"I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline."
American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer, one of the most prominent personalities of mid-20th-century U.S. broadcasting. His programs helped launch numerous performers. He died in 1983.