Alfred D. Herger (born November 4, 1942) is a famous former Puerto Rican television show host and a psychologist. He is considered by many to be the Ed Sullivan of Puerto Rico. He was born in Arecibo. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about Edward Sullivan, the entertainer. ... Arecibo is a municipality in Puerto Rico named after the Taino Cacique Arasibo. ...

Herger was an essential part of the Nueva Ola music revolution of the 1960s in Puerto Rico. He helped the careers of many young singers of the time, such as Ednita Nazario, Yolandita Monge, Carmita Jimenez and others. He became very famous across Puerto Rico with his nightly television shows, which lasted until the late 1970s. He also studied psychology during that period. It was in the early 1970s that he befriended future Menudo creator Edgardo Diaz, who was working in Spain as manager of La Pandilla. Diaz contacted Herger about having La Pandilla go to Puerto Rico to make some recordings and be shown at Herger's show, and Herger accepted. Herger became such a large propulsor of that group in Puerto Rico that he garnered the nickname The biggest Pandillero. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Ednita Nazario (born approx. ... Yolandita Monge (born September 16, 1955) is an international singer from Puerto Rico. ... Carmita Jiménez (±1944 – August 10, 2003) was a Puerto Rican singer who was considered a diva in Puerto Rico. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... This article concerns the boy band Menudo. ... Edgardo Diaz born (c. ... La Pandilla was a teen music group of the 1970s. ...

Herger retired from television to dedicate himself fully to his career as a psychologist during the early 1980s. His son, Alfredo and his daughter Grace Marie went on to be successful teen show hosts in Puerto Rico, more notably with WAPA-TV's show Party Time. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Televicentro is a Puerto Rico-based television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as the call letters WAPA-TV, Channel 4, for NTSC television and WAPA-DT, Channel 27, for digital television. ...

Herger still exercises his profession as a psychologist at a private office in San Juan. He has written more than ten books on psychology. San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans