Ben Manilla, a prolific, award-winning radio producer whose work spanned both commercial and public radio, died Sept. 30 at his home in Lagunitas, Calif. He was 71. His wife Eliza Lape said the cause ...
Ben Manilla, a legendary DJ with a legendary station — Hempstead's WLIR/92.7 — who decamped from New York to San Francisco 33 years ago to launch his own celebrated radio production company, has died.