Gene Hamilton (announcer)

Gene Hamilton (December 12, 1910 - November 22, 2000)[1] was an announcer in the era of old-time radio. (Another source gives his date of birth as February 22, 1910.)[2] He had a 46-year career with NBC.[2] An article in a contemporary magazine, Radio Guide, said Hamilton "has a splendid bass voice and one of the best of the group."[3]

  1. ^ Cox, Jim (2007). Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6086-1. Pp. 122-123.
  2. ^ a b DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. Pp. 118-119.
  3. ^ Lewis, Martin (October 1, 1938). "Airialto Lowdown" (PDF). Radio Guide. p. 9.