# Barry Reisman

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'''Barry Reisman''' was the host of ''The Barry Reisman Show''. In its final format, it was an hour-long, Monday-Friday radio program playing on [WWDB](/source/WWDB), 860 kHz AM, in [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), featuring [klezmer](/source/klezmer) and other [Jewish music](/source/Jewish_music). Reisman's Jewish music radio program had been running almost continually on various radio stations in the Philadelphia area from 1965 to 2025.

Reisman started his radio career in 1962 at [WRNJ-FM](/source/WAYV_(FM)) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He switched to [WSLT](/source/WWAC) in Ocean City, NJ, and then to [WMID](/source/WMID) in Atlantic City.

In 1965, he began his Jewish music radio program on [WTEL](/source/WWDB) in Philadelphia. The program soon moved to [WQAL-FM](/source/WUMR_(FM)), and in 1969 it moved again, to [WIBF-FM](/source/WPPZ-FM). The show stayed at WIBF for 23 years until 1992 when it moved to [WSSJ-AM](/source/WEMG) in Camden, NJ. In 1998, the program moved to [WNWR-AM](/source/WNWR) in Philadelphia. In 2011 it moved back to its original station, now known as WWDB.

The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia [http://broadcastpioneers.com] inducted Reisman into their Hall of Fame in 2011.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426011542/http://wwdbam.com/little-about-me-barry-reisman Biography at WWDBAM.com]
* [http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/barryreisman.html Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia]
* [https://www.jewishexponent.com/barry-reisman-ends-six-decade-reign-as-king-of-jewish-music-radio/ "Barry Reisman Ends Six-Decade Reign as King of Jewish Music Radio"]

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