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The
Jewish Radio Mafia: Lois Reitzes
 A.K.A.:
"The Den Mother"
From: Chicago
Age: 51 years
Been in Radio: 26 years
Heard On: WABE 90.1 FM, "Second Cup Concert"
THAT DISTINCTIVE VOICE: "It's a
fluke. When I was breaking into radio, there weren’t
many women. I think a lower voice was more desirable,
because it sounded more like a man. I can't help it. My
brother’s voice was low also," remembers Reitzes.
"When he was 3-years-old they took him to the hospital.
He was this high to the ground, but it was a man's voice!"
TALK ABOUT A FIRST DATE: She met her
husband at a film festival in Chicago where they were
screening Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will.
"There were members of the Jewish Defense League
outside threatening to bomb it, and inside there were
uniformed members of the American Nazi Party." How
romantic.
WHO’S ELITIST?: "One of the
things I appreciate in classical radio is it's become
much less formal," says Reitzes. "It used to
be the classical radio personality was this lecturer,
and now we're more casually just talking. Radio has this
accessibility."
RADIO WORSHIP: "Music fulfills a
great deal of my spiritual needs," says Reitzes.
"My spirituality is formed in very large part by
my Jewish heritage, but it’s not necessarily sacred
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