Ronald Reagan is the former American president who once held a job as an announcer for Chicago Cubs. Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States.
Ronald "Dutch" Reagan.
Ronald Reagan announce an inning once
President Ronald Reagan was a radio sport announcer and actor before becoming president. He was an announcer for Chicago Cubs baseball games in Des Moines in the 1930s.
Ronald Reagan ( Chicago Cubs )
He got his start in the early 1930s as a radio announcer of the play by play of Chicago Cubs games.
Ronald Reagan used to be an announcer for the Cubs in Des Moines. One of his jobs was to commentate on games that he wasn't actually at. He would receive a summary of the score by telephone then produce a commentary based on that.
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It was around 1933 or shortly thereafter that Reagan became an announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
He started out on the radio announcing the play-by-play during Chicago Cubs baseball games in the 1930s.
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Ronald Reagan became a radio announcer in Iowa after graduating from college. In Des Moines, Iowa he worked for radio station WHO recreating accounts of Chicago Cubs baseball games from the WHO studio utilizing information obtained via telegraph. An often-repeated tale of Reagan's radio days recounts how he delivered "play-by-play broadcasts" of Chicago Cubs baseball games he had never seen. His flawless recitations were based solely on telegraph accounts of games in progress. He took a screen test in 1937 while he was travelling in California with the Cubs. That resulted in Reagan moving to California and obtaining a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers studios.
Reagan's first real job was as a radio announcer in Iowa, at first at Davenport and later at WHO in Des Moines. His job as voice of the Chicago Cubs brought him to California and Hollywood. because the Cubs at that time had their spring training near LA.
Ronald Reagan became a radio announcer in Iowa after graduating from college. In Des Moines, Iowa he became an announcer for Chicago Cubs baseball games. He took a screen test in 1937 while he was travelling in California with the Cubs. That resulted in Reagan moving to California and obtaining a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers studios.