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Ronald Peter Straus (February 15, 1923 – August 6, 2012) was an American media proprietor. He was the president of WMCA , a radio station in New York City , and the chairman of Straus News, a publisher of newspapers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Aug 8, 2012 · R. Peter Straus, who took over WMCA in New York in the late 1950s and turned it into one of the nation’s most innovative radio stations, broadcasting what are regarded as the first radio...
Jul 24, 2018 · R. Peter Straus was a dynamic media executive with a background in public service, campaign management, and radio broadcasting. He is credited with transforming his family’s New York City AM station WMCA into one of the country’s most pioneering: one that helped popularize rock ’n’ roll, the...
Aug 9, 2012 · WASHINGTON — R. Peter Straus, a New York media executive who served as director of the Voice of America in the late 1970s and who earlier led a court battle that resulted in the...
Aug 9, 2012 · R. Peter Straus, a blueblood who used his WMCA radio station to fight for populist causes, pioneer talk programming and make rock ‘n’ roll fun, died Monday at his Manhattan home.
- David Hinckley
Aug 8, 2012 · R. Peter Straus, a New York media executive who served as director of the Voice of America in the late 1970s and who earlier led a court battle that resulted in the reapportionment of many...
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Ronald Peter Straus was an American media proprietor. He was the president of WMCA, a radio station in New York City, and the chairman of Straus News, a publisher of newspapers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was the director of Voice of America from 1977 to 1979.
