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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.

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

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‘’THE SCHONZ” HAS DIED AT AGE 93

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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.

Legendary broadcaster Bill Schonely says farewell to Trail Blazers fans at retirement ceremony ...

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BASEBALL SPORTSCASTER HAS DIED AT 94

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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
      
       
     

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PORTLAND’S RADIO AND TV HISTORY

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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.

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TALK SHOW ANNOUNCER HAS DIED AT 78

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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Alan Kalter, the quirky, red-headed
announcer for
David Letterman for two decades who frequently
appeared in the show’s comedy bits, has died.

Kalter passed Monday at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut with
his wife, Peggy, and their two daughters at his side. The cause
of death was not announced.

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