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===Radio=== Pardo was hired for his first radio position at NBC affiliate [[WHJJ|WJAR]] in Providence in 1938.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levs |first1=Josh|last2=Leopold |first2= Todd |title=Don Pardo, voice of 'Saturday Night Live,' dead at 96|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/19/showbiz/don-pardo-dead|access-date=August 19, 2014|publisher=CNN.com|date=August 19, 2014}}</ref> He joined NBC full-time as an in-house announcer in 1944, remaining on the network staff for 60 years. The radio programs on which he worked as an announcer include ''[[Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator]]'',<ref>{{cite web |date= April 24, 2014 |url= http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Barrie+Craig,+Confidential+Investigator |title= Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator |first= J. David |last= Goldin |publisher= RadioGoldIndex.com |access-date= 2014-06-16 |archive-date= May 31, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130531050403/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Barrie+Craig,+Confidential+Investigator |url-status= dead }}</ref> the sci-fi shows ''[[X Minus One]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radiohorrorhosts.com/xminus1.html |title=Radio history of X Minus 1 (x-1) and Fred Collins |publisher=RadioHorrorHosts.com |access-date=2014-06-16 |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505130927/http://www.radiohorrorhosts.com/xminus1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Dimension X (radio program)|Dimension X]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-X-Minus-One.html |title=The Definitive X Minus One Radio Log with Ernest Kinoy |publisher=DigitalDeliftp.com |access-date=2014-06-16 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214848/http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-X-Minus-One.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> During [[World War II]], Pardo worked as a war reporter for [[NBC Red Network|NBC Radio]].<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/don-pardo-live-from-new-york-still/| publisher= The New York Times {{subscription required}}| date= February 25, 2010| title= Don Pardo Live From New York Still| work= ArtsBeat (blog)| access-date= April 15, 2012| archive-date= March 6, 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003037/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/don-pardo-live-from-new-york-still/| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://movies.nytimes.com/person/54991/Don-Pardo/biography |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130123130858/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/54991/Don-Pardo/biography |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 23, 2013 |title= Don Pardo |department= Movies & TV Dept. |work= [[The New York Times]] |date= 2013 |access-date=2014-06-16}}</ref> For most of 30 years, Pardo's recorded voice was one of the announcer introduction inserts for "Ten at Ten", the [[KNBR-FM|KFOG]] [[San Francisco]] radio show appearing at 10 a.m., and in syndication with Dave Morey on KFOG HD Radio, although a few years featured [[Monty Hall]] and [[Larry "Bud" Melman]].<ref>*{{cite web |title=Ten at Ten |url=https://www.kfogforever.com/programs/ten-at-ten |website=kfogforever.com {{!}} KFOG Forever |access-date=5 November 2023 |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105165016/https://www.kfogforever.com/programs/ten-at-ten |url-status=live }} *https://www.kfogforever.com/audio/10-at-10-with-don-pardo {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105165016/https://www.kfogforever.com/audio/10-at-10-with-don-pardo |date=November 5, 2023 }} *https://archive.org/details/dave-morey-kfog-104.5-fm-10-at-10-sf-1986 *https://archive.org/details/fmradioarchive?query=dave+morey+10+at+10 *https://archive.org/details/kfogfmsanfranciscomemorial19822019 *https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2008/12/11/fogheads-in-mourning-as-dave-morey-checks-out/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105165017/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2008/12/11/fogheads-in-mourning-as-dave-morey-checks-out/ |date=November 5, 2023 }} *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1eag6lJYwc {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105165017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1eag6lJYwc |date=November 5, 2023 }}</ref><ref name="sfgate/14419139">{{cite news |last1=Moffitt |first1=Mike |title=Fogheads react as KFOG goes off air for good |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/KFOG-Fogheads-react-final-day-rock-alternative-14419139.php |access-date=5 November 2023 |work=SFGATE |date=6 September 2019 |language=en |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105165016/https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/KFOG-Fogheads-react-final-day-rock-alternative-14419139.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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