1. Don Carney was the stage name of Howard Rice, an American radio personality and children's radio show host.
10 Facts About Don Carney
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Don Carney was born Howard Rice on August 19,1896, in St Joseph, Michigan and was educated in Michigan public schools.
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Except for the small amount of time during the mid-1930s when the show was broadcast nationally from the newly formed Mutual Broadcasting System, Uncle Don Carney aired five, sometimes six, times a week, Monday through Saturday afternoons with occasionally a story or two on Sunday mornings, over WOR in New York.
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Don Carney soon generated possibly the largest audience of any locally produced children's show in broadcasting history.
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Uncle Don Carney ended abruptly in 1947 and for a long time there was speculation in regards to how and why the program ended.
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The reality is that he simply left the program, but a popular urban legend is that Don Carney was fired after an embarrassing incident at the conclusion of a 1947 broadcast.
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In reality, Don Carney left New York in 1947 for Miami.
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Don Carney moved to Miami, Florida where he again hosted his own children's radio program at WKAT in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Don Carney suffered from heart failure in his last years and died Thursday January 14,1954 at his home in Miami at the age of 57.
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Don Carney was never married nor did he have any children.