Norman Baker (inventor)

Norman Baker (born 1882 in Muscatine, Iowa, died 1958 in Florida, buried in Muscatine) [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10852107 Dr Norman G Baker (1882 - 1958) - Find A Grave Memorial ] ] is known for several things. He was the inventor of the Tangley Calliope; [ [http://radiomak.org/OldRad/IAradios/Baker/index.html Norman Baker / Tangley ] ] he operated KTNT ("Know the Naked Truth"), a high-wattage radio station that moved to Mexico when radio regulators shut him down; [ [http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/07/04/07 On The Media: Transcript of "The X Factor" (July 4, 2008) ] ] and for his relentless anti-medical-establishment attacks, at his "hospitals", on radio and in newspapers. This led to some labelling him a "quack" and eventually led to his conviction for mail fraud.

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*cite book |author=Juhnke, Eric S. |title=Quacks and Crusaders: The Fabulous Careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey |publisher=University Press of Kansas |location=Lawrence |year=2002 |pages= |isbn=0-7006-1203-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
*cite book |author=Crawford, Bill; Fowler, Gene |title=Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves |publisher=University of Texas Press |location=Austin |year=2002 |pages= |isbn=0-292-72535-3 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=