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Sam Yuchtman

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Name
  
Sam Yuchtman


Died
  
1979

Sam Yuchtman (1910–1979) was a Toronto broadcaster, entertainer and cantor best known for hosting radio shows in Yiddish and English oriented towards the Jewish community in the city. He was one of Toronto's first "Jewish language" radio producers, first at CKFH and then at CHIN radio, Toronto's first multilingual radio station.

Yuchtman launched the radio show Shalom, one of Canada's first Jewish-oriented radio shows, in 1948 on CKFH. He brought the show to CHIN when it was launched in 1966 and Yuchtman was hired as the station's first producer. Since his retirement in 1976 the show has been hosted by his daughter Zelda Young and is today known as The Zelda Show.

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Sam Yuchtman Wikipedia