Bernard Meltzer

Bernard Meltzer (May 2, 1916 – March 25, 1998) was a United States radio host for several decades. His advice call-in show, "What's Your Problem?," aired from 1967 until the mid-1990s on stations WCAU-AM and WPEN-AM in Philadelphia, and WOR-AM and WEVD-AM in New York.

A city planner by training, with a civil engineering degree from City College of New York and a master's degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Meltzer moved from a career as a Philadelphia expert in urban problems to a radio host on WCAU. In 1973 Meltzer's show moved to WOR in New York.

Meltzer's show provided counsel on a wide range of quandaries, ranging from financial to personal. His show at one time held the highest ratings among adults in his time slot. Meltzer learned he had Parkinson's Disease around 1985, continuing on WOR until a brief final stint on WEVD in the 1990s.

His favorite saying was: "Courts are made for judges and lawyers".

Bibliogrpahy

* Burke, Christine. "Radio Pioneer 'Uncle Bernie' Meltzer is dead." "The New York Post," March 27, 1998. TV Plus section, p.111.
* Graham, Ellen. New York: "Wall Street Journal," June 22, 1978. P. 1. (Retrieved from Information Bank Abstracts)
* Hinckley, David. "Meltzer Still in Tune with 'Radio Family'." New York:"Daily News," March 2, 1995. Television section, p. 94.
* Thomas, Robert M. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DD173BF934A15750C0A96E958260 Bernard Meltzer, Dispenser Of Advice on Radio, Dies at 81] , "New York Times", March 27, 1998