page_title: Rod O'Connor (announcer)
hierarchical_section_title: Rod O'Connor (announcer)
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo from promotional postcard for Red Skelton's Raleigh Cigarettes radio show. Standing: Pat McGeehan, The Four Knights, David Rose (orchestra leader). Seated:Verna Felton ("Grandma" to Skelton's "Junior" character), Rod O'Connor (announcer), Lurlene Tuttle ("Mother" to Skelton's "Junior" character). Front: Red Skelton Copy from back of card:"Hi Folks, We hope you'll remember our new radio time Friday Night-back on your favorite NBC station. We dood it, Red Skelton &amp; gang." Copyright details The postcard was sent to listeners of NBC Radio's Raleigh Cigarettes Show in 1948 and can be dated by the card's postmark. There are no copyright marks on either side, as can be seen in the full photo links. It is well within the free license timeframe. It was created for distribution to the radio show's listeners to induce regular listening, to promote the Raleigh brand of cigarettes, and to advise listeners that the time of the show had been changed. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies. 1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.” 2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or useful articles. 3 The name of the copyright owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of owner.1 Example © 2007 Jane Doe."
context_page_description: Roderic George "Rod" O'Connor Sr. was an American radio and television announcer and occasional actor during the early years of television's golden age.
  O'Connor built a name for himself as the announcer for both Don McNeill's Breakfast Club and The First Nighter Program at WGN Radio in Chicago. He would leave Chicago for New York and after that, World War II.
  It was while serving in the army that O'Connor met comedian Red Skelton. The two became good friends and upon arrival back into the United States, Skelton offered O'Connor an announcing gig on his Raleigh Cigarette Program in 1945. O'Connor also stayed on when Skelton went to television with The Red Skelton Show.
  During his announcing career, O'Connor worked some of the biggest names in radio including Art Linkletter, Loretta Young, Dennis Day, Rudy Vallée and Danny Thomas.
context_section_description: Roderic George "Rod" O'Connor Sr. (January 18, 1914 – June 5, 1964) was an American radio and television announcer and occasional actor during the early years of television's golden age.
  O'Connor built a name for himself as the announcer for both Don McNeill's Breakfast Club and The First Nighter Program at WGN Radio in Chicago. He would leave Chicago for New York and after that, World War II.
  It was while serving in the army that O'Connor met comedian Red Skelton. The two became good friends and upon arrival back into the United States, Skelton offered O'Connor an announcing gig on his Raleigh Cigarette Program in 1945. O'Connor also stayed on when Skelton went to television with The Red Skelton Show.
  During his announcing career, O'Connor worked some of the biggest names in radio including Art Linkletter, Loretta Young, Dennis Day, Rudy Vallée and Danny Thomas.
caption: Rod O'Connor at center, behind Red Skelton
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