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DAVID ROSS

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By Old Time Radio Shows


DAVID ROSS . . . tried his hand as newsboy, reporter, actor and teacher before he took up radio. Writes poetry. Born in New York in 1895. Struggled against poverty; worked his way through college. He’s 5 feet 5 inches tall.




DAVID ROSS
ANNOUNCER AND POETRY – LOVER
IT should take a casr-iron set of vocal chords to withstand the strain of the different assignments and excitements in an announcer’s life. Yet the silver-bell tones of David Ross sound as mellifluous as ever, after more than fifteen years spent on the air. His mellow voice is still heard caressing the air waves as announcer for such shows as the Andre Kostelanetz program on CBS every Sunday afternoon at 4:30 E.W.T.
The long-lasting melody in David’s voice may seem from the fact that he has a poet’s soul. It was his habit of carrying around a collection of poetry that got him his start in radio.
The very first program he’d ever seen was the one on which he made his debut. Instead of watching the mysterious process of broadcasting, as he’s expected, he substituted for the absent announcer by reading from a book of Edgar Poe’s poems. The manager liked his voice so well that he offered him a regular job immediately.
Since then he has made a place for himself as one of the best known and most popular announcers on the air. He was the first to introduce such personalities as Walter Winchell, Andrew Kostelanetz, Rudy Vallee and the late Will Rogers.
In more serious vein this winner of diction awards once led a crusade for correct pronunciation. The measured accents of his own voice probably reached an all-time high on his poetry-reading programs. One of these, “Poet’s Gold,” was so popular he brought out an anthology of poems under that title. 

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