Frank Kingston Smith
Radio and TV History
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Radio: 29 years daily radio. CBS personality, 1988-93. ABC Contemporary Radio Network, 1971-74. Spokesperson, "caricature" voices, dialects, voice-over, announcer, narrator. Slightly off-center sense of humor. Many deliveries, from warm and friendly to berserk. WMAJ [State College PA] 1964 WFIL [Philadelphia] 1966 - Frank Smith WICE [Providence] 1967 - Frank Smith WRKO [Boston] 1968 - Bobby Mitchell (hey! I didn't ask for that....) WIBG [Philadelphia] 1970 - Frank Kingston Smith Jr. Thereafter, I got to use my name without the "Junior" WABC [New York] 1971; plus ABC Contemporary Network, producer/host of RetroRock WHDH [Boston] 1974 WVBF [Boston] 1975 WBZ [Boston] 1978 WROR [Boston] 1979 WRKO [Boston] 1981 WKKT [Boston] which became WZLX 1985 WODS [Boston] 1988 - 1993 Enough was enough. Television: V/O, on-camera spokesperson, "executive" and "military" type; narrator "Submarines: The Silent Warriors" on DISCOVERY Channel. On-camera host: "24 Hours in America". Attorney in FOX TV series "Against the Law". Five episodes of "Spencer - For Hire." Feature films: Legislator in "Primary Motive". Curious neighbor in "Malice."
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