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Ray Taliaferro
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Raphael Vincent "Ray" Taliaferro (February 7, 1939 – November or December 2018) was an American radio host and liberal political commentator. He joined KGO News Talk AM 810 (San Francisco) in 1977. In 1986, his talk show moved to the 1 to 5 a.m. early-morning time slot (Monday through Friday) and continued until December 2, 2011.
Taliaferro was born in Queens, New York City, on February 7, 1939. His parents were Robert Winston Taliaferro (1904-1989, born in New York City) and Florence Durden Taliaferro (born c. 1915 in Georgia), with siblings Naomi Rosetta Taliaferro (1934-2001) and Robert Nathaniel Taliaferro (1937-2004).
In 1954–1955, Ray (a high school Junior) and his brother Robert ("Bob", a Senior) were attending Monterey Bay Academy ("MBA") in Watsonville, California (their family lived in San Francisco at the time). MBA is a private Christian highschool for boarding and day students, of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Ray and Robert were members of a singing quartet called the "Cosmopolitans".
Taliaferro grew up in the Hunters Point district of San Francisco. An accomplished musician, he conducted the "Ray Tal Chorale" and served as director of music for the Third Baptist Church.
Taliaferro was an on-air personality for KGO NEWSTALK AM 810. His principal role was as the host of a Monday through Friday phone-in radio talk show that aired between 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. The program was simply known as the "Early Show" and primarily consisted of lively (and sometimes confrontational) discussion of contemporary issues in American politics, culture, and current events. The program was on the air in this format and time slot since 1986. Taliaferro also routinely participated in charity and promotional events as a spokesman, moderator and panelist.
Taliaferro had been in broadcasting for over 40 years. He started in talk radio in 1967 at Oakland/San Francisco's KNEW (AM) (in 2012, KNEW switched its call letters to KKSF).
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