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Jay Lloyd is a Philadelphia-area journalist known for his work as the first Suburban Bureau Chief for KYW News Radio. Lloyd is in his sixth decade of his career in innovative radio journalism, although he officially retired in 2005 In 2012, Lloyd was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame, acknowledging his contributions to the field of radio journalism. He got his start in the U.S. Coast Guard as a flight crew radio operator, and his first job on the air was as a disc jockey for Radio Bermuda. Manhattan-born Lloyd also worked in the Netherlands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, before returning to the Northeast to cover City Hall in Philadelphia for WPBS-FM and WPEN-AM. In 1969, he joined KYW in 1969 and became its first Suburban Bureau Chief in 1972.