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Don Pardo

Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (died 2014)

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Born
February 22, 1918
Died
August 18, 2014
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1918

About Don Pardo

Dominick George "Don" Pardo Jr. was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades. A business dispute between Zappa and his record company of the time led to "Punky's Whips" being removed from the 1978 album, but the song was reinstated on the 1991 CD. Pardo was hired for his first radio position at NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence in 1938. Pardo was the on-duty live booth announcer for WNBC-TV in New York and the NBC network on November 22, 1963, and he was the first to announce to NBC viewers that President John F. Pardo reprised this role on the live-recorded version of the song for the Zappa in New York album (it was not featured on the first release in 1978, but it appears on the 1991 CD re-release).

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Don Pardo timeline

  1. Pardo was hired for his first radio position at NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence in 1938.
  2. Pardo was the on-duty live booth announcer for WNBC-TV in New York and the NBC network on November 22, 1963, and he was the first to announce to NBC viewers that President John F.
  3. A business dispute between Zappa and his record company of the time led to "Punky's Whips" being removed from the 1978 album, but the song was reinstated on the 1991 CD.
  4. Pardo reprised this role on the live-recorded version of the song for the Zappa in New York album (it was not featured on the first release in 1978, but it appears on the 1991 CD re-release).

The world when Don Pardo was born

Don Pardo was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Don Pardo's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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