Radio-TV pioneer and longtime staff announcer at NBC
Don Stanley, radio-TV pioneer and longtime staff announcer at NBC, died Jan. 20 of complications from cancer in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 85.
He worked more than half a century in broadcasting, including 46 years at the NBC television network as a staff announcer in Hollywood/Burbank.
Stoughton, Wis., native attended the U. of Wisconsin where he became active in University Players and began his radio career on WHA, one of the first educational radio stations in the United States. This soon led to a career in commercial radio, first at WIBA in Madison, then WTMJ in Milwaukee, where he opened the new FM station as a news commentator and staff announcer. In 1944, after a short stint at ABC in Chicago, he moved west to NBC Radio.
During World War II, he was assigned to Armed Forces Radio as the voice of "The Navy Reporter" and could be heard as the announcer on numerous radio shows, including "Nero Wolfe," "The Saint," "Edgar Bergen," "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings" and many more.
In the early years of television, he served as announcer on such series as "The Sheila Graham Show," "One Man's Family" and "The Spike Jones Show."
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elinore; three children; and four grandchildren.
Plubished in the Variety, February 10, 2003
My father, Don Stanley, legally changed his name from Donald Stanley Uglum to Donald Stanley.
Contributor: DMC21
Don Stanley, radio-TV pioneer and longtime staff announcer at NBC, died Jan. 20 of complications from cancer in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 85.
He worked more than half a century in broadcasting, including 46 years at the NBC television network as a staff announcer in Hollywood/Burbank.
Stoughton, Wis., native attended the U. of Wisconsin where he became active in University Players and began his radio career on WHA, one of the first educational radio stations in the United States. This soon led to a career in commercial radio, first at WIBA in Madison, then WTMJ in Milwaukee, where he opened the new FM station as a news commentator and staff announcer. In 1944, after a short stint at ABC in Chicago, he moved west to NBC Radio.
During World War II, he was assigned to Armed Forces Radio as the voice of "The Navy Reporter" and could be heard as the announcer on numerous radio shows, including "Nero Wolfe," "The Saint," "Edgar Bergen," "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings" and many more.
In the early years of television, he served as announcer on such series as "The Sheila Graham Show," "One Man's Family" and "The Spike Jones Show."
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elinore; three children; and four grandchildren.
Plubished in the Variety, February 10, 2003
My father, Don Stanley, legally changed his name from Donald Stanley Uglum to Donald Stanley.
Contributor: DMC21
Radio-TV pioneer and longtime staff announcer at NBC
Don Stanley, radio-TV pioneer and longtime staff announcer at NBC, died Jan. 20 of complications from cancer in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 85.
He worked more than half a century in broadcasting, including 46 years at the NBC television network as a staff announcer in Hollywood/Burbank.
Stoughton, Wis., native attended the U. of Wisconsin where he became active in University Players and began his radio career on WHA, one of the first educational radio stations in the United States. This soon led to a career in commercial radio, first at WIBA in Madison, then WTMJ in Milwaukee, where he opened the new FM station as a news commentator and staff announcer. In 1944, after a short stint at ABC in Chicago, he moved west to NBC Radio.
During World War II, he was assigned to Armed Forces Radio as the voice of "The Navy Reporter" and could be heard as the announcer on numerous radio shows, including "Nero Wolfe," "The Saint," "Edgar Bergen," "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings" and many more.
In the early years of television, he served as announcer on such series as "The Sheila Graham Show," "One Man's Family" and "The Spike Jones Show."
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elinore; three children; and four grandchildren.
Plubished in the Variety, February 10, 2003
My father, Don Stanley, legally changed his name from Donald Stanley Uglum to Donald Stanley.
Contributor: DMC21
Don Stanley, radio-TV pioneer and longtime staff announcer at NBC, died Jan. 20 of complications from cancer in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 85.
He worked more than half a century in broadcasting, including 46 years at the NBC television network as a staff announcer in Hollywood/Burbank.
Stoughton, Wis., native attended the U. of Wisconsin where he became active in University Players and began his radio career on WHA, one of the first educational radio stations in the United States. This soon led to a career in commercial radio, first at WIBA in Madison, then WTMJ in Milwaukee, where he opened the new FM station as a news commentator and staff announcer. In 1944, after a short stint at ABC in Chicago, he moved west to NBC Radio.
During World War II, he was assigned to Armed Forces Radio as the voice of "The Navy Reporter" and could be heard as the announcer on numerous radio shows, including "Nero Wolfe," "The Saint," "Edgar Bergen," "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings" and many more.
In the early years of television, he served as announcer on such series as "The Sheila Graham Show," "One Man's Family" and "The Spike Jones Show."
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Elinore; three children; and four grandchildren.
Plubished in the Variety, February 10, 2003
My father, Don Stanley, legally changed his name from Donald Stanley Uglum to Donald Stanley.
Contributor: DMC21
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