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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: cmjb13 on December 30, 2003, 06:06:53 PM
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Were there any others besides Gene Wood, Bob Hilton, and Jack Narz?
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Art James I beleive was a host?
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Among the more recent ones, there's Mark (L.) Walberg, who was originally the announcer on Shop 'Til You Drop, and Gary Kroeger (hosted Newlywed Game and Beat the Clock, and announced on Card Sharks (2001) and Whammy!
Among the veterans over the years who've both announced and hosted game shows:
Johnny Gilbert
Tom Kennedy
Bob Clayton
Wink Martindale
Bob Kennedy
Mike Darrow
Jack Clark
George Fenneman
Those are just some, I'll have to look up more in the EOTVGS if I missed any.
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I would guess Ron Maestri and Annie Wood don't count.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 06:43 PM\'] I would guess Ron Maestri and Annie Wood don't count. [/quote]
They just didn't click into my mind at the time, since they hosted and announced SIMULTANEOUSLY, which is interesting.
Come to think of it, I believe somebody once mentioned that Dick Clark (on tape) announced $20,000 Pyramid a few times after Bob Clayton's sudden passing, and I've seen some episodes of Wheel of Fortune on GSN, where Pat and Vanna announced the "parting gifts," I believe after Jack Clark died.
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[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 06:35 PM\'] Among the more recent ones, there's Mark (L.) Walberg, who was originally the announcer on Shop 'Til You Drop, and Gary Kroeger (hosted Newlywed Game and Beat the Clock, and announced on Card Sharks (2001) and Whammy!
Among the veterans over the years who've both announced and hosted game shows:
Johnny Gilbert
Tom Kennedy
Bob Clayton
Wink Martindale
Bob Kennedy
Mike Darrow
Jack Clark
George Fenneman
Those are just some, I'll have to look up more in the EOTVGS if I missed any. [/quote]
Henry Polic II hosted Double Talk and sub-announced $100K Pyramid(Davidson)
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[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 03:35 PM\']Among the veterans over the years who've both announced and hosted game shows:
Johnny Gilbert
Tom Kennedy
Bob Clayton
Wink Martindale
Bob Kennedy
Mike Darrow
Jack Clark
George Fenneman
Those are just some, I'll have to look up more in the EOTVGS if I missed any.[/quote]
Please don't forget Johnny O! Most of his hosting was in the 50s when TV was powered by coal. ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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Hiya Randy, Happy New Year. Add Chuck W. to the list when he did the prize plugs for Lingo Season 1(which you can catch on 1/1/04 2-12 midnight)
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Have I read correctly that Bob Hilton hosted TOC in '76 shortly after Barker left the show?
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[quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 09:36 PM\'] Have I read correctly that Bob Hilton hosted TOC in '76 shortly after Barker left the show? [/quote]
Barker's SYndie TorC ended in 1975. Bob Hilton hosted a separate syndicated version, which crashed and burned in 1977-78.
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[quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:36 PM\'] Have I read correctly that Bob Hilton hosted TOC in '76 shortly after Barker left the show? [/quote]
1977, actually.
Didn't this version use the Knockout theme, or am I confusing it with the 1987 version?
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 08:30 PM\'] [quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 03:35 PM\']Among the veterans over the years who've both announced and hosted game shows:
Johnny Gilbert
Tom Kennedy
Bob Clayton
Wink Martindale
Bob Kennedy
Mike Darrow
Jack Clark
George Fenneman
Those are just some, I'll have to look up more in the EOTVGS if I missed any.[/quote]
Please don't forget Johnny O! Most of his hosting was in the 50s when TV was powered by coal. ;-)
Randy
tvrandywest.com [/quote]
Also add Ed McMahon to that list (announced on WHO DO YOU TRUST?, hosted SNAP JUDGEMENT, WHODUNNIT, etc.).
Doug -- Happy New Year!
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[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 05:52 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 06:43 PM\'] I would guess Ron Maestri and Annie Wood don't count. [/quote]
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Annie Wood hosted AND announced Bzzz! ?
