Bob Hite (announcer)

==Biography==

==Biography==

Hite began his announcing career in the 1930s at [[WXYT (AM)|WXYZ]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. During his years there, he was among the announcers for such [[old-time radio]] shows as ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[The Green Hornet (radio series)|The Green Hornet]]'', ''[[The Shadow]]'', and ''[[Challenge of the Yukon]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Bob Hite Sr.; Announcer Introduced 'Lone Ranger'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-21-mn-1076-story.html|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref>

Hite began his announcing career in the 1930s at [[WXYT (AM)|WXYZ]] in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. During his years there, he was among the announcers for such [[old-time radio]] shows as ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[The Green Hornet]]'', ''[[The Shadow]]'', and ''[[Challenge of the Yukon]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Bob Hite Sr.; Announcer Introduced 'Lone Ranger'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-21-mn-1076-story.html|access-date=2010-12-07}}</ref>

In 1944, Hite joined the [[New York City|New York]] announcing staff of [[CBS]]. His radio announcing credits for the network included ''[[Let's Pretend]]'', ''Casey, Crime Photographer'', and ''[[CBS Radio Workshop|The CBS Radio Workshop]]''. On VE Day, Bob Hite was the first of CBS staff to announce the Victory in Europe, on airwaves from coast to coast. After World War II, Hite was seen live on the fledgling medium of television as a spokesman for GE appliances of all kinds, performing live commercials on the Fred Waring Show. During those early years of television, Hite was an anchor of five-minute morning news updates for the local CBS [[Flagship (television)|flagship station]], [[WCBS-TV]]; at one point, he was paired with fellow announcer [[Peter Thomas (television narrator)|Peter Thomas]] on those newscasts. Also during that time frame he solo-anchored the local/metropolitan evening news casts as well. In the early and mid-1950s, Hite was the [[narrator]] of several [[Short subject|short film]]s for [[RKO Pictures]], including one of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s early works, ''[[Flying Padre]]''.

In 1944, Hite joined the [[New York City|New York]] announcing staff of [[CBS]]. His radio announcing credits for the network included ''[[Let's Pretend]]'', ''Casey, Crime Photographer'', and ''[[CBS Radio Workshop|The CBS Radio Workshop]]''. On VE Day, Bob Hite was the first of CBS staff to announce the Victory in Europe, on airwaves from coast to coast. After World War II, Hite was seen live on the fledgling medium of television as a spokesman for GE appliances of all kinds, performing live commercials on the Fred Waring Show. During those early years of television, Hite was an anchor of five-minute morning news updates for the local CBS [[Flagship (television)|flagship station]], [[WCBS-TV]]; at one point, he was paired with fellow announcer [[Peter Thomas (television narrator)|Peter Thomas]] on those newscasts. Also during that time frame he solo-anchored the local/metropolitan evening news casts as well. In the early and mid-1950s, Hite was the [[narrator]] of several [[Short subject|short film]]s for [[RKO Pictures]], including one of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s early works, ''[[Flying Padre]]''.

Bob Hite announced the opening [[Commercial bumper|bumper]] for CBS's [[Color television|color]] programs starting in 1966, replacing fellow staff announcer [[Hal Simms]] who had voiced the same bumper the year before. But his most famous television credit was as the announcer for the ''[[CBS Evening News#Walter Cronkite (1962–1979)|CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite]]'' beginning in 1971, and continuing until his retirement from the network in 1979.

Bob Hite announced the opening [[Commercial bumper|bumper]] for CBS's [[Color television|color]] programs starting in 1966, replacing fellow staff announcer [[Hal Simms]] who had voiced the same bumper the year before. But his most famous television credit was as the announcer for the ''[[CBS Evening News#Walter Cronkite (1962–1979)|CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite]]'' beginning in 1970, and continuing until his retirement from the network in 1979.

Hite died at a [[Palliative care|Hospice]] in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]] at age 86.

Hite died in February of 2000 at a [[Palliative care|Hospice]] in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]] at age 86.

His son, Bob Hite Jr., was senior anchor at [[WFLA-TV]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]-[[St. Petersburg, Florida]] from 1977 until his retirement in November 2007. One of his three daughters, Cindy Hite, also worked in radio news and is now a radio host at Legends Radio 100.3 FM in Palm Beach County, FL.

His son, Bob Hite Jr., was senior anchor at [[WFLA-TV]] in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]-[[St. Petersburg, Florida]] from 1977 until his retirement in November 2007. One of his three daughters, Cindy Hite, also worked in radio news and is now a weekend radio host at Legends Radio 100.3 FM in Palm Beach County, FL.

==Notes==

==Notes==