This pioneer farm broadcaster will be celebrating his 100th birthday on January 21.
Milton E. Bliss was inducted into the NAFB Hall of Fame in 1994, the same year that Dix Harper took this photo of him. Milt’s career in radio dates back to the early 1930’s when he took a job at WHA in Madison, Wisconsin to help work his way through the University of Wisconsin. He later joined NBC in Chicago as producer of the “National Farm and Home Hour.” He also started radio and television programs on WFIL in Philadelphia. After that, Milt traveled extensively as a member of the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization, serving in Brazil, Rome, Saudi Arabia and India helping to develop farm broadcasting in other countries.
Congratulatory letters and greetings are being compiled in a keepsake book for him and can be sent to:
Jennifer Guenther
7530 Roosevelt Road
Hartford, WI 53027-9730
Or you may send him a message directly:
Milton E. Bliss
N1324 Highway O
Hartford, WI 53027
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