![]() ![]() ![]() It was also in this period that he voiced the newscaster on the Simon & Garfunkel recording " 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night." This led to several stints as a disc jockey on Los Angeles radio (most notably on Pasadena station KRLA, 1964–67), and later as news anchorman and staff announcer on Los Angeles television station KCOP-TV, where he performed double duty and often introduced his own newscasts with the self-referential cue "and now Charlie O'Donnell with the news." Additionally, Barry & Enright Productions taped The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough at KCOP during its initial syndicated runs, which O'Donnell announced for. In 1958, he became the sidekick of Dick Clark on WFIL-TV's afternoon dance program, American Bandstand. When WIBG became top-40 in 1957, O'Donnell was named news director. In 1956, he worked as program director at WHAT, a 250-watt R&B station in Philadelphia, where he discovered and launched the career of future Philadelphia radio personality Hy Lit. He began his career as a teenager at WCHA in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. O'Donnell was also known for announcing American Bandstand. Among them, he was best known for Wheel of Fortune, where he worked from 1975 to 1980, and again from 1989 until his death. ![]() Charles John O'Donnell (Aug– November 1, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer, primarily known for his work on game shows. ![]()
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