who was father charles coughlin?
<answer> Father Coughlin was U.S. Roman Catholic “radio priest” who in the 1930s developed one of the first deeply loyal mass audiences in radio broadcast history. <context> Alternative Titles: Charles Edward Coughlin, Father Coughlin Charles E. Coughlin, in full Charles Edward Coughlin, byname Father Coughlin, (born October 25, 1891, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada—died October 27, 1979, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.), U.S. Roman Catholic “radio priest” who in the 1930s developed one of the first deeply loyal mass audiences in radio broadcast history.