caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date alt image article_title birth_name occupation
dick joy 1947 october 31 , 1991 medford , oregon putnam , connecticut dick joy december 28 , 1915 dick joy 1947 dick joy 1947.jpg dick joy
 richard w. joy radio and television announcer , newscaster
dick joy

dick joy -lrb- december 28 , 1915 -- october 31 , 1991 -rrb- was an american radio and television announcer .
a journalism major at the university of southern california , he went on to become well-known on network radio and television .
joy 's involvement with radio at the local level began when , while a student at usc , he worked part-time for radio stations in los angeles , california .
his first job after graduation was at kehe , and he later joined the announcing staff of knx .
at age 21 , joy moved up from the local level to cbs , becoming that network 's youngest staff announcer in history .
by 1937 , he was involved with `` kathryn cravens ' news through a woman 's eye '' , `` good afternoon neighbors '' , `` thomas conrad sawyer series '' `` goodyear sun-up news '' , and `` the newlyweds '' .
in the following three years , he added to his achievements work on `` my secret ambition '' , `` hollywood in person '' , `` road of life '' , `` i want a divorce '' , `` college of musical knowledge '' , `` burns and allen '' , and `` the beauty explorer '' .
joy went on to be the announcer for numerous network radio programs including `` the adventures of bill lance '' , `` the danny kaye show '' , `` forever ernest '' , `` the sad sack '' , `` vox pop '' , `` the adventures of sam spade '' , `` blue ribbon town '' , `` dr. kildare '' .
`` nelson eddy show '' , `` those we love '' , `` silver theatre '' , `` new old gold show '' , `` jackie coogan show '' , `` the saint '' , and `` the danny thomas show '' .
the 1946 edition of radio annual reported , `` dick joy and donald c. mcbain have opened their new station , kcmj , at palm springs . ''
thus , joy began his first venture into ownership of a station while continuing to work on network radio .
his entry in the `` announcers '' section of the 1947 radio annual listed 10 network entertainment programs in addition to newscasts .
he sold kcmj in 1950 .
like many artists from radio , joy moved to television as that medium grew in popularity .
tv programs for which he was the announcer included `` december bride '' , `` perry mason '' , `` have gun - will travel '' , `` daktari '' , `` lost in space '' , `` gomer pyle u.s.m.c. '' , `` playhouse 90 '' .
and `` sheriff of cochise '' .
radio/television columnist glen stadler reported that joy eventually left television to return to radio `` because he refused to act like the advertiser demanded ... using the shove-em-at-you technique . ''
joy told stadler , `` i do n't want any more the advertiser ... admits that the buyer has intelligence . ''
returning to local radio in 1951 , joy became news director at kfac in los angeles .
`` billboard '' magazine reported that , in addition to being news director , joy would `` handle all morning newscasts and some early afternoon shows . ''
joy also worked at two los angeles television stations , kttv and knxt .
he retired in 1969 .
