Byron MacGregor
Byron MacGregor | |
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Born | Gary Lachlan Mack March 3, 1948 |
Died | January 3, 1995 | (aged 46)
Nationality | Canadian (held dual Canadian/American citizenships) |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1967–1995 |
Known for | His spoken word recording of "The Americans" |
Byron MacGregor (born Gary Lachlan Mack; March 3, 1948 – January 3, 1995)[1] was a Canadian radio and TV news anchor, news director, and recording artist.
Career
Born in
In 1973, he read a Toronto newspaper editorial written by
MacGregor was known for his deep voice and high-energy announcing style at CKLW, and for writing copy in a manner that was compared to that of sensational tabloid newspapers. He later made the transition to a more traditional anchoring and interviewing style when he moved to WWJ Newsradio 950, the CBS Radio all-news station in Detroit, where he served as both morning and afternoon drive anchor during his thirteen-year occupancy. MacGregor also became the first newsman in Detroit to simultaneously anchor prime-time newscasts on both radio (WWJ) and television (WKBD-TV 50).
By the mid-1980s, MacGregor held dual citizenships in Canada and the United States. He died on January 3, 1995, from
References
- ^ Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1994 - 1995". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- YouTube
- ^ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th Edition, 2000
- ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "DETROIT (AP) _ Byron MacGregor, a veteran TV and radio journalist whose pro-U.S. recording The Americans″ got wide air play in the 1970s, died Tuesday of pneumonia. He was 46". The Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ "The Classic CKLW Page - Memoirs of Byron's Funeral". Thebig8.net. Retrieved 2015-08-26.