Thomas Graham McNamee (July 10, 1888 – May 9, 1942) was an American radio broadcaster, the medium's most recognized national personality in its first international decade.[1] He originated play-by-play sports broadcasting[2] for which he was awarded the Ford C. Frick Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]
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Ford C. Frick Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016. GrahamMcNamee's father, John B. McNamee, was an attorney and legal advisor to President Grover...
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usually bounced his gags off announcer/straight man GrahamMcNamee; Wynn's customary opening, "Tonight, Graham, the show's gonna be different," became one of...
received a record purse of $990,445. The match was broadcast by announcers GrahamMcNamee and Phillips Carlin to more than 60 NBC radio stations. Despite the...
included sportscasting legends Red Barber, Don Dunphy, Ted Husing and GrahamMcNamee. He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame (1988) and has...
commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis declared that CBS' Ted Husing and NBC's GrahamMcNamee could not call World Series play-by-play because they hadn't called...
Inductee); Bob Costas (Sportscaster of the Year Award); Bud Greenspan (GrahamMcNamee Award); Arthur Ashe (Sports Legend Award); and John Madden (Sports Personality...
Lindbergh to America from his trans-Atlantic flight, star announcer GrahamMcNamee doing the honors. Three months later, a combined hookup of 67 stations...
Herbert Hoover, Gene Autry, Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Bob Hope, GrahamMcNamee 1978: Arthur Godfrey, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Walter Winchell, Guglielmo...
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of Game 3, he turned the microphone over to McNamee. This was the start of McNamee's career, and McNamee became the first color commentator. Although...
Ruth split his pants sliding into second, prompting radio announcer GrahamMcNamee to exclaim, "Babe is the color of a red brick house!" Doc Woods, the...
the microphone as Mike. But by 1926, when the pioneering broadcaster GrahamMcNamee published his book 'You're on the Air,' mike appeared in lowercase,...
Hornby Booklist Editors' Choice: Media 2006 Acceleration (2005) by GrahamMcNamee ALA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults 2008 In Defense of Food (2008)...
were broadcast by radio. The announcers for this years Series were GrahamMcNamee and Phillips Carlin for NBC's radio network. For CBS, J. Andrew White...
assassination of John F. Kennedy. A 20th Century Fox newsreel presented by GrahamMcNamee was manipulated to give the audience the impression that the assassination...
October 2. Jack Graney Harry Heilmann Al Helfer France Laux Tom Manning GrahamMcNamee Rosey Rowswell Hal Totten Ty Tyson Bert Wilson All of the candidates...
ships over New York. Hindenburg disaster newsreel footage at IMDb . GrahamMcNamee: Narrator (Universal Newsreel); Herbert Morrison: News Reporter (voice);...
Pickett's 'In The Midnight Hour'-Inside the National Recording Registry-WNYC Don McLean's 'American Pie'-Inside the Recording Registry-WNYC Richard Pryor's 'Wanted:...
included sportscasting legends Don Dunphy, Ted Husing, Bill Stern and GrahamMcNamee. Barber was given a George Polk Award in 1985 and a Peabody Award in...
Behind the Mike was a Blue Network (NBC) radio series hosted by GrahamMcNamee, spotlighting behind-the-scenes stories in radio broadcasting. The sustaining...
Cuyler (DNP) Pie Traynor Lloyd Waner Paul Waner Broadcast Radio NBC, CBS Radio announcers NBC: GrahamMcNamee and Phillips Carlin CBS: J. Andrew White...
class which included sportscasting legends Red Barber, Ted Husing, GrahamMcNamee and Bill Stern. He was also a member of the organization's board of...
talk with Graham and Ed Wolf about Mary's wonderful voice. A Three X Sisters reunion took place January 26, 1941 on NBC radio with GrahamMcNamee on his...
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