Don Bustany

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Donald S. (Don) Bustany is an American radio and television broadcaster. He and Casey Kasem were co-creators of the syndicated radio program American Top 40 and American Country Countdown. In the '70s, Bustany had been camera coordinator of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, and other MTM productions. Earlier he had produced local talk shows on several Los Angeles stations. He has a BA in Liberal Arts from Wayne State U. and an MS in Communications from Syracuse U.

Bustany is an activist for the Palestinian right of return. Since 1996, he has produced and hosted the radio program Middle East in Focus on KPFK, the Los Angeles affiliate of the Pacifica Radio network. The show's "mission is to fill the many gaps left by the mainstream media in their coverage" of the Middle East.[1] He is a member of the advisory committee of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee[2] and, in the 1990s, served for four terms as president of the organization's Los Angeles chapter. For statements that have been critical of the Zionist Movement and Israel, he has been criticized by such organizations as the JDL and the Zionist Organization of America.[3]

Bustany is also a member of the board of directors of the Southern California Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action, a liberal political group.[4]

He was born in Detroit 1928 Aug 10 to Lebanese-American parents.[5]

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  1. ^ Middle East in Focus (HTML). KPFK website. KPFK. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  2. ^ American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (2007-02-12). "LLEHCPA-ADC Letter of Support". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  3. ^ ZOA Urges FBI to Cancel Award to Official of Pro-Terrorist Group (HTML). Zionist Organization of America website. Zionist Organization of America (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  4. ^ Board of Directors (HTML). Southern California Americans for Democratic Action Foundation website. Americans for Democratic Action -- Southern California Chapter. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  5. ^ Making a Difference (HTML). Embassy of Lebanon in Washington, D.C.. Government of Lebanon (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-30.

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