Graham McNamee

Broadcaster, born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. A pioneer radio sportscaster, he covered the World Series as early as 1923, and in 1927 he was the announcer for the first coast-to-coast broadcast of the Rose Bowl. He also covered the Republican national convention (1924), the first national political convention ever broadcast.

Graham McNamee (July 10, 1888 - May 9, 1942) was a pioneering broadcaster in American radio, the medium's most recognized national personality in its first commercial decade.

At WEAF McNamee performed a variety of on-air duties, culminating in doing play-by-play of the 1926 World Series. Over the course of the next decade, first with WEAF and then with the national NBC network, McNamee would broadcast numerous sports events (including several World Series, Rose Bowls, and championship boxing matches), national political conventions, and the arrival of aviator Charles Lindbergh in Paris following his historic transatlantic flight in 1927.

McNamee's stature waned in the 1930s, but he continued to broadcast, most notably as a narrator of newsreels and as the emcee for Ed Wynn's and Rudy Vallee's weekly programs.