John Edward McCarthy

Born on a farm near Parnell, Michigan, McCarthy attended St. Thomas High School in Ann Arbor, and attended the University of Michigan.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

Before World War II, he was an announcer at radio stations WMBC and WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan. On WXYZ in the late 1930s, McCarthy played the part of Ned Jordan, secret agent, in the Fran Striker radio serial drama of the same name.[https://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.aspx?id=2295 Ned Jordan] in the Spy Gals & Girls index of radio shows Just before World War II, he became Chief Announcer at WXYZ.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

During World War II, he was a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific where he ran the Armed Forces Radio station.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

He played the part of the Green Hornet on the famous radio series from 1947 until the program ended in December 1952.{{Cite web |title=RadioSpirits.com - The Green Hornet: Endpoint |url=http://www.radiospirits.com/detailsv2.asp?mbprodid=55815 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.radiospirits.com}}{{Cite web |title=HORNET - "The Green Hornet" Radio Shots - Airdate: 1936-1952. OF "THE... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-green-hornet-radio-shots-airdate-1936-1952-jack-news-photo/115738595 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Getty Images |language=es}}Radio episodes featuring McCarthy on [https://www.amazon.com/Green-Hornet-Racket-Busters/dp/B08BPL6M86 Amazon] The program originated from WXYZ in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22The+Green+Hornet+297%22+%22WXYZ+Detroit%22+%22Jack+Mc+Carthy%22+%22The+Lone+Ranger+and+Challenge+of+the+Yukon%22&pg=PA297 |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 |pages=297-299 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-09-05}} At the time, he was known as "Jack McCarthy."

For several years until 1952 he was also station manager and an announcer at WXYZ.{{Cite journal |date=May 17, 1954 |title=John E. McCarthy |journal=Broadcasting Telecasting |pages=78D}} During those years, two other national radio dramas originated from WXYZ radio: The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon (also known as Sergeant Preston of the Yukon).{{Cite web |title=The Green Hornet |url=https://www.redcircle.com/shows/cd0c20a2-b98a-4f96-86de-3180568ae114 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=www.redcircle.com}}

During his early career in radio, he worked with Danny Thomas, Mike Wallace, Douglas Edwards and Al Hodge (who later went on to play television's Captain Video).{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

McCarthy moved to New York City in 1954, doing radio and television commercials. He also reported the news at WPIX television.{{Cite journal |date=July 3, 1957 |title=TV-Radio Production Centres |journal=Variety |volume=207 |issue=5 |pages=35}} Because there was already a "Jack McCarthy" on staff at WPIX, John McCarthy became known in New York as "John E. McCarthy".Radio Daily-Television Daily, Volume 78. Radio Daily Corporation, 1957. In July 1956 McCarthy was taken to the liner {{SS|Île de France}} to interview survivors of the sinking of the {{SS|Andrea Doria}} ocean liner bound for New York harbor.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

In 1936 he married Virginia Hanlon and had two children: J. Thomas McCarthy and Maureen C. McCarthy.{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}}

McCarthy was a devout Catholic and served as a lector at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City.“The Catholic Standard and Times, 8 October 1965.” The Catholic Standard and Times, Oct. 1965. JSTOR, https://jstor.org/stable/community.32147780 . Accessed 22 Feb. 2023. He died on December 17, 1977, and was buried in the St. Patrick's Church cemetery in Parnell, Michigan following a funeral mass St. Ignatius Loyola Church.{{Cite news |date=December 19, 1977 |title=John E. McCarthy |pages=33 |work=The New York Times}}

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• Dick Osgood, WYXIE Wonderland (1981 Bowling Green Univ. Press) ({{ISBN|0-87972-187-1}})

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