Yes, Ronald Reagan used to be an announcer for the Cubs in Des Moines. One of his jobs was to commentate on games that he wasn't actually at. He would receive a summary of the score by telephone then produce a commentary based on that.
Ronald Reagan is the former American president who once held a job as an announcer for Chicago Cubs. Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States.
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President Ronald Reagan was a radio sport announcer and actor before becoming president. He was an announcer for Chicago Cubs baseball games in Des Moines in the 1930s.
It was around 1933 or shortly thereafter that Reagan became an announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
Ronald Reagan used to be an announcer for the Cubs in Des Moines. One of his jobs was to commentate on games that he wasn't actually at. He would receive a summary of the score by telephone then produce a commentary based on that.
Ronald Reagan became a radio announcer in Iowa after graduating from college. In Des Moines, Iowa he became an announcer for Chicago Cubs baseball games. He took a screen test in 1937 while he was travelling in California with the Cubs. That resulted in Reagan moving to California and obtaining a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers studios.
He got his start in the early 1930s as a radio announcer of the play by play of Chicago Cubs games.
Reagan started out as a sports announcer for WHO Radio in Iowa recreating the Cubs games for people to hear. He travelled to California with the Cubs to announce training games and decided to audition for movie roles. He became a B Movie Actor under contract with Warner Bros. from the 1930s until the 1960s, when he ran for Governor of California.
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He was 26 years old in 1937 when he made his first motion picture, previously he was the play by play announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
He started out on the radio announcing the play-by-play during Chicago Cubs baseball games in the 1930s.