A Pioneer She Wasn’t
When Dr. Toni Grant went on the air in 1975, she says, “there was nobody doing this” (“Dr. Toni’s Psyched for Radio Revival,” March 22). Well, maybe nobody was doing psychology on the radio in Los Angeles, but by then Dr. Joyce Brothers had been fielding phone calls daily in New York for over a decade, on WNBC and then WMCA.
“Accurate empathy” is an interesting way to describe telephone talk-show therapy, but, as regards her own career, Dr. Grant is just not at all accurate. Her empathy, however, has never been in question.
PAUL BROWNSTEIN
Los Angeles
(Editor’s note: Paul Brownstein produced Dr. Joyce Brothers’ radio show in the early ‘70s at WMCA, and produced the syndicated TV series “Getting In Touch With Dr. David Viscott.)
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