Bill Keene (1927 – April 5, 2000) was a television and radio personality who became famous in the Los Angeles, California, market as a traffic and weather announcer.
He was particularly known for his colorful, humorous traffic reports which included numerous puns and he became a fixture in Los Angeles broadcasting.
After serving as an Army Air Corps navigator during World War II, he was hired as news and sports director at KBOL radio in Boulder, Colorado where he studied journalism at the University of Colorado.
Keene's Los Angeles broadcasting career began in 1957 at KNXT-TV (now KCBS-TV) as a weather reporter.
For example, when a ladder was reported on the freeway he announced, “Watch out for rung way drivers," and ,“Don’t worry, the highway patrol will be taking steps to remove that ladder.”[2] Keene retired in 1993.