Background
Shaw was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
Shaw was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
While at WCAU in the early 50s, he was one of the first broadcast journalists to speak out against Senator Joseph McCarthy, even before Murrow did southern When Castro came to power, Shaw was invited to Cuba by the new government, and he was also given a commendation by Castro when the new Cuban leader visited Washington in the early 60s, before relations between the two governments turned sour. After leaving Columbia Broadcasting System in the early 60s, Shaw became editor of the Buckinghamshire County Gazette, in New Hope, Pennsylvania.