At his retrial in Brooklyn on charges of threatening three federal judges, Harold C. Turner described past comments as “part of my shtick.”.

While serving as an informant for the F.B.I., Harold Turner says, he was told to “ratchet up the rhetoric.”

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For 50 years, WBAI, at 99.5 FM, has occupied a wavelength all its own as one of the more eccentric outposts of countercultural politics and arts in the nation.

For 50 years, WBAI, at 99.5 FM, has occupied a wavelength all its own as one of the more eccentric outposts of countercultural politics and arts in the nation.

Mr. Beach attracted listeners in New York and elsewhere with his sonorous voice, eclectic taste, vast erudition and pleasurably irascible temperament.

None of the judges were called in the case against Harold C. Turner, and the defense declined to present any evidence.

To prosecutors, Harold C. Turner was trying to incite others to murder three federal judges, but to the defense, he was exercising his right to free speech.

Known for his comforting voice, Mr. Roberts was welcomed in millions of American homes over the airwaves.

A regular caller to a sports talk show had memories that went back to his childhood in the 1930s. Then one day, the calls stopped.