Don Swaim

Don Swaim

Don Swaim (born 1936) is an American journalist and broadcaster.

Born in Kansas, Swaim earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University and worked as editor, writer, producer, reporter and anchor at WCBS (AM) in New York and CBS in Baltimore.

His radio program on books and authors, Book Beat, was nationally syndicated by the CBS Radio Stations News Service. On that program, he interviewed hundreds of major authors of the 1980s, including several Pulitzer Prize winners.

Don Swaim authors and collects information nationwide from CBS New Radio 88 employees, past and present, to manage the history, photos, and memories of CBS, spanning back fifty years. Many employees, past and present, help him gather and post this valued and well presented information.

Swaim currently resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is married to Elizabeth Joyce-Swaim. He chairs the Bucks County Writers Workshop.

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External links

http://donswaim.com/wcbsmemories.html



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