[citation needed] Born Louis Ferraioli in 1928, he was an announcer on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean War, and was the voice who informed the troops that their commander, General Douglas MacArthur, had been recalled by President Harry S Truman.
[2] Steele voiced the catch phrase, coined by his announcer-booth colleague Tom Gregory: "It's 10 P.M. Do you know where your children are?"
In addition, in the early 1980s Steele voiced another brief public service announcement for the station, "It's 7 P.M. Did you hug your child today?"
Known as "The Creep," Lou would appear without the normal make-up or costume typical of horror hosts of the day.
[citation needed] Steele died on February 25, 2001, in his home in Paterson, New Jersey, of a heart attack, aged 72.