Radio personality Rik de Lisle on being the “last man standing” and how he got into radio

“I was an only child,” said Rik de Lisle, an American
radio presenter who has been in broadcast since 1976. “My
brothers and sisters were the radio.”


De Lisle enlisted in the Army when he was 17 and became famous
during the Cold War for his on air personality on the airwaves
for the U.S. Armed Forces Radio station, AFN.


“Berlin was edgy, because of the wall around it, because of the
things that were going on,” said de Lisle. “And it was the place
where I felt the most at home.”


Monika Müller-Kroll talks with de Lisle about how he got into
radio, what it was like living in Berlin during the Cold War, and
why he jokes he is the “last man standing.”


Produced by Monika Müller-Kroll.