Victor Emanuel Bozeman (August 11, 1929 in McLennan County, Texas â€"
November 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) was an American
television announcer, voice-over artist, and actor.In the 1950s,
Bozeman was a disc jockey at WLIB in New York City. In the late 1960s
and early 1970s, he appeared in supporting roles on such television
programs as It Takes a Thief, Ironside, and Get Smart. He also played
a "Black Reporter" in the 1970 pilot for McCloud.By 1974, Bozeman had
switched to announcing work and joined the staff of NBC in Burbank,
California. At the time, he was one of the few African-Americans to
make it in that field; on Bozeman's own network, for example, the
closest equivalent was New York-based Fred Facey. From the mid-1970s
to the first half of the 1980s, Bozeman was part of a nucleus of West
Coast announcers employed by the network; his compatriots included Don
Stanley, Donald Rickles, and Peggy Taylor.Bozeman worked on some NBC
network programs , but the majority of his duties consisted of live
booth-announcing work - including promotional spots, bumpers, station
identifications, program introductions, live tags and sign-offs - for
the local network owned-and-operated station, KNBC. He alternated with
his colleagues in introducing the station's NewsCenter 4 every night,
and in being thanked on the air by anchor John Schubeck. Bozeman also
anchored sign-on and sign-off editions of NewsCenter4 out-of-vision.
November 26, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) was an American
television announcer, voice-over artist, and actor.In the 1950s,
Bozeman was a disc jockey at WLIB in New York City. In the late 1960s
and early 1970s, he appeared in supporting roles on such television
programs as It Takes a Thief, Ironside, and Get Smart. He also played
a "Black Reporter" in the 1970 pilot for McCloud.By 1974, Bozeman had
switched to announcing work and joined the staff of NBC in Burbank,
California. At the time, he was one of the few African-Americans to
make it in that field; on Bozeman's own network, for example, the
closest equivalent was New York-based Fred Facey. From the mid-1970s
to the first half of the 1980s, Bozeman was part of a nucleus of West
Coast announcers employed by the network; his compatriots included Don
Stanley, Donald Rickles, and Peggy Taylor.Bozeman worked on some NBC
network programs , but the majority of his duties consisted of live
booth-announcing work - including promotional spots, bumpers, station
identifications, program introductions, live tags and sign-offs - for
the local network owned-and-operated station, KNBC. He alternated with
his colleagues in introducing the station's NewsCenter 4 every night,
and in being thanked on the air by anchor John Schubeck. Bozeman also
anchored sign-on and sign-off editions of NewsCenter4 out-of-vision.
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