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FORD BOND — NBC Announcer
TY7HEN Ford Bond, National Broadcasting Company announcer, was a schoolboy, he carried his books and report card home one ^* June a boy soprano, and returned that fall a rich tenor. They predicted a great musical career for him. Since he was thirteen years old, Ford Bond has earned his own way as a musician. He wasn't forced to, either. His father, J. C. Bond, is president of the Bourne & Bond Co., wholesale and retail sporting goods, of Louisville, Ky. Although the southern boy had begun the study of piano at the age of five, and vocal work with a boys' choir at seven, his rjarents wanted him to be a doctor. As a matter of course, he went away to <S~~ medical college in Chicago after graduating from the Louisville high school. But the medical student didn't love the work as he should, and spent most of his time on music instead. At nineteen he was the director of choruses and glee clubs. Music even carried him into, the industrial world, when he found himself in the unique position of musical representative for a southern manufacturing company. At twenty-two he went to Alexandria, La., and there directed the community chorus and church choir. Then radio "got" him. He joined the staff of WHAS in Louisville, associated with NBC, as an announcer. He became director, first of the studios, then of music, and lastly of general programs. Then he looked for new worlds to conquer. He came to New York in January, 1930, and began all over again as an announcer, this time for NBC's network programs. He is still at it. Although fifteen different churches in New York invited him to sing, he accepted only one offer. That was the Marble Collegiate Church. His parents are still living, and he has two brothers.
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