James Leonard Reinsch (June 28, 1908 – May 9, 1991) was White House Press Secretary in 1945 and served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Reinsch was one of the most famous names in radio broadcasting. He was called on by Governor James M. Cox in 1939 to manage WSB. He eventually became president and CEO of Cox Broadcasting Corporation. In March 1973, Reinsch was presented the coveted Gold Medal award from the International Radio and Televisi...
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James Leonard Reinsch (June 28, 1908 – May 9, 1991) was White House Press Secretary in 1945 and served under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Reinsch was one of the most famous names in radio broadcasting. He was called on by Governor James M. Cox in 1939 to manage WSB. He eventually became president and CEO of Cox Broadcasting Corporation. In March 1973, Reinsch was presented the coveted Gold Medal award from the International Radio and Television Society. In September 2003 the Library of American Broadcasting named Reinsch as one of the "First Fifty Giants of Broadcasting". He also served as a key advisor to Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. In 1960, he arranged for the now historic TV debates between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
Mr. Reinsch retired in 1973 from Cox Broadcasting.
J. Leonard Reinsch was never Press Secretary to President Truman, according to Eban Ayers (
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/ayers1.htm ) who served as assistant press secretary...
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