Radio Speakers : A Biographical Dictionary of Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from t

This work celebrates the men and women who graced the American airwaves.

Included are the likes of Mary Margaret McBride (dubbed the Oprah Winfrey of the pre-TV generation and the female Arthur Godfrey), Stefan Hatos (writer of "The Green Hornet", 1940-1941, and producer-director of "The Curt Massey Show", 1956), Will Rogers (actor in "Boys Will Be Boys", 1921, and "A Connecticut Yankee", 1931), Henry William Stern (interviewer of such luminaries as Jack Benny and Babe Ruth), and Dick Wesson (announcer for "Hollywood Open House", 1947-1948, and "Space Patrol", in the early to mid - 1950s.) This exhaustive reference guide covers the 1,160 performers who filled the strategic roles of the voices of radio.

The text is alphabetically arranged and features most of the prominent air-life "speakers." Most of the people within these pages haven't been profiled in other works.

Each entry includes radio programs; the personality's specific assignments (e.g., actor, newscaster, writer, etc.); years or approximate years of the personality's service; birth dates and locations (when available) and death dates and locations.