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Title: Local IDs With Johnny Olson
Post by: rugrats1 on August 23, 2003, 12:01:33 AM

In the Michigan Radio & Tv Buzzboard, in a thread regarding the demise of local newscasts on WOTV ch.41 in Battle Creek, MI ( http://tinyurl.com/kx5c (http://\"http://tinyurl.com/kx5c\") ), someone mentioned that Johnny Olson did a local ID announcement during the days when the station was WUHQ:

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\"THIS IS JOHNNY OLSEN SPEAKING,YOUR WATCHING WUHQ TV 41\"

Someone else there mentioned that this was during the time the station carried game shows featuring Olson, including The Price is Right and Match Game PM.

Did Johnny Olson do local IDs or promos for other TV stations?

Title: Local IDs With Johnny Olson
Post by: Brakus on August 23, 2003, 01:39:04 AM

According to reelradio.com, Johnny Olson did radio and TV spots for Charlotte's WBT and WBTV. There are a few clips of Johnny's announcing in the Tom McMurray collection.

- J

Title: Local IDs With Johnny Olson
Post by: PPatters on August 23, 2003, 11:22:24 AM

Woah! The biggest news in this thread for me is the close of WOTV's news department... sad story :( Even more distressing is the apparant hate-fest over at the link you provided...

Title: Local IDs With Johnny Olson
Post by: The Ol' Guy on August 23, 2003, 11:32:46 PM

Johnny must have also been available for free-lance spot commercial work at times, as some years back, a tv commercial for a car dealer just south of Grand Rapids, Wayland Ford, featured Johnny voicing it.

And as far as the West Michigan Buzzboard goes, a lot of the writers there have the same amount of class as some of the old ATGS gang...