 - 2019
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| Name |
David Harvey Sandler |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
14 Mar 2019 |
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States  |
- On March 14, 2019, David Harvey Sandler Jr., beloved husband of Jody Sandler (nee Hoffman); devoted father of Alix and Brooks Sandler; cherished son of RosaLea Finstein and the late David Harvey Sandler Sr.; beloved step-son of Marty Finstein; adored brother of Doug Sandler, Nancy Surosky and Richard Finstein; loving brother-in-law of Pam Finstein, Nancy (David) Goldberg and Alisa (Steven) Ostrow; loving cousin of Dorrie (Phil) Anshel and Nechelle (Scott) Robinson; also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS., INC., 8900 Reisterstown Road, at Mount Wilson Lane, on Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m. Interment private. Please omit flowers. Contributions in his memory may be sent to American Heart Association, Memorial and Tributes Processing Center, 4217 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, VA 23060-9979, or Kids Helping Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Office of Development, 750 E. Pratt St., Suite 1700, Baltimore, MD 21202. In mourning at 15 Rolling Acres Way, Reisterstown, MD 21136, following services Sunday, then Monday and Tuesday 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
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| Notes |
- Most broadcasters on the air today started in the business doing something completely different. The sports guy did TV news, the weather lady was an FM disk jockey. I don't think anyone in radio or TV today ever aspired to become a "traffic personality." I was no exception. Yet here I am, still loving my job after 17 years. After graduating from the University of Maryland, I went on an East Coast road trip in search of my first paid broadcasting job. After going as far south as North Carolina, I came back to Baltimore empty-handed.
On a whim, I dropped in at WCBM Radio, where they were looking for a sports talk-show producer. I love sports, so I grabbed the minimum wage, 8-hour-a-week position producing "Colts Final." Soon after, a full-time desk assistant position opened up in the newsroom. It paid $8,000 a year, a huge sum compared to my previous earnings. After a few other news and sports jobs, with an occasional disk jockey shift, Metro Traffic Control offered me a Traffic Reporter's position in their downtown Baltimore studios. I became the midday traffic guy for several Baltimore radio and TV stations. After less than a year on the job, I learned that WBAL and 98 Rock were looking for an exclusive radio traffic person to work from a small plane. I was lucky enough to get the job in December, 1986. A few years later I bought my own plane and started Detour Dave, Inc.
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| Person ID |
I4099 |
Himelfarb Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
21 Sep 2022 |
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