[1] LeMond was also the announcer for the first radio sitcom by Lucille Ball, My Favorite Husband, as well as for the first television pilot episode of I Love Lucy.
[2] He worked at KEHE (later KECA) in Los Angeles in 1937–38 and at KYA in San Francisco in 1938–39[3] before being hired by CBS as one of its main announcers.
In October 1942, Lemond qualified to be a tower control operator with the United States Army Air Forces.
[5] He continued to announce even after entering the U.S. Army during World War II, where he worked for Armed Forces Radio from 1942 until 1946.
[1] He continued to work with Ball as the announcer for the pilot episode of the television show which eventually became I Love Lucy.
[1] He also announced for countless television special events including the Academy Awards (for sponsor General Motors' Oldsmobile division) and the Tournament of Roses Parade.
[1] LeMond gradually began to receive less work by the mid-1960s, as the television medium changed and the demand for announcers fell.
[1] Oppenheimer commented at the time on LeMond, who used to both announce and warm up the live studio audience before the show, "He did it again, and it was like magic.
[1] Oppenheimer, who produced the I Love Lucy DVD releases beginning in 2002, drove to LeMond's home in Bonsall and asked him to re-record the original, missing narration.