Abstract:
Lee Vickers of Durham worked as a radio announcers for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). A graduate of Duke University, his radio career began in the Raleigh-Durham area. He moved to Washington D.C. in 1938 and landed a position at WTOP, a then powerful Washington D.C. station. It was in his role as night manager at this station that allowed Vickers to announce breaking news and introduce the president before national addresses.