Lowell Blanchard (November 5, 1910 – February 19, 1968) was an American
radio presenter
A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a ra ...
and performer. Blanchard, a native of
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, was a station manager and popular show host for
WNOX-AM Radio in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...
. He was inducted into The Country Music On-Air Personality Hall of Fame in 1977.
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/ref> He is said to have given country performers Henry D. Haynes and Kenneth C. Burns their stage names, Homer and Jethro, after forgetting their stage names during a 1936 broadcast on WNOX.
In April 1950, Blanchard and the Valley Trio recorded a version of the song "Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb", which was included on the Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age compilation.
References
External links
Short biography of Blanchard on Country Radio SeminarLyrics
of "Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb"
* performed by Blanchard and the Valley Trio
American radio personalities
1910 births
1968 deaths
20th-century American singers
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