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Annie Wood hosted AND announced Bzzz! ?
That is correct. As a matter of fact...
"And now, here's the host of Bzzz! That's me, Annie Wooooood!"
(I could be off a few words here or there, so please correct me if so. Thanks!)
The Inquisitive One
(The show itself was a bit hard to take, but Annie sure was easy on the eyes! :) )
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 09:54 PM\'] [quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 05:52 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 06:43 PM\'] I would guess Ron Maestri and Annie Wood don't count. [/quote]
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Annie Wood hosted AND announced Bzzz! ? [/quote]
well...I know that Randy hosted a pilot, at least (Chain Letter?? something like that - hey help me out here...).
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[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 09:40 PM\']
1977, actually.
Didn't this version use the Knockout theme, or am I confusing it with the 1987 version? [/quote]
I don't think TorC 1977 would have used the Knockout theme, as it isn't too likely that two game shows on the air in the same time period would have the same theme. Recall the Blank Check pilot used the NYSI CHump Change theme, but the series used a different theme, probably because a game show on a competing network used the NYSI theme.
Hal Hidey did do the music for both the 70s TorC and Knockout IIRC, and Don Felder(supposedly not the same guy from the Eagles) did the 1987 TorC theme music.
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I believe somebody once mentioned that Dick Clark (on tape) announced $20,000 Pyramid a few times after Bob Clayton's sudden passing...
If this is true, I wonder how he threw it to himself (when the regular announcer normally says "Your host is Dick Clark")?
And, in a "sort of" kind of way, David Letterman should count as well -- he hosted "The Riddlers" pilot and had a couple of brief stints at announcing, on the shortlived "Starland Vocal Band" variety show in 1976, and subbing for either Bill Wendell or Alan Kalter on an episode of his own "Late Show".
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Since Randy mentioned HIS hero's double-duty, I think it's only fair that I mention that Bill Cullen started out as a game show announcer -- on radio.
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And, in a "sort of" kind of way, David Letterman should count as well -- he hosted "The Riddlers" pilot and had a couple of brief stints at announcing, on the shortlived "Starland Vocal Band" variety show in 1976, and subbing for either Bill Wendell or Alan Kalter on an episode of his own "Late Show".
Speaking of Bill Wendell, in addition to announcing, he also hosted the final season of the ORIGINAL Tic Tac Dough during 1958-59.
Some more guys who did the 'host & announcer' game were Don Morrow, John Reed King, Steve Dunne (He was the announcer on What's This Song.), Win Elliot, and Bill Amrstrong.
Bill Cullen started out as a game show announcer -- on radio.
And Jay Stewart was a game show host -- on radio.
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Gail Sheldon of the Big Board!'
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Well, this is pushing it, but...
"Last time on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'..."
"...and now, for night xxx of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'"
I think this qualifies Regis Philbin as an announcer.
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Speaking about Dick Clark announcing after Bob Clayton on Pyramid, does anyone have any audio clips of any intros and/or outros of him doing this? It would be fun to hear.
Thanks
Mark.
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What did Gene Wood host?
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What did Gene Wood host?
"Beat The Clock", 1972-74, when it was taped in Montreal (he was also announcer of the Narz version from New York & Montreal, 1970-72). Also, the first season of the Ottawa-based "Anything You Can Do" (1971-72).
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Didn't Don Pardo guest-host a time or two on the original Price Is Right?
And let's remember Jim McKrell, host of Celebrity Sweepstakes, who announced on Sweethearts and on many episodes of Couch Potatoes.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 09:45 PM\'] Well, this is pushing it, but...
"Last time on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'..."
"...and now, for night xxx of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'"
I think this qualifies Regis Philbin as an announcer. [/quote]
Certainly no less so than Ron Maestri, and people seem to count him.
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Another self-introducing host was Gary Owens of "Letters to Laugh-in." His first words after his entrance were almost if not always: "Thank you, me... and thank you, you!"
Esoteric Eric, procrastinating here, rather than facing the commute after the rare Seattle snowfall last night
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Marc Summers announced I Can't Believe You Said That, having hosted... um, that show... with the kids, and the daring, and the slime, and the obstacle course, among others.
