He was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920. He attended both St. Louis University High School and St. Louis University. Before going into radio he embraced the idea of becoming a professional baseball player and even an actor, but these ideas were shot down by his father or other reasons. Hyland was the son of the longtime Cardinals team physician, Dr. Robert F. Hyland, M.D.
Contributions/Career
Hyland emphasized and leveraged KMOX's relationship with the St. Louis Cardinals; he also made the decision in 1960 to eliminate the station's afternoon music programming in favor of talk radio, a critical change which led to the station's subsequent dominance of the St. Louis radio market. He also introduced the first listener call-in programs at KMOX in 1960.[1][2]
Hyland was very much involved in civic ventures. He founded the drug and alcohol treatment center at St. Anthony's Hospital (St. Anthony's Medical Center), which was named after his father. He served on the boards of the St. Louis Zoo, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Municipal Opera, and received many honorary degrees and awards. In 1988 he was chosen as the St. Louis Man of the Year. [Final Resting Place, p. 145]
Hyland was the man who brought the Big Red Line Cheerleaders to the St Louis Football Cardinals Organization.[3]
www.stlradio.com The hall of fame section contains a biography of Hyland.
stlcin.missouri.org
KMOX Radio Special on Robert Hyland
May 09, 2023
robert, hyland, 1920, 1992, regional, vice, president, general, manager, radio, station, kmox, louis, missouri, four, decades, contents, personal, life, contributions, career, death, references, external, linkspersonal, life, edithe, born, louis, missouri, 192. Robert Hyland Jr 1920 1992 was CBS regional vice president and general manager of radio station KMOX in St Louis Missouri for four decades Contents 1 Personal life 2 Contributions Career 3 Death 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life EditHe was born in St Louis Missouri in 1920 He attended both St Louis University High School and St Louis University Before going into radio he embraced the idea of becoming a professional baseball player and even an actor but these ideas were shot down by his father or other reasons Hyland was the son of the longtime Cardinals team physician Dr Robert F Hyland M D Contributions Career EditHyland emphasized and leveraged KMOX s relationship with the St Louis Cardinals he also made the decision in 1960 to eliminate the station s afternoon music programming in favor of talk radio a critical change which led to the station s subsequent dominance of the St Louis radio market He also introduced the first listener call in programs at KMOX in 1960 1 2 Hyland was very much involved in civic ventures He founded the drug and alcohol treatment center at St Anthony s Hospital St Anthony s Medical Center which was named after his father He served on the boards of the St Louis Zoo the St Louis Symphony and the Municipal Opera and received many honorary degrees and awards In 1988 he was chosen as the St Louis Man of the Year Final Resting Place p 145 Hyland was the man who brought the Big Red Line Cheerleaders to the St Louis Football Cardinals Organization 3 Death EditHyland died in 1992 due to cancer 4 References Edit The State Historical Society of Missouri St Louis Research Center umsl edu Missouri History Museum Robert Hyland archived from the original on 2011 09 28 History of the Big Red Line Cheerleaders bigredline org New York Times ObituaryExternal links Editwww stlradio com The hall of fame section contains a biography of Hyland stlcin missouri org KMOX Radio Special on Robert Hyland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Hyland amp oldid 1128998458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
