Paige Palmer

No tribute to broadcasting would be complete without a chapter dedicated to one of the foremost female pioneers – Paige Palmer. In 1943, Paige Palmer was host of New York City’s original woman’s television show in the Gertz Department Store on Long Island, N.Y. The debut of the Paige Palmer Show on WEWS TV, Cleveland, was in 1947 and the First Lady of Fitness continued there for 25 years.

 During much of the same time, she also hosted shows on WAKR TV, Akron and KDKA TV, Pittsburgh. From 1973 through 1983, Paige Palmer had a radio show on WELW, Cleveland.

 Her many television awards include the American Federation of Television and Radio Artist’s Best Women’s Show for 1953-54-56-57-58 and the Favorite TV Personality Award from the Press Club of Cleveland for 1959-60-61-64-67. In 1968 and 1969, she earned the prestigious F.R.A.N.Y. Award for the National Best of Fashion Presentations in the United States. In 1991, she received the Communicator of Achievement Award from the Ohio Professional Writers Association.

 In addition to her Radio/TV work, Palmer has written 20 books and hundreds of articles and booklets on travel and fashion. She is a charter member of American Women in Radio and Television. She continues to write and broadcast about such topics as the Cleveland Museums of Art and Natural History, the Ohio Ballet and the Bath Historical Society.