Artifacts | Personality Caricatures

In the 1960s, artist Roy Ritzell did a series of drawings of the WBT/WBTV on-air personalities. They were used to create promotional postcards. On the back of each was a blurb describing that personality. Here are some of them.

Hover over any talent (as we called them) to read the text on the back.

Phil Agresta	Ty Boyd	Pat Lee	Doug Mayes	Clyde McLean
Arthur Smith	Gil Stamper	Bob Bean	Bill Ward	Alan Newcomb
Bill Curry

Bill Curry

Dynamic personality. Enjoy his quick-witted humor on WBT Radio's “Tempo” every Monday through Friday at 1:00 p.m. and his Saturday midnight program, “Tempo in Jazz.”

Alan Newcomb

. . . Author, lecturer, top weatherman. An expert on communism he emcees much-honored “Radio Moscow” on WBT Radio.

Bill Ward

Jovial, award-winning sportscaster. Brings news of sports to WBTV viewers Monday through Friday at 6:25 p.m. and 11:10 p.m. . . . and “Tempo” to WBT listeners Saturday nights, 10-12 p.m.

Bob Bean

Straight-from-the-shoulder style . . . announcer with impact . . . newscaster par excellence . . . Delivers the facts each weekday evening on WBTV's LATE REPORT and on WBT Radio's evening newscasts.

Gil Stamper

. . . Warm and fatherly bearing, his popular “Morning Almanac” on WBT Radio is a must for Charlotte's farmers. Emcees “Best of Hollywood” on WBTV.

Arthur Smith

Carolinas' Country Music King . . . composer, arranger, instrumental stylist . . . With his “Crackerjacks,” known throughout the nation. On WBT Radio Saturdays and WBTV weekday mornings and Thursday evenings.

Clyde McLean

. . . Versatile WBTV weatherman, disk jockey and world traveler. Narrates the award-winning “Project 60” series on WBT Radio.

Doug Mayes

. . . Seasoned WBTV newscaster. Master of ceremonies and Eastern Seaboard's most popular night-time disk jockey on WBT Radio.

Pat Lee

. . . laughing eyes, topped with platinum tresses . . . A well of personality that never runs dry . . . endless energy creates a constantly fresh approach to television's twice-weekly “Pat Lee Show” and radio's hour-long “Tempo” each week-day morning at 9.

Ty Boyd

. . . facile, glib, quick and pleasing. Described as a buffoon, wit and funny man, and the liveliest man in North Carolina. This ad-lib master sells himself and everything else on WBT Radio.

Phil Agresta

. . . Clipped and distinct announcing style . . . thorough knowledge of sports and acquaintance with many top sports figures . . . One of the top interview men in the business . . . Has made WBT Radio's “Tempo in Sports” one of the most popular radio programs in the Southeast.