Johnny Holliday
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John Holliday Bobbitt (born October 15, 1937), known professionally as Johnny Holliday, is an American radio and television
Early life
Holliday was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and was in the first graduating class at
Broadcasting career
Top 40 disc jockey
He began his radio career at WBBN in Perry, Georgia, then worked at WFEC in Florida, WVRM in Rochester, New York,
Holliday moved to Washington, D.C., in 1969, handling morning drive time duties for WWDC until 1978, and sports for WMAL from 1978 to 1991.[3]
Sports
During his long sportscasting career Holliday has been affiliated with the
Holliday was the public address announcer at the Cleveland Browns matchup against the Dallas Cowboys that took place two days after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Browns owner Art Modell instructed Holliday to refer to the opposing team only as the "Cowboys", without reference to the City of Dallas.[5]
While at KYA from 1965 to 1969, he demonstrated versatility by broadcasting local college athletics on radio and television, and serving as a public address announcer for both the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco Warriors.
Holliday has been the "voice" of the
From 2007 to 2018, Holliday hosted the
and occasionally filled in as a substitute play-by-play announcer for Nationals games on MASN.Holliday also contributes sports reports to the
Announcer
On television, Holliday was the announcer of the
Acting career
On the stage, Holliday has appeared in more than thirty productions and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for best actor in a Washington, D.C., musical for his role in Me and My Girl.[3]
Awards and honors
The National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame presented Holliday with the Chris Schenkel award in 2006 for his long and distinguished career broadcasting college football for the University of Maryland. [9] In 2010, The Maryland Daily Record named him one of its "60 Influential Marylanders."[10] The Washington Post columnist Leonard Shapiro named Holliday as his all-time best Washington sports radio broadcaster since 1970.[11]
In 2014, Holliday was inducted into the Washington, D.C., Sports Hall of Fame.[12]
Author
Johnny Holliday, with Stephen Moore, published his
References
- ^ a b c d e "Holliday ABC Bio". Hollywood Hills Group. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ a b "Biography Johnny Holliday". CBS Entertainment. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ a b "The Johnny Holliday Collection". Reel Top 40 Radio Repository. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ a b "Nationals Broadcasters". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Two days after JFK's assassination, the NFL played on". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "Johnny Holliday: From Rock To Jock". The Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall Of Fame. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ Light, Tom, "The People Behind the Voices," scout.com, February 12, 2004. Retrieved December 14, 2018
- ^ Kelleher, Colleen, "Johnny Holliday giving up Nats TV gig," wtop.com, December 12, 2018 10:50 am. Retrieved December 14, 2018
- ^ "The Chris Schenkel Award Recipients". The National Football Foundation. June 2, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Daily Record honors 2010’s Influential Marylanders Archived 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Record, February 11, 2010.
- ^ "Top 10: Dialing up the best in Washington sports radio". Washington Post. June 2, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame announces 2014 class". mlb.com. April 15, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ "Johnny Holliday: From Rock to Jock". August 28, 2002. Retrieved 2012-07-20.