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[revdoug1@myfairpoint.net]

I vaguely remember Art Amadon as a news anchor, but it must have been 
back in the early- to mid-'50s, when I was little.  I don't recall him 
ever singing. 

Did he host "Starring the Editors" for a while too, or was that 
strictly Erwin D. Canham's gig?




Quoting Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>:> At 01:08 PM 7/1/2010, 
revdoug1@myfairpoint.net wrote:
> >I remember Art Amadon from my childhood, very clearly.  I think he
> >had retired by the time I was in my mid-teens.  What I remember less
> >well are the various things he did at the two stations.   Am I
> >correct in thinking he hosted a movie show on Channel 4 ("Boston
> >Movietime," or something like that), and did booth announcing as
> >well?  I know he had a show on WBZ radio for a long time, but that
> >was before I listened to radio.  How long was he with WBZ, and what
> >were his roles there?
>
> Art actually used to be a radio singer on WBZ in the 1940s, before
> ending up doing news.  I can check my files for the exact years, as
> well as for when he worked on channel 4-- which was very common back
> then.  Almost all the WBZ radio folks (including Carl DeSuze) did a
> radio show and also a TV show at one time or other during WBZ-TV's
> formative years. 
>
>