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Fred Foy
Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer, who used Fred Foy as his professional name. He is best known for his narration of ''The Lone Ranger''. Radio historian Jim Harmon described Foy as "''the'' announcer, perhaps the greatest announcer-narrator in the history of radio drama."〔(Harmon, Jim. ''Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media''. McFarland, 2003. )〕
Shortly after graduating from high school in 1938, Foy began in broadcasting with a part-time position at WMBC, a 250-watt independent station in Detroit. He moved to WXYZ in 1942, but World War II interrupted his radio career.
==World War II==
He was inducted August 28, 1942, entering the American armed forces September 11, 1942. Attached to the 14th Special Service Company, Sergeant Fred Foy became the American voice on Egyptian State Broadcasting, delivering news and special programs to the Allied Forces in Cairo. He handled the distribution throughout the Middle East of American recordings, in addition to local broadcasts of ''Command Performance'', ''Mail Call'', ''Personal Album'', ''Radio Bric-a-Brac'' and ''Front Line Theatre''. He also announced ''The American Forces Programme''. For ''Stars and Stripes'' he did ''American News Letter'', a weekly summary of news from America, plus sport flashes and items from various theatres of war. For Cairo cinemas, he announced ''Headline News of the Day''. Foy helped stage and announce USO sponsored programs, including a Jack Benny broadcast from Cairo to New York and an Andre Kostelanetz concert with Lily Pons.
Foy scripted his own shows, including ''Up To Scratch'', a lively program of the current hit tunes, and ''Shows on Parade'', which he hosted. When he wrote and directed ''Christmas Overseas'', broadcast from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the Holy Land it received top honors from Washington. Featuring Christmas music by the Franciscan Boys’ Orphanage Choir, the program opened with a Christmas story offering reasons for fighting the War. Working with ''Stars and Stripes'', he created and announced a program airing World Series play-by-play to GIs. He also scripted, directed and acted with the American Red Cross during the 1945 War Fund Campaign. Foy received a commendation for voluntarily remaining at his post during the hours from August 10, 1945 until final August 15 confirmation of the Japanese surrender, making the latest news available at all times during the news emergency prior to the surrender. He was discharged on January 3, 1946 at Camp Atterbury in Indiana.
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