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Chuck Cecil (born December 26, 1922)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pieceofcakepr.com/national-association-of-broadcasters-award-presentation-to-chuck-cecil-of-radios-the-swingin-years/ )〕 is a veteran Los Angeles radio broadcaster and longtime host of the syndicated program "The Swingin' Years", a "Best of" radio show for the "big band" era in music, which lasted from 1935 to 1955. == Early Years == Cecil was born and raised on an Oklahoma ranch. A severe drought during the Great Depression forced Chuck's family west, to Los Angeles, California, where they settled in the San Fernando Valley. There, Cecil attended Van Nuys High School alongside future actresses Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe (who went by the name Norma Jeane Baker at the time). In fact, Cecil was a guest at Monroe's wedding to Jim Dougherty in 1942. That same year, Cecil landed his first radio job at KVEC in San Luis Obispo, California. By December, he had been called to active duty by the Navy. Cecil was accepted for the Navy's V-5 pilot training program, flying for Grumman. When the war ended, Chuck was serving in a replacement squad waiting for his first combat assignment which never came. After the war, Chuck went back to radio. where he found a job at KFLW in Klamath Falls, Oregon. While working as an announcer for "Baldy's Band", a popular orchestra in Southern Oregon, Cecil met his future bride, Edna Brown. She had been working as the band's vocalist. The couple wed in 1947 and have four children and 15 grandchildren.〔(Chuck Cecil at Dancing L.A. ), accessed 2014-03-05〕 Cecil was hired by Los Angeles radio station KFI in 1952, where he remained for the next 21 years until 1973, when KFI made a format change, causing Cecil to leave the station. Cecil later spent most of the 1970s and 80s working at radio stations KGIL-AM and KPRZ, both in Los Angeles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuck Cecil (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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