- His radio career began in the 1950s when he joined WRCA/New York City as a producer for Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg's interview show from the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
- A Russian translator for the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
- Founded the Language Club in New York City in 1984 and wrote the best-selling book How to Learn Any Language (1991).
- Inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2014.
- In 1960 he debuted Barry Farber's Open Mike on WINS/New York. Two years later he began a 15-year association with WOR/New York as an evening and overnight host, leaving in 1977 to run for mayor, but he returned to radio the following year for a decade-long run at WMCA/New York. In 1990 Farber's show went national as part of the ABC Radio network, and he later tried his hand at syndication behind the scenes as a co-founder of the independent network Daynet. Since 2008 The Barry Farber Show has been heard on CRN Digital Talk Radio and Talk Radio Network.
- Father of Celia Farber.
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