Wayne Cody was an American popular radio and television sportscaster who spent the bulk of his career in Seattle, broadcasting on KIRO and KIRO-TV.
20 Facts About Wayne Cody
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Wayne Cody was the only son of Wendel Wayne Cody, a Vaudeville musician and radio broadcaster and Ethel Cody, a Vaudeville musician and actress on Broadway.
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Wayne Cody often described his early childhood as being very lonely and sheltered, a situation compounded by his obesity.
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Wayne Cody attended East High School where he was an average student but enjoyed music and drama class.
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At age 16, Wayne Cody decided to pursue a career in radio and acting.
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Wayne Cody met Judy Carter who is related to Lynda Carter, in Danville, Illinois, when he was working at the local Radio Station and television station WICD Channel 24 owned by Adam Young Television who owned Channels 33 and 3 in Champaign-Urbana.
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Cody had his own daily television show The Wayne Cody Show where he was known for his amazing ability to improvise and ad-lib.
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Wayne Cody had been a regular in summer-stock musicals and plays.
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Wayne Cody was cast in a pilot that was never picked up, and had a brief appearance on The Red Skelton Show.
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Wayne Cody moved back to the midwest and became the radio play-by-play announcer for the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association.
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Wayne Cody divorced Judy in 1970 and met Jeanne Boyce in Seattle when the PBA tour had come to town.
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Wayne Cody is best known for being the sports anchor on KIRO television and hosting KIRO Sportsline, a weeknight sports radio talk show that was the only one of its kind at the time in Seattle.
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Wayne Cody was the original sideline reporter for the Seattle Seahawks radio network with play-by-play announcer Pete Gross, Steve Raible and game analyst Don Heinrich.
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Wayne Cody was Nicknamed the "Mound of Sound" by Brent Musburger of CBS Sports, because of both his rich voice and his large size.
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The bearded and rotund Wayne Cody, who estimated his own weight at 325 pounds, vitalized the sports scene in Western Washington for more than 20 years.
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Wayne Cody was well known for his on-camera antics and his entertaining style of broadcasting.
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Wayne Cody was 25 pounds too heavy by deadline day.
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Wayne Cody had been in declining health for a number of years, suffering from obesity, diabetes and other ailments.
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Wayne Cody died from complications of a heart attack on June 7,2002, in Renton, Washington, at age 65.
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Wayne Cody had a son, Shay, a graphic designer, and a daughter, Shannon, a model.