Bill Wolff(1927-2014)
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Already a seasoned announcer at 26, Bill Wolff began his career in American broadcasting at the age of 15 at WRKC in Cincinnati, a CBS affiliate.
Following his Navy service in World War Two, Bill Wolff began his television free lance work with WLW-T in Cincinnatit, WLW-T in Dayton and WLW-C in Columbus. At WLW-T he worked on a television show called "Live It Again", which he deemed his most difficult announcing assignment, as it involved his "memorizing over 15 minutes of Dates, Names and Places" for each half-hour show. Also featured on the show were the McGuire Sisters on the Arthur Godfrey Programs.
Wolff's deep, authoritative voice made him a natural as a newscaster with Paramount-Movietone News on WCPO-TV Cincinnati. In 1950, Bill Wolff was offered work at Station WHFC in Chicago, where he handled a variety of announcing and broadcasting assignments. Bill was added to the WBBM staff in April of 1953 as a summer relief, but proved to be too good to lose and quickly became a regular staff announcer.
At WBBM, Bill Wolff hosted the Saturday afternoon Show " Music, Inc." with his engaging on-the-air personality and for his choices in poplar music. This made his radio show an unusually smooth and sophisticated music program. Bill has a WBBM newscast every Sunday night and a Saturday evening sports review. Bill also hosted the WBBM "Music for You", the CBS Network "Chicagoans" and the musical broadcasts from Melody Mill, Argon and Truanon, renowned Chicago ballrooms.
In 1960, Bill Wolff moved to New York City and began his career with National Broadcasting Company (NBC).
Following his Navy service in World War Two, Bill Wolff began his television free lance work with WLW-T in Cincinnatit, WLW-T in Dayton and WLW-C in Columbus. At WLW-T he worked on a television show called "Live It Again", which he deemed his most difficult announcing assignment, as it involved his "memorizing over 15 minutes of Dates, Names and Places" for each half-hour show. Also featured on the show were the McGuire Sisters on the Arthur Godfrey Programs.
Wolff's deep, authoritative voice made him a natural as a newscaster with Paramount-Movietone News on WCPO-TV Cincinnati. In 1950, Bill Wolff was offered work at Station WHFC in Chicago, where he handled a variety of announcing and broadcasting assignments. Bill was added to the WBBM staff in April of 1953 as a summer relief, but proved to be too good to lose and quickly became a regular staff announcer.
At WBBM, Bill Wolff hosted the Saturday afternoon Show " Music, Inc." with his engaging on-the-air personality and for his choices in poplar music. This made his radio show an unusually smooth and sophisticated music program. Bill has a WBBM newscast every Sunday night and a Saturday evening sports review. Bill also hosted the WBBM "Music for You", the CBS Network "Chicagoans" and the musical broadcasts from Melody Mill, Argon and Truanon, renowned Chicago ballrooms.
In 1960, Bill Wolff moved to New York City and began his career with National Broadcasting Company (NBC).