Harold T "Hal" Gibney was NBC's West Coast announcer for more than 20 years.
28 Facts About Hal Gibney
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Hal Gibney was best known as the announcer for The Six Shooter and The Mickey Mouse Club.
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Hal Gibney was known as the announcer for the radio and the original television version of Dragnet.
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Hal Gibney was born in Woodland, California, to parents William H Gibney, and Hattie V Gibney,.
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In March 1935, Hal Gibney relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he joined the announcing staff of both Portland-based radio stations KGW, and KEX.
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Hal Gibney's first noted announcing job was the KEX broadcast of the homecoming of the Oregon National Guard from Fort Lewis on June 25,1935.
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Hal Gibney was joined by Van Fleming and Larry Keating.
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Hal Gibney began announcing on a weekly basis for the first time with the first broadcast of the radio series Safeway Circus Court on November 2,1935.
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Hal Gibney would stay with the program until he left KGW in January 1936.
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On January 16,1936, Hal Gibney left KGW, KEX and Portland altogether and went back to San Francisco where he joined NBC-affiliated station KPO,.
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Hal Gibney left KPO in July 1939 and began working for NBC Radio and Radio City in Hollywood.
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At that point, Hal Gibney became the official West Coast announcer for NBC.
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Hal Gibney was heard on the Blue Network's Speaking of Glamour and Capt.
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Jimmie Fidler from Hollywood, a gossip columnist program, was Hal Gibney's last announcing gig before he enlisted in the military.
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Hal Gibney became a private in the US Army Air Corps.
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On January 28,1946, Hal Gibney was discharged from the Radio Production Unit of the Army Air Corps and returned to Hollywood.
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Hal Gibney went back to Jimmie Fidler and began announcing for two new shows; Names of Tomorrow Finding Stardom Today in 1947 and the single season The Dorothy Lamour Show in 1948.
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Hal Gibney, alternating with Fenneman, was known for announcing the opening of the show which went:.
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Hal Gibney stayed with the show until its end on the radio on February 26,1957.
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Hal Gibney served as the announcer for The Penny Singleton Show.
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Hal Gibney was the announcer for the entire two-year run of Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCrea.
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On September 23,1953, Hal Gibney began announcing another memorable radio program; The Six Shooter.
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Hal Gibney was later replaced as announcer by John Wald beginning in January 1954.
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Hal Gibney first announced for the show starting with the third episode.
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Hal Gibney stayed with the show until its end on August 23,1959.
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Hal Gibney was the announcer for the original run of The Mickey Mouse Club on ABC from 1955 to 1959.
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On July 7,1954, Hal Gibney bought radio station KPAY in Chico, California.
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Hal Gibney died on June 5,1973, in Santa Barbara, California.