Dan Seymour

Dan Seymour (June 28, 1914 – July 27, 1982) was an announcer in the era of old-time radio and in the early years of television and later became an advertising executive. Early years Seymour was born in Manhattan. He attended schools in Paterson, New Jersey, and graduated from Montclair Academy. When he was 18, he traveled to study and teach stage techniques as a guest of the Austrian Ministry of Education. He was a dramatics major at Amherst College. Radio Seymour was once recognized as "Radio's best announcer." An obituary observed: "Seymour was best known as the deep-voiced announcer who startled Americans with a convincing but fictional account of Martians landing on Earth in the War of the Worlds broadcast in 1938." His first job in radio announcing came in 1935 at WNAC in Boston, Massachusetts, after his college graduation. While at the station, he was also an announcer for the Yankee Network. In 1936, he resigned and joined CBS in New York City. His first major assignment there was announcing for Major Bowes Amateur Hour.