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[quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:48 AM\'] Marc Summers announced I Can't Believe You Said That, having hosted... um, that show... with the kids, and the daring, and the slime, and the obstacle course, among others. [/quote]
Marc's announcing debut was 25 years earlier than I Can't Believe You Said That, as a 22-year old Marc reportedly announced a week of CBS Joker's Wild in May 1973.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:48 AM\'] Marc Summers announced I Can't Believe You Said That, having hosted... um, that show... with the kids, and the daring, and the slime, and the obstacle course, among others. [/quote]
Marc's announcing debut was 25 years earlier than I Can't Believe You Said That, as a 22-year old Marc reportedly announced a week of CBS Joker's Wild in May 1973. [/quote]
Wasn't Marc also in the booth for the first month or so of The $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime?
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:59 AM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:48 AM\'] Marc Summers announced I Can't Believe You Said That, having hosted... um, that show... with the kids, and the daring, and the slime, and the obstacle course, among others. [/quote]
Marc's announcing debut was 25 years earlier than I Can't Believe You Said That, as a 22-year old Marc reportedly announced a week of CBS Joker's Wild in May 1973. [/quote]
Wasn't Marc also in the booth for the first month or so of The $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime? [/quote]
It was another Mark, whom we never figured out the identity of IIRC. It wasn't Mark Driscoll who later did a month of NYSI89 either.
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:59 AM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:50 AM\'] [quote name=\'Speedy G\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 11:48 AM\'] Marc Summers announced I Can't Believe You Said That, having hosted... um, that show... with the kids, and the daring, and the slime, and the obstacle course, among others. [/quote]
Marc's announcing debut was 25 years earlier than I Can't Believe You Said That, as a 22-year old Marc reportedly announced a week of CBS Joker's Wild in May 1973. [/quote]
Wasn't Marc also in the booth for the first month or so of The $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime?[/quote]
Don't know about that, but I thought I saw somewhere that Marc also announced a few weeks of "Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak."
You can also add to Jim McKrell's announcing resume the 1987 Disney Channel series of "College Bowl," in which Dick Cavett swallowed his pride and did what he once said he'd never do--host a game show. (Granted, it was "College Bowl," but...) It would've been better for all concerned if Jim was the man with the questions--instead, he did "Smith, Columbia."
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 12:25 PM\']
Don't know about that, but I thought I saw somewhere that Marc also announced a few weeks of "Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak."
You can also add to Jim McKrell's announcing resume the 1987 Disney Channel series of "College Bowl," in which Dick Cavett swallowed his pride and did what he once said he'd never do--host a game show. [/quote]
The EOTVGS does list Marc SUmmers as a one-time Hot Streak announcer.
Dick Cavett apparently felt ill at ease on that College Bowl revival, and didn't fare too much better on an Harry Lorayne(sp?) Memory Power infomercial circa 1994.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 10:45 PM\'] Well, this is pushing it, but...
"Last time on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'..."
"...and now, for night xxx of 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'"
I think this qualifies Regis Philbin as an announcer. [/quote]
We might want to qualify Meredith Vieira as an announcer, too, since she's promoting the ticket and website plugs.
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[quote name=\'Bob Zager\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 06:52 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 30 2003, 06:43 PM\'] I would guess Ron Maestri and Annie Wood don't count. [/quote]
They just didn't click into my mind at the time, since they hosted and announced SIMULTANEOUSLY, which is interesting.
Come to think of it, I believe somebody once mentioned that Dick Clark (on tape) announced $20,000 Pyramid a few times after Bob Clayton's sudden passing, and I've seen some episodes of Wheel of Fortune on GSN, where Pat and Vanna announced the "parting gifts," I believe after Jack Clark died. [/quote]
If I remember right, Charlie O'Donnell was announcing at the time Jack Clark passed on in 1988. That was before Machine Gun Kelly took over the announcing duties for a few months. Of course MG was gone once production moved from NBC Burbank to CBS Television City and Charlie O. returned.
