journalist, public relations specialist, inventor of the talk show genre for television and radio
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Sarah Brisbane
(m. 1934; div. 1939)
Jinx Falkenburg
(m. 1945; sep. 1980)
Children
3
Relatives
Arthur Brisbane (father-in-law)
John Reagan "Tex" McCrary Jr. (October 13, 1910 – July 29, 2003) was an American journalist and public relations specialist. He popularized the talk show genre for television and radio along with his wife, Jinx Falkenburg,[1] with whom he hosted the first radio talk show, Meet Tex and Jinx, as well as the radio show Hi Jinx and the television talk shows At Home and The Swift Home Service Club.[1][2]
^ abDagnes, Alison; Sachleben, Mark (2013-12-05). Scandal!: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Consequences, Outcomes, and Significance of Political Scandals. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 119. ISBN 9781623562229.
^Goldstein, Judith S. (2006-09-01). Inventing Great Neck: Jewish Identity and the American Dream. Rutgers University Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780813541235.
John Reagan "Tex" McCrary Jr. (October 13, 1910 – July 29, 2003) was an American journalist and public relations specialist. He popularized the talk show...
American actress and model. She married journalist and publicist TexMcCrary in 1945. Known as "Tex and Jinx", the couple pioneered and popularized the talk show...
cited when the Congressional Medal of Honor Society awarded him the "Tex" McCrary Award for Excellence in Journalism. The Republican primary debate Tapper...
"credited with being the first sponsored daytime network TV show." Hosted by TexMcCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, it aired Monday through Friday at 1 p.m. ET. The...
covering World War II in Europe and later joining a press corps led by TexMcCrary that toured Asia after the surrender in Europe. In 1945, he was among...
"Sancho Panza", to the political adviser TexMcCrary. Averell Harriman was "Thor", Henry Luce was "Baal", McGeorge Bundy was "Odin", and George H. W....
in Journalism, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) 2018: The "Tex" McCrary Journalism Award, Congressional Medal of Honor Society 2018: "The Freedom...
Southern District of New York, senior counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell TexMcCrary (1932), journalist, public relations and political strategist to President...
Eloise McElhone Show, which was canceled in 1954. She became a writer on The Morning Show at CBS in 1955. After a few years working at TexMcCrary Inc....
married Louis McKay, a mob enforcer. McKay, like most of the men in her life, was abusive. They were separated at the time of her death, but McKay had plans...
Herridge would be leaving the network shortly after being awarded the TexMcCrary Award for Journalism from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for...
by Phil Ochs and Sonny and Cher who were grilled by Henry Morgan and TexMcCrary. During the early 1970s, Murray acted as a special consultant to the...
through scholarships"; 1999 Congressional Medal of Honor Society's "Tex" McCrary Excellence in Journalism Award; 1999 Emmy award for international coverage...
until her death in 1998. Radio and TV talk show pioneers John Reagan "Tex" McCrary, and his wife, model and movie star Jinx Falkenburg, intermittently lived...
Press Club Award 2012, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award 2013, "TexMcCrary Award for Journalism Excellence, Congressional Medal of Honor Society"...
hired New York public relations executive TexMcCrary to lend new life and visibility to the project. McCrary, in turn contracted with Los Angeles publicist...
two years later, he merged with another public relations firm owned by TexMcCrary and Jinx Falkenburg. The resultant firm became a major force in financial...
Hopper; actress Terry Moore; actress Dorothy Johnson; married radio hosts TexMcCrary and Jinx Falkenburg; actress Linda Cristal; dancer Vera-Ellen; actor...
which he and a guest interviewed public figures, including Joseph McCarthy and TexMcCrary. In 1942, Scheftel lost as a Republican candidate for the 14th...
Prize and fellowship, the American Academy, Berlin 2009 John Reagan "Tex" McCrary Award, Congressional Medal of Honor Society 2010 Pritzker Military Library...
career began in New York City, working as the producer for the Tex and Jinx (TexMcCrary and Jinx Falkenburg) interview program. It was a live remote from...
Street (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960 Tex McCrary Television 1628 Vine Street (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960 Joel McCrea Motion pictures 6901 Hollywood Boulevard...
"Kevin/Mary" October 24, 2011 (2011-10-24) The son of Jinx Falkenburg and TexMcCrary is featured as his Upper East Side apartment is so densely hoarded that...
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