As a popular talk radio host, Barry Farber sustained a six-decade career in broadcasting. He died on May 6, one day after his May 5 program, an on-air 90th birthday tribute.

Mr. Farber’s first talk show, “Barry Farber’s Open Mike,” aired on WINS in New York when he was 30 years old. He was later heard on WMCA and WOR in New York, and on the ABC Radio Network in various time slots over the years. At one point his program occupied 25% of the weekly airtime of WOR. He interviewed celebrities, political figures, and people with unusual and/or controversial interests. Since 2008, he had been broadcasting on Talk Radio Network and on CRN Digital Talk Radio from his Upper West Side apartment. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2014.