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Richard A. Leone

Richard A. Leone PhotoRichard A. Leone
IndustryEntertainment
TitlePresident
ExpertiseRecently retired from WSVN, Miami after 27 years as Staff Announcer, Weatherman and Children's Show Host of the "Sunday Funnies"; he has been dancing and performing as a radio and television personality since age 10 (when he started on ABC Radio as child-emcee host of "Tom Thumb Follies" and "Young Americans Club" in 1948); he has also appeared in many musical comedy productions
Current OrganizationNetwork Voice Promos, Inc.
Type of OrganizationCommunications
Major ProductRadio and television program producer of "Entertainment Spotlight" a movie review radio program and "Entertainment Spotlight" a movie review TV show on Miami Dade cable channel 29; also produces voice-overs for TV and radio nationally
Area of DistributionFlorida
University/DegreeB.A., Radio TV Film (Communications), University of Miami, 1959
BornSeptember 25, 1937, Tampa, Florida
Published Works"Caught On The Runway", Postscript to September 11th
AffiliationsOperations, Producer and TV Station Announcer for WLRN-TV PBS, Miami; Suncoast Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; Miami International Press Club
Hobbies & SportsEntertainer-singer, dancer, professional actor
Career AccomplishmentsAnnouncer for Politithon 1970 Peabody Award Winner for Broadcast Journalism (WPBT, Miami); Twice Performance Winner (Dancer) of Ted Mack Amateur Hour, ABC-TV, 1956; Initiated into Iron Arrow, highest honor awarded at the University of Miami, 1959, for student activities and television broadcasting
Work HistoryBroadcast Journalist, U.S. Army, 1963-66; Newsman-Writer, WKAT (CBS) Miami, 1966-70; TV Announcer, Variety Show and Children's Programs Host, WTHS TV-WPBT TV, 1970-78; Weatherman, Program and Children's Show Host and Commercial Announcer, WCKT-WSVN, Miami, 1969-98; Newsman, Weather Anchor, WEVU TV, Ft. Myers, FL, 1978; Station Announcer, Producer, Operations, WLRN TV, 1987-present; NVP Studios free-lance to WSVN (many work positions overlapped and were concurrent); NVP Studios contract to PBS, BBC, WAMU for remote hookups; Radio shows produced for WVCG, WSRF (Entertainment Spotlight); NVP Studios weekly remote feed for monitor radio (NPR); NVP Studios contracted to Home Shopping Network (commercials)
ChildrenJames A. Leone, Diane Schmidt, Dennis Klein, Jaime Klein, Ph.D.; 5 grandchildren
SpouseCorinne
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