What is Tony Kahn?
'''Tony Kahn''' is an [[Americans|American]] [[radio]] [[Presenter|host]], [[narrator]], and [[writer]] who has won many awards. He is the son of [[Hollywood]] [[screenwriter|movie writer]] [[Gordon Kahn]]. ==Early life== Kahn was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. His father was placed on a list of people with [[political]] beliefs that some people thought were not acceptable. This happened during a time in [[History of the United States|American history]] known as the [[Red scare]]. The Red scare is a term used to describe a time during the [[1940s]] and [[1950s]] in the [[United States]] when people were accused of (often wrongly) being [[Communism|communists]]. Because of the Red Scare, Kahn had to leave Los Angeles with his family. They went to [[Cuernavaca]], [[Mexico]] during the 1950s.<ref name=bio/> They returned after a few years and Kahn went to [[school]] at [[Harvard University]] where he studied the [[Russian language]]. He [[Graduation|graduated]] with very good grades. He then went to [[Columbia University]] where he got a [[Master's degree|master’s degree]] (an advanced [[academic degree]] or [[diploma]]) in [[Slavs|Slavic]] studies.<ref name=bio/> ==Career== Tony Kahn is known for his work in radio. He [[producer|produces]] and directs a radio show called ''Morning Stories'' for the [[radio station]] [[WGBH]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. He has also contributed to other radio shows such as [[Minnesota Public Radio]]'s ''The World''. On ''The World'', Kahn is sometimes the [[wikt:host|host]] and sometimes a [[journalist|reporter]]. He has won twelve [[New England Emmy Award|New England Emmys]], six Gold Medals of the [[New York International Festival]] and an award called the [[Edward R. Murrow]] Award for Feature Reporting. ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/about/bios/kahn.shtml|title=Tony Kahn Bio|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref> }} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kahn, Tony}} [[Category:American radio personaliti