Thomas H. Cowan (1884 - November 8, 1969) was a 20th-century radio announcer and is most known for his role in broadcasting for the first time the Baseball World Series over the airwaves. He had been the chief announcer for the countries first city owned and non-commercial radio station in the United States, New York City’s WNYC since its first broadcast in 1925. Throughout the years he had been the announcer “for the myriad of parades, receptions and celebrations from the 1920s through the 1950s, especially early on when athletes and aviators came to town ( New York City) after making or breaking world records.” Since his career in radio spanned 40 years until his retirement in 1961 at age 77, he was the oldest active announcer in the radio community at the time.
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