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Title
KCRA
Announcer
Steve
George
Date
1940
Creator
Clarence
Burkett
Description
Shown
in
1940
is
the
luminous
Steve
George
, a
sports
casting
legend
in
Sacramento
for
over
60
years
. A
native
of
Butte
,
Montana
,
George
took
a
position
with the
Sacramento
Union
in the
early
1920s
. With the
advent
of the
Second
World
War
, he then
edited
the
“McClellan
Field,”
a
newspaper
that was
circulated
to
nearly
75,000
civilians
. He
is
perhaps
best
known
for his
founding
of
KGMS
is
1952
. He
stayed
with the
station
until
1987
and,
prior
to
retiring
, he
told
the
“Sacramento
Union”
the
following
:
“I
really
don’t
know
what
I’ll
do
.
I
don’t
golf
,
don’t
play
cards
, and
I’m
a
lousy
drinker
.
That’s
what’s
worrying
me.”
George
passed
away
a
year
later
at the
age
of
86
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
City/County
Sacramento
Subjects
Radio Broadcasting Companies
Portraits
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
1470
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