I Have a Lady in the Balcony

Memoirs of a Broadcaster in Radio and Television

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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On Friday, May 18, 1934, radio columns in the New York press announced that Bert Parks of CBS would be "relinquishing his status as N.Y.'s youngest Network Staff Announcer to the newly appointed George Ansbro on the NBC Announcing Staff."From his role as an NBC page in 1931 to his career as a network announcer, Ansbro recalls an era that includes a who's who of early radio and Hollywood stars, and a transition from what was known as the Blue Network and its beginnings at Rockefeller Center to the massive radio and television organization now known as ABC.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-09-08
Mått:178 x 254 x 13 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:245
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786443185

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George Ansbro was an announcer for the NBC and ABC networks for six decades. He worked in both the live radio era of big bands and soap operas and the television era, retiring from ABC in 1990. He lives in Spring Lake, New Jersey.

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“a record of six decades as an announcer with NBC and ABC”—Classic Images; “filled with anecdotes and inside stories of literally hundreds of other radio personalities...gives insight into some of the operations of the broadcast industry and has a number of interesting photos”—North American Radio Archives; “should delight any nostalgia fan.... Musicologists will be especially fascinated by his big band remote broadcast history. It is a lot of fun especially for the radio buff! Highly recommended”—The Illustrated Press.

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Table of ContentsForeword by Leonard Maltin nbsp; Preface 1. THE TWENTIES 2. MAYOR JIMMY WALKER 3. MY FIRST RADIO APPEARANCE 4. GOVERNOR AL SMITH 5. "HELLOOOOO KATHLYN, HELLOOOOO JIM" 6. DREAMING AND WONDERING 7. MUCH SOUL SEARCHING 8. A ROTTEN SUMMER 9. 711 FIFTH 10. ON THE CHEAP TO ALBANY 11. TALES OF 711 12. CALL FOR PHILIP MAWRREESS 13. SO LONG 711, HELLO RADIO CITY 14. MAY 19, 1934 15. THE RED AND THE BLUE 16. ON MY OWN 17. BIG BAND REMOTES 18. MORE BAND REMOTES 19. INTERESTING REHEARSALS 20. FIRE THE ANNOUNCER 21. AFRA BEGINS 22. HORSING AROUND WITH HOOVER 23. CALLING ALL MEN TO BARNEY'S 24. WINCHELL 25. WANNA BUY A NETWORK? 26. MAYOR FIORELLO LA GUARDIA 27. NAKEDSVILLE ON LEXINGTON AVENUE 28. THY NETWORK IS BLUE 29. WEDDING BELLS 30. WORKING WITH ELEANOR AND ANNA ROOSEVELT 31. AMERICA'S BOYFRIEND AND AMERICA'S SWEETHEART 32. UKULELE IKE THROWS A PARTY 33. A MAIDEN TRIP ON A MAIDEN VOYAGE 34. MANHATTAN MAHARAJAH 35. THE STORK CLUB 36. UNWELCOME TENTH ANNIVERSARY GIFT 37. SUING THE LANDLORD 38. SO LONG RADIO CITY, HELLO WEST 66TH 39. HOWARD COSELL, A RELATIONSHIP BEGINS 40. UNLOADING A SUPERVISOR 41. "MONEYBAGS ANSBRO" 42. "AW, WHAT THE HELL, GEORGIE" 43. LATE LUNCH AT TOOTS SHOR'S 44. "GEORGIE, I'M GLAD YOU CAME" 45. THE CURSE OF ALCOHOLISM 46. TWENTY-FOUR YEARS WITH THE FBI 47. RETIREMENT Epilogue Index