Johnny Holliday

[1] He began his radio career at WBBN in Perry, Georgia, then worked at WFEC in Florida, WVRM in Rochester, New York, WHK in Cleveland.

[2] Holliday moved to Washington, D.C., in 1969, handling morning drive time duties for WWDC until 1978, and sports for WMAL from 1978 to 1991.

[4] Holliday was the public address announcer at the Cleveland Browns matchup against the Dallas Cowboys that took place two days after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963.

[5] While at KYA from 1965 to 1969, he demonstrated versatility by broadcasting local college athletics on radio and television, and serving as a public address announcer for both the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco Warriors.

[1] He broadcast games on the radio for the Washington Federals, a franchise that played in the United States Football League in 1983 and 1984.

[1] On the stage, Holliday has appeared in more than thirty productions and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for best actor in a Washington, D.C., musical for his role in Me and My Girl.