Ron Maestri began his career in the 1980s as a "vee-jay", believe it or not, on a local television station in Las Vegas that aired exclusively music videos, very much in the same atmosphere as MTV. Ron of course has come a long way since his "Vusic 21" days.
:)
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Of course MG was gone once production moved from NBC Burbank to CBS Television City and Charlie O. returned.
Actually, MG was gone before the move to TV City, Charlie O. having returned around Feb/Mar 1989 after production wrapped on the Barris shows he was then announcing for.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Marc's announcing debut was 25 years earlier than I Can't Believe You Said That, as a 22-year old Marc reportedly announced a week of CBS Joker's Wild in May 1973.
And if GSN had kept the CBS eps on their sched a little while longer, we might have gotten to hear Marc's announcing debut...
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Not sure if this counts, but Jack Barry did "replacement" fee plugs on the syndie BtB '76 for the end-of-season reruns.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 05:21 PM\']
Of course MG was gone once production moved from NBC Burbank to CBS Television City and Charlie O. returned.
Actually, MG was gone before the move to TV City, Charlie O. having returned around Feb/Mar 1989 after production wrapped on the Barris shows he was then announcing for.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
So, did MG Kelly die, and if so, when, and of what did he die of?
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 06:51 PM\'] [quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Dec 31 2003, 05:21 PM\']
Of course MG was gone once production moved from NBC Burbank to CBS Television City and Charlie O. returned.
Actually, MG was gone before the move to TV City, Charlie O. having returned around Feb/Mar 1989 after production wrapped on the Barris shows he was then announcing for.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby") [/quote]
So, did MG Kelly die, and if so, when, and of what did he die of? [/quote]
MG Kelly isn't dead AFAIK, he just got replaced in early 1989 by Charlie O. I suppose the handwriting was on the wall for MG when DOn Pardo got the NYC announcing gigs on the RCMH-taped shows airing this week on GSN. Notice they didn't bring Pardo in for the more recent NYC WOF gigs or the J! gig a few years back. J! should most certainly have let Pardo announce the NYC gigs if available.
Pat and Vanna took turns announcing some of the Summer 1988 WOF rerun fee plugs, after Jack Clark passed. Jack tried to do some of them right before he passed, but his cancer made his voice sound less than stellar.
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MG Kelly isn't dead AFAIK, he just got replaced in early 1989 by Charlie O. I suppose the handwriting was on the wall for MG when DOn Pardo got the NYC announcing gigs on the RCMH-taped shows airing this week on GSN.
Of course, MG Kelly is still in the radio business -- he even has a weekly syndicated oldies program, "American Hit List". CDs of his shows (the real ones) are up for bids often on eBay -- here's the latest one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=43655 (http://\"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2584717161&category=43655\")
Also recently on eBay is an episode of another radio program from February 1989, "Master Control", an informational and inspirational program featuring various personalities. This particular episode featured MG Kelly talking about his announcing gig on "Wheel":
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=2584660554 (http://\"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43708&item=2584660554\")
Get them while you still can.
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I saw MG on camera once on WOF, it was hard to tell what he looked like because for some reason he was dressed as Pagliacci.
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Video exists on MG's site of him announcing and hosting an eppy of Wheel in the midst of Pat starting his talk show. Don't know if it was for a week or one show, but he actually had quite the host look going. He bantered with Vanna in the clip as well as introducing himself.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 03:04 AM\'] Video exists on MG's site of him announcing and hosting an eppy of Wheel in the midst of Pat starting his talk show. Don't know if it was for a week or one show, but he actually had quite the host look going. He bantered with Vanna in the clip as well as introducing himself.
-Jason [/quote]
I didn't remember Wheel having a guest host during Pat's talk show tenure. Did Rolf miss an episode or something causing MG to step in?
