David Ford Bond (October 23, 1904 – August 15, 1962)[1] was an American radio personality.
[1] Bond began working on radio at WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, and joined NBC in 1928.
[3] For 20 years in the 1930s and 1940s, he was the announcer for several radio soap operas and other shows, including the advertising voice for a sponsor's product called Bab-O.
[6] For almost 30 years, Bond was the spokesman for Cities Service petroleum company, "the longest sponsor-announcer association in the history of radio.
"[7] Bond retired from broadcasting in 1953 "to go into the building business in the Virgin Islands.