OTR Announcers

OTR

ANNOUNCERS

OF OLD TIME RADIO

ROY ROWAN

Roy Rowan was the announcer
on Gunsmoke's first episode, 'Billy the Kid,'
and for most of the first season.
Thanks to sdacj for the photograph.

CLARENCE CASSELL

Clarence Cassell began announcing for Gunsmoke
on the seventh episode,
and did at least nine other episodes.

GEORGE WALSH

George Walsh was first heard on Gunsmoke
in its 16th episode, 'The Kentucky Tolmans.'
He went on from there all the way to its television era.

KEN PETERS

Ken Peters acted in the radio westerns
Wild Bill Hickok and Roy Rogers,
before he announced his first Gunsmoke episode,
'How to Kill a Friend.'
He would announce ten other Gunsmokes.

HUGH DOUGLAS

Hugh Douglas was the announcer of Have Gun-Will Travel,
all 106 of its episodes.

HAL GIBNEY

Hal Gibney was the announcer for Tales of the Texas Rangers.
He announced the earlier episodes of The Six-Shooter,
while John Wald did the later ones.
Likewise, he shared announcing duties
with George Fenneman in Dragnet.

JOHN WALD

John Wald announced the latter episodes of The Six-Shooter,
and ten episodes of Frontier Gentleman.

JOHNNY JACOBS

Johnny Jacobs was the announcer
for the first episode of Frontier Gentleman.
That episode was his only western.

BUD SEWELL

Bud Sewell was the announcer for about twenty-one episodes
of Frontier Gentleman, his only western.

BOB LEMOND

Bob Lemond announced the earliest episodes
of Rogers of the Gazette, which may not have been a western,
but was produced by Gunsmoke & Fort Laramie creator
Norman Macdonnell, and starred Will Rogers, Jr.
Earlier, Lemond had been the announcer
for The Romance of the Ranchos.

ALAN BOTZER

Alan Botzer was the announcer
on the July 13, 1949 audition episode of Gunsmoke.
He also wrote an episode of Hopalong Cassidy,
and two of Luke Slaughter Of Tombstone.

DAN CUBBERLY
   Dan Cubberly was the announcer of Fort Laramie.
   He also announced three episodes of Frontier Gentleman.
   His photograph is being sought.