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- Category: Radio
- Star rank: 2297
- Address:
6854 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101423, -118.339538
Bill Hay
Biography
(From Left) Charles Correll, Bill Hay, and Freeman Gosden
Source: Wikipedia
Bill Hay was an American radio announcer who was famous for his many years of work on the Amos 'n’ Andy show with Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden. Gosden and Correll had a show similar to Amos 'n’ Andy called Sam 'n’ Henry at radio station WGN in Chicago, but after a dispute in 1927, they took the program’s concept and WGN announcer Bill Hay across town to WMAQ. The Amos 'n’ Andy team created the first syndicated radio show in history. The sponsor of Amos 'n’ Andy, Pepsodent, contractually stipulated that no one but Bill Hay was ever to announce their show.
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In the news
Bill Hayes: Reality TV family man
Variety, 2009-12-03 20:25:41
Youth Impact Report '09: Figure 8 Prods. president behind 'Jon and Kate Plus 8' -- Bill Hayes thinks of himself as "the anti-producer producer." The Figure 8 Prods. prexy doesn't believe in meddling with his subjects. His m.o.: "Let the subjects speak for themselves and focus on people who can ...
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Orange and Highland
Nearby you will also find Adolphe Menjou, and many others.