The excerpt below was first published by the Springfield Daily Citizen on November 10, 2023. You can read the full piece here >>
The late Dr. Marshall Saper was a radio psychologist and host of a call-in show in Kansas City in the 1980s and early 1990s. Dr. Saper hosted the show for about 11 years, beginning on KCMO in 1980, then on rival KMBZ-AM, and back to KCMO in 1983. At KCMO, he hosted a top-rated three-hour call-in show on weekdays.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Saper provided psychological services to the Kansas City, Missouri, police department and taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School. He wrote three books, the first of which, “Talking to Myself,” was a bestseller. He also wrote a biweekly column for the Squire, a suburban weekly, for eight years. Unfortunately, he took his own life in 1991 at age 52.
In the mid-1980s, when I worked at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, I sometimes had his show on in the car as I made media visits in Kansas City. I only caught bits and pieces of his show as I traveled to my appointments; it was mostly background noise for me. But there was one call that stuck with me.
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The late Dr. Marshall Saper was a radio psychologist and host of a call-in show in Kansas City in the 1980s and early 1990s. Dr. Saper hosted the show for about 11 years, beginning on KCMO in 1980, then on rival KMBZ-AM, and back to KCMO in 1983. At KCMO, he hosted a top-rated three-hour call-in show on weekdays.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Saper provided psychological services to the Kansas City, Missouri, police department and taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Medical School. He wrote three books, the first of which, “Talking to Myself,” was a bestseller. He also wrote a biweekly column for the Squire, a suburban weekly, for eight years. Unfortunately, he took his own life in 1991 at age 52.
In the mid-1980s, when I worked at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, I sometimes had his show on in the car as I made media visits in Kansas City. I only caught bits and pieces of his show as I traveled to my appointments; it was mostly background noise for me. But there was one call that stuck with me.
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