The Radio Announcer And The Horse Dovers (Hors D'oeuvres) (ePub)
I excelled in all phases of on air...
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I always wanted to be a radio announcer and following discharge from the army in 1970 I fulfilled my dream of attending one of the most prestigious schools in the country: The Connecticut School of Broadcasting.
I excelled in all phases of on air personality and when I graduated at the top of the class was fortunate to have been hired before classes finished.
The school was founded by Dick Robinson an on air personality in a town where I was chosen to fill his position when he left the station years earlier. I had no training and this was when I was in high school - before formal training.
Years later Dick Robinson is now the founder and president of the broadcasting school in Hartford, Ct, and remembered me. He was very instrumental in getting me my first job.
One of the tasks as an announcer was to read live copy on the air. On this particular day just as I was ready to read a salesman ran into the studio and handed me a new version which I did not have time to familiarize myself with. Especially how to pronounce a difficult word, name or place.
I began to read and came upon a word that I realized was not going to come out as intended. The word was Hors D'oeuvres but I quickly said the first thing which came to mind: Horse Dovers - but quick thinking created a blooper heard by millions years later when blooper shows were popular.
This is what the listening audience heard:
"They will be serving Horse Dovers (pregnant pause) along with Hors D'oeuvres"
The manager bolted into the room busting a gut and was impressed that at that split second recognized the correct pronunciation and was able to recover so quickly.
A hidden talent also become apparent when Bob was selected to sing John Travolta's Summer Nights from the smash hit "Grease". He is also a member of The First Baptist Church of Bonita Springs, FL where he has been actively involved in the choir for the past 6 years - and his tenor voice has allowed him to produce over a half dozen Christian songs by Randy Travis
Following an impressive career with U.S. Airways, Bob retired in 2000 and has devoted much of his time to producing ORPHANS OF THE MOURNING, his first novel about a soldier in Vietnam who eventually becomes the first Vietnam veteran President of The United States. This book is currently available in the e-book format from Barnes & Noble.
Bob was thrust into the nationwide scene in 1983 with his nationally acclaimed Vietnam poster poem The Wall, a statement about the emotional pain and anger of Vietnam - frrlings and sentiments he was not permitted to express while in uniform, but once discharged, a trip to The Wall evoked his deep personal feelings.
The Wall was displayed in The White House in 1983 and as a result received instant success when President Ronald Reagan personally honored Bob for his contribution to all Vietnam Veterans. To date, tens of thousands of copies have been sold.
Bob has also recently finished his second novel, MURDER IN OGUNQUIT a mystery which takes place in the small New England coastal town of Ogunquit, Maine known as "A Beautiful Place By The Sea".
In addition to his full length novels, Bob is offering a series of his "folksy" down to earth short stories at no charge for your enjoyment here on Smashwords, and it is the author's desire that you
Prior to his assignment in Vietnam in 1967, Bob served 16 months in Frankfurt Germany as a civilian with the U.S. Army's prestigious unit; The 513th Military Intelligence Group as a Top Secret Cryptographer
In Vietnam he was assigned to the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 13th Signal Battalion and was awarded The Purple Heart for wounds received in action in additi...
- Autor: Robert Chapin
- 2011, Englisch
- Verlag: Robert Chapin
- ISBN-10: 1466137428
- ISBN-13: 9781466137424
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2011
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