Robert Arthur (radio announcer)
Encyclopedia
Robert "Bob" Arthur was a radio personality
, in Los Angeles
, California
, a television newscaster, and a motion picture actor
.
Born Joseph Arthur Prince in Kansas, Arthur was an anchorman at KOAT-TV
in Albuquerque, New Mexico before working in Los Angeles.
He was part of the "Ken and Bob Company" morning radio program on KABC-am Los Angeles from 1973–1990, when Bob retired to work with the Alzheimer Association.
For his contribution to radio, Arthur and radio partner Ken Minyard
have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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, California
California
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, a television newscaster, and a motion picture actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Born Joseph Arthur Prince in Kansas, Arthur was an anchorman at KOAT-TV
KOAT-TV
KOAT-TV, channel 7, is an ABC network affiliated television station serving Albuquerque, New Mexico. Its transmitter is located on Sandia Crest, northeast of Albuquerque. Syndicated programming on KOAT includes: Entertainment Tonight, Ellen, The Dr...
in Albuquerque, New Mexico before working in Los Angeles.
He was part of the "Ken and Bob Company" morning radio program on KABC-am Los Angeles from 1973–1990, when Bob retired to work with the Alzheimer Association.
For his contribution to radio, Arthur and radio partner Ken Minyard
Ken Minyard
Ken Minyard is a radio personality. He was featured on KABC radio's morning Newstalk show in the early 1970s, but he is best remembered as a partner on the radio with Bob Arthur...
have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
.