Johnny Holliday
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Radio
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sportscaster
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and a former top 40 radio disc jockey. He has been the "voice" of the Maryland Terrapins
Maryland Terrapins
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football
Maryland Terrapins football
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and basketball
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball
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teams since 1979. He has previously worked as a radio disc jockey
Disc jockey
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in Cleveland, New York City
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, and San Francisco. He was born John Holliday Bobbitt on October 15, 1937.
Holliday was the announcer of the NBC musical variety shows Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo (TV series)
Hullabaloo is an American musical variety series that ran on NBC from January 12, 1965 through August 29, 1966. Similar to Shindig! it ran in prime time in contrast to ABC's American Bandstand.-Overview:...
and The Roger Miller Show
The Roger Miller Show
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in the 1960s. He was the announcer on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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's This Week
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with David Brinkley
David Brinkley
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, Sam Donaldson
Sam Donaldson
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, and Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
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. Holliday was featured on the CBS
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series Good Morning, World
Good Morning, World
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. He has also starred in more than thirty stage performances and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award
Helen Hayes Award
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for best actor in a Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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musical for his role in Me and My Girl
Me and My Girl
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. In 1965 he was named America's number-one disc jockey by the Bill Gavin Radio "Gavin Report
Gavin Report
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". In 2010, The Maryland Daily Record named Holliday one of its "60 Influential Marylanders". The Washington Post
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columnist Leonard Shapiro named Holliday as his all-time best Washington sports radio broadcaster since 1970. Johnny is currently co-host of the syndicated "Catholic Radio Weekly" with Carol Lehan.
He has been affiliated with the Cleveland Browns
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, Oakland Raiders
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, San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
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, San Francisco Warriors, Washington Senators
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, Washington Nationals
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, Stanford University
Stanford University
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, George Washington University
George Washington University
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and the University of California
University of California, Berkeley
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. During the baseball season, he is currently the co-host of Nats Xtra with Ray Knight
Ray Knight
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on MASN. Johnny Holliday, with Stephen Moore, published his autobiography
Autobiography
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Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock in 2002, and in 2006, Hoop Tales about the University of Maryland men's basketball team.