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 03:04 AM\'] Video exists on MG's site of him announcing and hosting an eppy of Wheel in the midst of Pat starting his talk show. Don't know if it was for a week or one show, but he actually had quite the host look going. He bantered with Vanna in the clip as well as introducing himself. [/quote]
Are you sure this isn't just an audition tape of MG Kelly hosting the show? Maybe he was considered as Pat's replacement until after a night of heavy drinking, the powers in the towers selected Rolf.
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Are you sure this isn't just an audition tape of MG Kelly hosting the show?
Whoa, whoa people! :) I'm just going by the text that went with the clip. If anybody's wrong it's MG himself or the webmaster just confusing what he really said the clip was.
-Jason
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[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 12:11 AM\']Also recently on eBay is an episode of another radio program from February 1989, "Master Control", an informational and inspirational program featuring various personalities. This particular episode featured MG Kelly talking about his announcing gig on "Wheel":
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=2584660554 (http://\"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43708&item=2584660554\")[/quote]
For those of you who've never heard of it, "Master Control" was the Southern Baptist Convention's weekly radio program that was inspired by NBC's "Monitor," in that it was a mix of secular pop music and interviews and commentary with more of a spiritual bent. It also had its sounder that was its version of the famous "Monitor Beacon." Many of you may be more familiar with the program the SBC did for pop/Top 40 stations for many years called "PowerLine," which also mixed secular hit music with religious messages and was carried on many major Top 40 stations, including both WLS in Chicago and WABC in New York (I believe).
The "Master Control" title was explained in the weekly signoff: "We hope that your life is controlled by the Master--Jesus Christ." It and "PowerLine" are still on the air, although "Master Control" has become even more overtly religious in recent years as the Southern Baptist Convention has become more fundamentalist in outloook and "PowerLine" is now aimed at adult contemporary stations instead of Top 40. Under the SBC's FamilyNet Radio rubric, they also produce the contemporary Christian music show "On Track" and the secular country music show "Country Crossroads" (hosted by the legendary Dallas-Ft. Worth DJ Bill Mack). Here's their web site. (http://\"http://www.mastercontrol.org/default.asp\")
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For those of you who've never heard of it, "Master Control" was the Southern Baptist Convention's weekly radio program that was inspired by NBC's "Monitor," in that it was a mix of secular pop music and interviews and commentary with more of a spiritual bent.
I recall listening to Master Control in the early-1980s -- it was on one of my local stations on Sunday morning, right before American Top 40 or Dick Clark's National Music Survey (don't know which).
And I think such programs existed to help radio stations fulfill their public service obligations at the time without turning listeners off -- the US armed forces have been doing this alot prior to the 1980s (like Wolfman Jack's weekly show, sponsored by the Air Force).
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[quote name=\'JasonA1\' date=\'Jan 1 2004, 04:04 AM\'] Video exists on MG's site of him announcing and hosting an eppy of Wheel in the midst of Pat starting his talk show. Don't know if it was for a week or one show, but he actually had quite the host look going. He bantered with Vanna in the clip as well as introducing himself.
-Jason [/quote]
I have got to see this. Do you have the link?
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I sure remember MG well as a great LA DJ - KHJ, KODJ, etc. While a talented and handsome guy, I don't recall him ever hosting any games.
[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Jan 2 2004, 01:05 PM\'] ... And I think such programs existed to help radio stations fulfill their public service obligations at the time without turning listeners off... [/quote]
BINGO! Back "in the day" local and national charities, public service and religious organizations had a CHANCE for some airtime as radio stations had to commit to a certain number of weekly hours of news, public affairs, PSA and "other" (religion fell under "other") programming every three years when the license was up for renewal. The FCC could and would audit "promise" vs "performance".
Both "Powerline" and "Master Control" were around even before me, back in the early 70s. Of all the taped shows available free to stations from the various religious organizations to fulfill those programming committments they were the very best for top-40/rock stations. Besides not alienating all of your regular listeners, those shows was shipped on great 1.5 mil mylar mastering tape - Ampex 256 is my best guess. Besides wonderful for your personal reuse, with those tapes you could confidently leave the station during the 30 minutes (a "no-no") and get breakfast!
Almost OT, but thanks for the memories!
Randy
tvrandywest.com