Under-penal-law.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>BRIBERY<\/h3><p>December 17: Under Penal Law, Section 439; Commercial Bribery, Freed pleads guilty to two of 26 counts, paying a $300 fine and receiving a suspended six-month jail sentence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1964<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1964-1-Washed-Up.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>TAX EVASION <\/h3><p>On March 16, the Federal government returns a three-count indictment against Freed for evading income taxes of $37,920.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1964-2-KNOB-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>END OF A CAREER<\/h3><p>A short stint at KNOB Radio in Long Beach, California, marks the end of Freed\u2019s radio career.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\" timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p><strong>1965<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanfreed.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1962-1-salvage-STORZ.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"story-content\"><h3>1921\u20131965<\/h3><p>Januray 20: Freed\u2019s life ends at the Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, California, at age 43.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; 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