Kolman Carroll Rutkin (October 6, 1928 – July 30, 2019), better known as Roger Carroll, was an American radio

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and

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Career

1940s

Carroll became an announcer at

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, in 1945 (age of 15). In 1948, he was hired as a staff announcer for the ABC Network, Hollywood, at age 18; Carroll was at that time the youngest announcer in the network's history. He served as an announcer for 10 years with the network.

1950s

By December 1958, Carroll had become host of what a ''

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'' columnist described as "KABC's most outstanding music show". He had begun work at KABC as a substitute disc jockey. In 1959 he was hired as a disk jockey and radio show host at

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radio in Hollywood. His

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, "The R.C. Get-Together," ran until 1979 and was one of the most popular radio shows in

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. His work for KMPC included game-day remote broadcasts from stadiums when the Los Angeles Rams and the California Angels played home games.

1960s

He began his television career as the announcer for ''

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'' (1967-1969). He continued with the brothers in the 1988 and 1989 versions of that program as well as on ''The Smothers Brothers Show'' in 1970 and again in 1975. He went on to be the announcer for ''

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'' (1969) and ''

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'' (1969).

1970s

Carroll was the announcer for ''

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'' (1971), '' The Bobby Darin Show'' (1973), '' The Tony Orlando and Dawn Rainbow Hour'' (1976), and ''The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour'' (1977-1978). In 1979, he left KMPC to become a vice president of Golden West Broadcasting.

1980s

In 1981, Carroll was co-owner of

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, an AM radio station in

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. He also owned Best Sounds in Town Inc./Roger Carroll Productions, which created and produced special programs, commercials and jingles.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Roger 1934 births 2019 deaths American radio DJs Radio and television announcers Radio personalities from Baltimore Radio personalities from Los Angeles