I thought the voice of WWV was Lee Rogers, who is a very active talk radio person out here on the west coast... currently on KSFO 560 radio in the SF Bay Area.
s. > "Don" <ka9...@...> wrote: > > FYI > > One of the original Voices of WWV Passed away > > Our Thoughts and prayers go out to the Family > > 73 De Don KA9QJG > > The recorded voice of Time and Frequency Station WWV has fallen silent. This > with word that announcer Don Elliot Heald, of Atlanta, Georgia, who gave WWV > its human touch passed away on Thursday, February 19th. > > Known in the broadcast world as Don Elliot, Heald had distinguished career > that ranged from work at Atlanta Georgia's WSB to his automated and > internationally heard WWV broadcasts on shortwave. He was also the voice of > the Audichron telephone dial-in Time-Weather-Temperature service and of the > Protestant Hour radio show for over 40 years. For nearly five decades Heald > narrated the televised Christmas Eve service from Atlanta's Episcopal > Cathedral of St. Philip, where he served as a vestryman, junior warden and > senior warden. > > Heald was originally from Massachusetts, but came to Atlanta via Lakeland, > Florida. He was a graduate of the University of Florida at Gainesville and > began his broadcast career after graduation when he accepted a position at > WRUF where remained for three years. In Atlanta he spent much of his spare > time devoted to public service work with charities and civic clubs. > > A Service of Celebration of Don Elliot Heald's life took place on Tuesday > February 24th at the Cathedral of St. Philip. He is survived by his wife Sara > Farmer Heald of Atlanta, GA; sons and daughters-in- law David and Deborah of > Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Tom and Evelyn Heald and Frank and Mary Heald of > Atlanta. Don Elliot Heald was 86. > > > WWV Info http://tinyurl.com/5mw55c >
