John Bartholomew Tucker (born April 9, 1930 in Pennsylvania) is an American radio and television personality, as well as an author. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created
Along with Big Wilson, Tucker was the one of the last two "communicators" (hosts) of the long-running NBC Radio program Monitor; he was on the air when the show signed off for the last time on January 26, 1975. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's For NBC 's 1983 television news magazine series see Monitor (TV. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On television, he was seen as the host of the short-lived game show Treasure Isle, which aried on ABC from 1967 to 1968. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In the early 1970's, Mr. Tucker hosted a local morning show on WABC-TV, in New York, called A. M. New York, which served as the genesis for what is now Good Morning America. Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November He also was the co-host of the syndicated version of Candid Camera from 1974 to 1975, and again from 1977 to 1978. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Candid Camera was a Television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on Radio as Candid Microphone Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) He has done voice-over work on numerous commercials and other projects over the years, most notably for Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners in the 90s, and also for Owens-Corning and their "Pink Panther" spots advertising their fiberglass insulation. The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a non-diagetic voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in Radio, Television, Film, A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced Dirt Devil is a brand name of household vacuum cleaners and floor care Owens Corning Corporation ( is the world's largest manufacturer of Fiberglass and related products The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. The term thermal insulation can refer to materials used to reduce the rate of Heat transfer, or the methods and processes used to reduce heat transfer
In 1975, he played a bit part in the movie, "Abduction. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "
Tucker is known to have written two novels, both based on the television business: