Bill Mazer (born
Morris Mazer; November 2, 1920 – October 23, 2013) was an
American television and radio personality. He won numerous awards and citations, including three
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's Sportscaster of the Year awards for New York from 1964–66. Considered a New York institution in sports reporting, Mazer was inducted into the hall of fame for the Buffalo Broadcasters Association (1999), Buffalo Baseball (2000) and the
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (1997). He is also recognized as the host of the first sports talk radio show in history that launched in March 1964 on
WNBC (AM).