Dick Joy
{{Short description|American radio and television announcer}}
{{About|the American radio and TV announcer|the Canadian linguist|Richard Joy}}
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| name = Dick Joy
| image = Dick Joy 1947.jpg
| alt = Dick Joy 1947
| caption = Dick Joy 1947
| birth_name = Richard W. Joy
| birth_date = December 28, 1915
| birth_place = Putnam, Connecticut
| death_date = October 31, 1991 (aged 75)
| death_place = Medford, Oregon
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| occupation = Radio and television announcer, newscaster
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Dick Joy (December 28, 1915{{cite book|editor-last1=Grunwald|editor-first1=Edgar A.|title=Variety Radio Directory 1940–1941|date=1940|publisher=Variety, Inc.|page=972|url=https://archive.org/stream/varietyradiod19401941vari#page/972/mode/1up|accessdate=13 June 2014}} – October 31, 1991) was an American radio and television announcer. A journalism major at the University of Southern California, he went on to become well known on network radio and television.{{cite news|title=Richard Joy; TV, Radio Announcer|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-04-mn-544-story.html|access-date=9 June 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 4, 1991}}
Early years
Joy's involvement with radio at the local level began when, while a student at USC, he worked part-time for radio stations in Los Angeles, California. His first job after graduation was at KEHE, and he later joined the announcing staff of KNX.{{cite web|title=The Story of Dr. Kildare|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Dr-Kildare.html|website=The Digital Deli Too|accessdate=9 June 2014|archive-date=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327050249/http://digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Dr-Kildare.html|url-status=dead}}
Radio career
At age 21, Joy moved up from the local level to CBS, becoming that network's youngest staff announcer in history. By 1937, he was involved with Kathryn Cravens' News Through a Woman's Eye, Good Afternoon Neighbors, Thomas Conrad Sawyer Series Goodyear Sun-up News,{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1938 Radio Annual|date=1938|work=The Radio Daily|page=663|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Annual/1938/601-700-RA-1938-All.pdf#page=63}} and The Newlyweds. In the following three years, he added to his achievements work on My Secret Ambition, Hollywood in Person, Road of Life, I Want a Divorce, College of Musical Knowledge, Burns and Allen, and The Beauty Explorer.
Joy went on to be the announcer for numerous network radio programs including The Adventures of Bill Lance,{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22The+Adventures+of+Bill+Lance,+detective+drama%22+%22Dick+Joy%22&pg=PA7 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=7 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-10-12}} The Danny Kaye Show, Forever Ernest, The Sad Sack, Vox Pop,Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). The Big Broadcast: 1920–1950. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. Pp. 66, 89, 206, 251. The Adventures of Sam Spade, Blue Ribbon Town, Dr. Kildare.Dunning, John. (1976). Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925–1976. Prentice-Hall, Inc. {{ISBN|0-13-932616-2}}. Pp. 13, 81, 165. Nelson Eddy Show, Those We Love,{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1943 Radio Annual|date=1943|publisher=Radio Daily|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Annual/1943/701-800-RA-1943.pdf#page=93|page=793|accessdate=10 June 2014}} Silver Theatre,{{cite news|title=Behind the Mike|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting17unse#page/n623/mode/1up|accessdate=10 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=September 15, 1939}} New Old Gold Show,{{cite news|last1=Abbott|first1=Sam|title=Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Dick+Joy+announcer%22&pg=PT5|page=6|work=The Billboard|date=October 24, 1942}} Jackie Coogan Show,{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1946 Radio Annual|date=1946|work=The Radio Daily|page=832|url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual194600radi#page/832/mode/1up|accessdate=10 June 2014}} The Saint,{{cite web|title=The Saint Radio Show|url=http://www.megaloradio.com/saintradioshow.html|website=MegaloRadio.com|accessdate=11 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190156/http://www.megaloradio.com/saintradioshow.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}} and The Danny Thomas Show.Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-5149-4}}. P. 177
The 1946 edition of Radio Annual reported, "Dick Joy and Donald C. McBain have opened their new station, KCMJ, at Palm Springs."{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1946 Radio Annual|date=1946|publisher=The Radio Daily|page=61|url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual194600radi#page/60/mode/1up|accessdate=11 June 2014}} Thus, Joy began his first venture into ownership of a station while continuing to work on network radio. His entry in the "Announcers" section of the 1947 Radio Annual listed 10 network entertainment programs in addition to newscasts.{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1947 Radio Annual|date=1947|work=The Radio Daily|page=896|url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual194700radi#page/n923/mode/1up}} He sold KCMJ in 1950.{{cite news|title=Closed Circuit|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1950/BC-1950-10-23.pdf#page=4&search=kcmj|page=4|accessdate=11 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=October 23, 1950}}
Television career
Like many artists from radio, Joy moved to television as that medium grew in popularity. TV programs for which he was the announcer included December Bride, Perry Mason, Have Gun - Will Travel, Daktari, Lost in Space, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., Playhouse 90.{{cite web|title=Here are a few more celebrities|url=http://www.coutant.org/morecele/|website=www.coutant.org|accessdate=11 June 2014}} and Sheriff of Cochise.{{cite news|title=Film People|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele51unse#page/n1375/mode/1up|accessdate=11 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=September 17, 1956}} Radio/television columnist Glen Stadler reported that Joy eventually left television to return to radio "because he refused to act like the advertiser demanded ... using the shove-em-at-you technique." Joy told Stadler, "I don't want any more [until] the advertiser ... admits that the buyer has intelligence."{{cite news|last1=Stadler|first1=Gil|title=Look and Listen|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19530815&id=IBdWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6624,961716|accessdate=11 June 2014|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=August 15, 1953}}
Returning to local radio in 1951, Joy became news director at KFAC in Los Angeles.{{cite news|title=air-casters|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele41unse_0#page/n1244/mode/1up|accessdate=11 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=December 10, 1951}} Billboard magazine reported that, in addition to being news director, Joy would "handle all morning newscasts and some early afternoon shows."{{cite news|last1=Bundy|first1=June|title=Vox Jox|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Dick+Joy+ex-KNX+Hollywood%22&pg=PA22|page=22|work=The Billboard|date=December 22, 1951}}
Joy also worked at two Los Angeles television stations, KTTV and KNXT. He retired in 1969.
Family
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Category:American male radio actors
Category:Radio and television announcers