Harold T. "Hal" Gibney (August 26, 1911 – June 5, 1973)[1][2] was NBC's West Coast announcer for more than 20 years.
In March 1935, Gibney relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he joined the announcing staff of both Portland-based radio stations KGW, (now KPOJ) and KEX.
Gibney's first noted announcing job was the KEX broadcast of the homecoming of the Oregon National Guard from Fort Lewis on June 25, 1935.
[4] Gibney began announcing on a weekly basis for the first time with the first broadcast of the radio series Safeway Circus Court on November 2, 1935.
[4] On January 16, 1936, Gibney left KGW, KEX and Portland altogether and went back to San Francisco where he joined NBC-affiliated station KPO, (now KNBR).
Former employees at the celebration included Keating, Fleming, Helen Kleeb, Archie Presby, Jane Burns, Harry Anderson, Larry Allen, Mary Alice Moynihan, Glen Hurlbert & Dave Drummond.
Within a year, Gibney could be heard announcing the Red Network's Hawthorne House and The Standard Symphony.
Jimmie Fidler from Hollywood, a gossip columnist program, was Gibney's last announcing gig before he enlisted in the military.
Even while in the service, Gibney continued his career as an announcer on the radio broadcasting his shows from the West Coast Training Center in Santa Ana, California.
On January 28, 1946, Gibney was discharged from the Radio Production Unit of the Army Air Corps and returned to Hollywood.
He was also the announcer for the entire two-year run of Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCrea.
[8] The series starred James Stewart as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy during the final years of the wild west.
People call them both "the Six Shooter".Gibney was later replaced as announcer by John Wald beginning in January 1954.
An example of this can be found below: Tonight's episode is dedicated to radio officer Delmer E. Cook of the Los Angeles Police Department; who, on the afternoon of December 6, 1948, gave his life so that yours might be more secure.