Ann Colone was a Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

 broadcaster

Presenter

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. She began as a secretary for WGL (AM)

WGL (AM)

WGL is an AM radio station located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The station operates on the AM radio frequency of 1250 kHz.The station was the first to broadcast in the city of Fort Wayne. Chester Keen and Lauer Auto founded what was originally called WCWK when it signed on in 1921. Keen bought the...

. She eventually became a DJ on the station.

Once she moved to television

Television

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, she hosted The Ann Colone Show, a noontime homemaker show on WANE-TV

WANE-TV

WANE-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northern Indiana licensed to Fort Wayne. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 from a transmitter at studios on West State Boulevard in Northwest Fort Wayne/Tower Heights section of the city. The station can also be...

. The show began as a half-hour show, but grew to an hour, then to an hour and a half. She interviewed numerous and various celebrities of the time such as Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

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, Bob Hope

Bob Hope

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, and The Rolling Stones

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. The show was local but a great hit and was a precursor to the Johnny Carson Show. She was also a well known star in many local plays for years. Ann also hosted a show similar to American Bandstand

American Bandstand

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Colone died on June 12, 2007, at the age of 77.