Record #:

14783

Author(s):

Atchison, Lewis F.

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.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 3, June 1943, p3, 24, por

Subject(s):

Radio broadcasting; Vickers, Lee