1. Scott Vincent was an American radio and television announcer and newscaster.
13 Facts About Scott Vincent
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Scott Vincent was a staff announcer for nearly 25 years at ABC's flagship owned-and-operated station WABC-TV in New York.
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In 1957, Scott Vincent was show announcer for "The Merv Griffin Show," broadcast live from the Elysee Theater in New York as part of the "Live and Lively" campaign for the, then, newly formed American Broadcasting Network.
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Scott Vincent hosted the program in regular rotation with his three colleagues through John Zacherle's arrival on September 22,1958.
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Host-narrator Scott Vincent adeptly handled his chores while Walter Wager's crisp script and Volpicelli's direction were additional aspects.
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Scott Vincent continued his weekday anchoring duties at the station through October 19,1962, and continued reporting news on-camera in various time periods through the fall of 1966.
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Scott Vincent was show announcer for "The Jimmy Dean Show" on ABC, which aired for three seasons from September 19,1963, to April 1,1966, from New York.
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Scott Vincent announced "Directions" for ABC TV in 1965, and anchored ABC network news reports on camera during the mid-sixties.
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Scott Vincent's news reporting on 77 WABC during the Cousin Brucie Show expanded to announcing for Bruce Morrow's television specials and series on WABC-TV, beginning with "Go-Go," hosted by Bruce Morrow and Scott Muni in 1965.
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Sometimes Scott Vincent's unique announcing style eclipsed the on-air talent that WABC hired for the program.
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Scott Vincent announced The 4:30 Movie and "Eyewitness News" off camera, and he voiced promos for these programs that ran on WABC day and night for ten years.
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The indelible signature style Scott Vincent created for Eyewitness News was eventually distributed on tape by management to all of ABC's owned-and-operated stations as the model for Eyewitness News show opens across the country.
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Scott Vincent died on May 31,1979, in Bronxville, New York, at age 56 of lung cancer.