A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Len Schlosser served in the Army during World War II as a paratrooper in the Pacific. He was awarded the Bronze Star for valor. He was hired by KPIX in 1968 after working as a program executive in radio and television in Chicago and New York. He is credited at KPIX with programming that reached out to various communities, such as his "Sut Yung Ying Yee" project, a collection of 65 programs to teach English to Chinese immigrants. He also invited the Rev. Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church to host a show titled "Variations," which included talks with Angela Davis from prison, Sammy Davis Jr. in Tahoe and Coretta Scott King in Atlanta.