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{{Short description|American radio and television announcer}}
{{About|the American radio and TV announcer|the Canadian linguist|Richard Joy}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dick Joy
| image =Dick Joy 1947.jpg <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] -->
| alt = Dick Joy 1947
| caption = Dick Joy 1947
| birth_name = Richard W. Joy
| birth_date = December 28, 1915
| birth_place = Putnam, Connecticut
| death_date = October 31, 1991
| death_place = Medford, Oregon
| other_names =
| occupation = Radio and television announcer, newscaster
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'''Dick Joy''' (December 28, 1915<ref name="varann">{{cite book|editor-last1=Grunwald|editor-first1=Edgar A.|title=Variety Radio Directory 1940–1941|date=1940|publisher=Variety, Inc.|page=972|url=https://archive.org/stream/varietyradiod19401941vari#page/972/mode/1up|accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref> – October 31, 1991) was an American [[Radio broadcasting|radio]] and [[television]] [[announcer]]. A journalism major at the [[University of Southern California]], he went on to become well known on network radio and television.<ref name="lat">{{cite news|title=Richard Joy; TV, Radio Announcer|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-04-mn-544-story.html|access-date=9 June 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 4, 1991}}</ref>
== Early years ==
Joy's involvement with radio at the local level began when, while a student at USC, he worked part-time for radio stations in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. His first job after graduation was at KEHE, and he later joined the announcing staff of [[KNX (AM)|KNX]].<ref name="dd2">{{cite web|title=The Story of Dr. Kildare|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Dr-Kildare.html|website=The Digital Deli Too|accessdate=9 June 2014|archive-date=27 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327050249/http://digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Dr-Kildare.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Radio career ==
At age 21, Joy moved up from the local level to [[CBS]], becoming that network's youngest staff announcer in history.<ref name=dd2/> By 1937, he was involved with ''Kathryn Cravens' News Through a Woman's Eye'', ''Good Afternoon Neighbors'', ''Thomas Conrad Sawyer Series'' ''Goodyear Sun-up News'',<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1938 Radio Annual|date=1938|work=The Radio Daily|page=663|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Annual/1938/601-700-RA-1938-All.pdf#page=63}}</ref> and ''The Newlyweds''. In the following three years, he added to his achievements work on ''My Secret Ambition'', ''Hollywood in Person'', ''Road of Life'', ''I Want a Divorce'', ''College of Musical Knowledge'', ''[[Burns and Allen]]'', and ''The Beauty Explorer''.<ref name=varann/>
Joy went on to be the announcer for numerous network radio programs including ''[[The Adventures of Bill Lance]]'',<ref name="dunningota">{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22The+Adventures+of+Bill+Lance,+detective+drama%22+%22Dick+Joy%22&pg=PA7 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=7 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref> ''[[The Danny Kaye Show (radio program)|The Danny Kaye Show]]'', ''[[Forever Ernest]]'', ''The Sad Sack'', ''Vox Pop'',<ref name="buxton">Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). ''The Big Broadcast: 1920–1950''. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. Pp. 66, 89, 206, 251.</ref> ''[[The Adventures of Sam Spade]]'', ''[[Blue Ribbon Town]]'', ''Dr. Kildare''.<ref name="dunningtiy">Dunning, John. (1976). ''Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925–1976''. Prentice-Hall, Inc. {{ISBN|0-13-932616-2}}. Pp. 13, 81, 165.</ref>  ''Nelson Eddy Show'', ''Those We Love'',<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1943 Radio Annual|date=1943|publisher=Radio Daily|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Annual/1943/701-800-RA-1943.pdf#page=93|page=793|accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref> ''[[Silver Theater (radio program)|Silver Theatre]]'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Behind the Mike|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting17unse#page/n623/mode/1up|accessdate=10 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=September 15, 1939}}</ref> ''New Old Gold Show'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abbott|first1=Sam|title=Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LQwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Dick+Joy+announcer%22&pg=PT5|page=6|work=The Billboard|date=October 24, 1942}}</ref> ''Jackie Coogan Show'',<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1946 Radio Annual|date=1946|work=The Radio Daily|page=832|url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual194600radi#page/832/mode/1up|accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Saint (radio program)|The Saint]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The Saint Radio Show|url=http://www.megaloradio.com/saintradioshow.html|website=MegaloRadio.com|accessdate=11 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190156/http://www.megaloradio.com/saintradioshow.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''The Danny Thomas Show''.<ref name="sies1">Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-5149-4}}. P. 177</ref>
The 1946 edition of Radio Annual reported, "Dick Joy and Donald C. McBain have opened their new station, KCMJ, at Palm Springs."<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1946 Radio Annual|date=1946|publisher=The Radio Daily|page=61|url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual194600radi#page/60/mode/1up|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> Thus, Joy began his first venture into ownership of a station while continuing to work on network radio. His entry in the "Announcers" section of the 1947 Radio Annual listed 10 network entertainment programs in addition to newscasts.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Alicoate|editor-first1=Jack|title=The 1947 Radio Annual|date=1947|work=The Radio Daily|page=896|url=https://archive.org/stream/radioannual194700radi#page/n923/mode/1up}}</ref> He sold KCMJ in 1950.<ref>{{cite news|title=Closed Circuit|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1950/BC-1950-10-23.pdf#page=4&search=kcmj|page=4|accessdate=11 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=October 23, 1950}}</ref>
== Television career ==
Like many artists from radio, Joy moved to television as that medium grew in popularity. TV programs for which he was the announcer included ''[[December Bride]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel]]'', ''[[Daktari]]'', ''[[Lost in Space]]'', ''[[Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Here are a few more celebrities|url=http://www.coutant.org/morecele/|website=www.coutant.org|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> and ''[[Sheriff of Cochise]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Film People|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele51unse#page/n1375/mode/1up|accessdate=11 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=September 17, 1956}}</ref> Radio/television columnist Glen Stadler reported that Joy eventually left television to return to radio "because he refused to act like the advertiser demanded ... using the shove-em-at-you technique." Joy told Stadler, "I don't want any more [until] the advertiser ... admits that the buyer has intelligence."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stadler|first1=Gil|title=Look and Listen|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19530815&id=IBdWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6624,961716|accessdate=11 June 2014|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=August 15, 1953}}</ref>
Returning to local radio in 1951, Joy became news director at [[KFAC (radio station)|KFAC]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|title=air-casters|url=https://archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele41unse_0#page/n1244/mode/1up|accessdate=11 June 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=December 10, 1951}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reported that, in addition to being news director, Joy would "handle all morning newscasts and some early afternoon shows."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bundy|first1=June|title=Vox Jox|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Dick+Joy+ex-KNX+Hollywood%22&pg=PA22|page=22|work=The Billboard|date=December 22, 1951}}</ref>
Joy also worked at two Los Angeles television stations, [[KTTV]] and [[KCBS-TV|KNXT]]. He retired in 1969.<ref name=lat/>
==Family==
Joy had a wife, Cecelia, two daughters, and three grandchildren.<ref name=lat/>
== References ==
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==External links==
{{IMDb name |0431449}}
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