MIKE GRACIA
BRACE BEEMER (center) was original announcer then the second actor to portray The Lone Ranger on the radio
series.
The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger premiered on
radio January 30, 1933 on WXYZ radio in Detroit, Michigan
and later on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network
and then on NBC’s Blue Network (which became ABC, which
broadcast the show’s last new episode on September 3, 1954).
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.
On March 15, 1962, KATU in Portland, Oregon went on the air with
its first broadcast in black-and-white.
In 1973, KATU’s Eyewitness News Team was anchored by
(seated) Dick Bogle (left) and Gary Bentley (right) standing:
Weatherman Jim “The Boz” Bosley (left) and Sportscaster
Roger Twibell (right).
Walter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022
Walter was an country music disc jockey and television host
from Nashville, Tennessee. He gained national fame hosting
the syndicated television music series, Pop! Goes the Country,
from 1974 to 1980 and the nightly Nashville Network television
program.
In 1966, Tex Ritter (right) joined Ralph Emery as co-host of
the all-night Opry Star Spotlight radio show on Nashville’s
WSM. Ritter would co-host the program for sixteen months.
Bill Walton (above) is a retired basketball star,who had been with
the Portland Trail Blazers, and is now a broadcaster in the sport.
He was born in La Mesa CA. Walton led the Trail Blazers to an
NBA championship in 1977, earning the NBA Finals MVP (Most
Valuable Player Award) that season.
