Spoiler : Joy, Dick (birth name was Richard W. Joy) Born in Putnam, Connecticut 12/28/1915; died 10/31/1991. Following high school, Joy moved to California where he attended the National School of Broadcasting and The University of Southern California.

Spoiler : In 1936, while still in college, he began working part time as an announcer. He broadcast the 1936 New Year's Eve festivities for Mutual, then worked briefly as a staff announcer for KEHE (now KABC)-Los Angeles. In 1937, he became a newscaster and morning announcer on KNX-CBS-Los Angeles. He stayed at KNX-CBS-Los Angeles, until he joined the US Navy to serve during WWII. Following his discharge, he returned to broadcasting as a free-lance announcer, and became co- owner of station KCMJ-Palm Springs, California.

Spoiler : Announcer for radio programs including NBC and CBS soap, Those We Love (1938-1945); Vox Pop on CBS (1939?-1947?); Silver Theatre on CBS (1940); The Telephone Hour on NBC (1940-1942); Blue Ribbon Town on CBS (1943-1944); The Adventures Of Bill Lance on CBS (1944-1945); The Baby Snooks Show on CBS during the middle to late 1940's; The Danny Kaye Show on CBS (1945-1946); Forever Ernest on CBS (1946); The Sad Sack on CBS (1946); The Adventures Of Sam Spade on ABC, CBS and NBC (1946-51); syndicated program, Dr. Kildare (1949).

Spoiler : Joy was the television voice in the 1950 movie, To Please A Lady (aka Red Hot Wheels). During later years of his career, Joy was news director and newscaster for KFAC-Los Angeles, and he was an announcer on many television programs during the 1950s to 1969 when he was forced to retire due to healt problems.