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Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disc jockey, voice actor, announcer and radio personality.His polished baritone speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
The show featured Gary Owens as the on-screen radio continuity announcer, and an ensemble cast. Ruth Buzzi was part of the ensemble throughout the show's six-year run, while others appeared in at least three seasons.
Beginning in 1950, Whittinghill was for three decades the popular morning drive disc jockey at radio station KMPC in Los Angeles. During KMPC's heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, his fellow announcers included Ira Cook, Roger Carroll, Johnny Grant, Gary Owens, Johnny Magnus and Geoff Edwards.
At KMPC, he wrote for Dick Whittinghill and Gary Owens, and he wrote with and was the partner of Jack Margolis at KLAC and KGBS. Their radio talk show at KLAC had the highest rating of any radio program in LA history up until that time (and perhaps still), with a 14.5 percent share of the audience.
One inductee from radio and one from television are named at the yearly NAB conference. [1] ... 1995: Gary Owens; 1996: Don Imus; 1997: Wally Phillips; 1998: Rush ...
Joe Mixon, the Bengals running back, and Cincinnati native comedian Gary Owen will host a birthday party at the Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati July 24.
Looks like comedian Gary Owen may have to pay a pretty penny in spousal support if his estranged wife has... View Article The post Gary Owens’ estranged wife requests $44K per month in spousal ...
Music of Your Life is an American syndicated music radio format featuring adult standards music. First created by recording executive Al Ham in 1978, the format achieved popularity in the 1980s among AM radio stations in the United States and Canada, which were then facing declines in listenership in a transition period of most popular music to the FM band.