Born Joseph Arthur Prince in Kansas, Arthur studied journalism in college and began his career in Wichita. He was an anchorman at KOAT-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico before coming to Los Angeles in the mid-1960s to work for KTLA/Channel 5. He later moved to LA's KNX radio, and after two years at KNX, he moved to LA's KABC radio in 1969 as a newsman.[3] He retired in 1990, to devote more time to a project setting up care homes for Alzheimer's patients in Long Beach.[4] Arthur died March 25, 1997, at his home in Albuquerque.[5]
^Ken Minyard & Bob Arthur Radio Team, Los Angeles Times, Greg Braxton in the Los Angeles Times Sept. 13, 1990 and Myrna Oliver in the Los Angeles Times April 5, 1997
robert, arthur, radio, announcer, robert, arthur, june, 1921, march, 1997, radio, personality, television, newscaster, motion, picture, actor, best, remembered, partnering, with, minyard, company, morning, radio, program, kabc, angeles, california, from, 1973,. Robert Bob Arthur June 21 1921 March 25 1997 was a radio personality a television newscaster and a motion picture actor He is best remembered for partnering with Ken Minyard on the Ken and Bob Company morning radio program on KABC AM 790 Los Angeles California from 1973 to 1990 The pair coined the popular term EGBOK meaning everything s gonna be OK 1 As actor Arthur had roles in The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad 1988 True Confessions 1981 and Skin Deep 1989 2 Born Joseph Arthur Prince in Kansas Arthur studied journalism in college and began his career in Wichita He was an anchorman at KOAT TV in Albuquerque New Mexico before coming to Los Angeles in the mid 1960s to work for KTLA Channel 5 He later moved to LA s KNX radio and after two years at KNX he moved to LA s KABC radio in 1969 as a newsman 3 He retired in 1990 to devote more time to a project setting up care homes for Alzheimer s patients in Long Beach 4 Arthur died March 25 1997 at his home in Albuquerque 5 For their contribution to radio Bob Arthur and Ken Minyard were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6808 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood California References edit Ken Minyard amp Bob Arthur Radio Team Los Angeles Times Greg Braxton in the Los Angeles Times Sept 13 1990 and Myrna Oliver in the Los Angeles Times April 5 1997 Robert Arthur Biography Internet Movie Database Where are They Now LA Radio com Without Bob Is EGBOK at KABC Greg Braqxton Los Angeles Times September 13 1990 Bob Arthur Half of Ken and Bob Radio Duo Myrna Oliver Los Angeles Times April 05 1997 Listing and biography at Radio Broadcasting History TV Anchor Known as Bob Arthur Dies Albuquerque Journal March 29 1997External links edit nbsp Biography portal Robert Arthur at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Arthur radio announcer amp oldid 1212427418, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
