Arthur W. Ferguson

At age 16, Tuna began working at his hometown radio
station, KGFW in Kearney, Nebraska.

Tuna received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
(as "Charlie Tuna") in January 1990, and was inducted
into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of
Fame in 1999. On July 18, 2008, he was voted into the
National Radio Hall of Fame.

Star-Kist 1970 Charlie the Tuna transistor radio.

Tony Marvin (October 5, 1912 – October 10, 1998)

Tony Marvin was an radio and television announcer. He became
a staff announcer for CBS, and later became most known as the
long-time announcer for Arthur Godfrey beginning in 1946.

In 1961, Marvin became host of My True Story, a radio drama that
moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System after having been on
ABC and NBC for a total of 17 years. That same year he became
a newscaster for Mutual.

Arthur Morton Godfrey
(August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983)

William W. (Bill) Schonely (June 1, 1929 – January 21, 2023) 

Bill Schonely was local sports broadcaster who was the play-
by-play announcer for the Portland Trail Blazers for almost
three decades, from the team’s launch in 1970 until 1998.

The Trail Blazers organization retired Schonely’s microphone
on November 3, 2003.

In 1999, Schonely was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of
Fame for Broadcasting.

In 2012, Schonely was awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award
from the Basketball Hall of Fame.

    
Vincent Edward Scully (November 29, 1927 – August 2, 2022)

Vin Scully was a sportscaster, best known for his 67
seasons calling games for Major League Baseball‘s
Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the
franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016.

In addition to Dodgers baseball, Scully called various
nationally-televised football and golf contests for CBS
Sports from 1975 to 1982, and was NBC Sports‘ lead
baseball play-by-play announcer from 1983 to 1989. He
also called the World Series for CBS Radio from 1979
to 1982 and again from 1990 to 1997. Scully died at his
home in Hidden Hills, California. 
      
       
     

Lorenzo “Larry” Caramella
(August 10, 1925 – January 16, 2018)

Larry began his long career in broadcasting as
a DJ, booth announcer, newscaster, talk show
host, and broadcast engineer. He was with KPOJ,
KXL, KGW (below), KPTV, and KATU along with
other stations.