Early Life
Sterling grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, in the East 80s. He was the son of advertising executive Carl Sloss. According to the 1940 U.S. Census, John was one year old and living with the family in Manhattan when the census was taken on April 4. He briefly attended Moravian College, Boston University, and the Columbia University School of General Studies before leaving school to begin his career in radio at a small station in Wellsville, New York.
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