Background
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hubbard attended the University of Baltimore, following his father"s advice to prepare for a secure profession.
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At World's Greatest Newspaper he co-hosted a popular show with Jack Brickhouse. While there, he found participating in shows to be more appealing. During his sophomore year in college, he began working at radio station WITH as a disk jockey.
During his years in Baltimore, he also worked at WCAO and entertained in theaters, night clubs and on a vaudeville circuit.
Hubbard moved to Chicago in the mid-1940s. He worked at WIND-Department of Administration and Management and hosted stage shows at the big Loop theaters.
He also played the ukulele, performing at lounges around Chicago on weekends. In 1956, he joined World's Greatest Newspaper as a personality.
In addition to his regular duties, that included hosting the morning drive time show until 1965, he appeared on the Saturday night "Barn Dance" show.
He wrote some of television scripts for Hawaiian Eye and Love, American Style. Some sources give Hubbard partial cr for the success of Jerry Murad"s Harmonicats" recording of Peg o" My Heart in 1947. An article in the Chicago Sunday Tribune noted, "His way of plugging the tune was the subject of articles in national magazines." In the early 1980s, Hubbard was host of a daily talk program on WVVX-FM. In 1983, he left WJJD and joined WAIT. In 1990, he moved to from Chicago to, the new home of the Satellite Music Network, known later as the American Broadcasting Company Radio Network, where he was the afternoon host on the Stardust format and was heard on hundreds of stations.
While with American Broadcasting Company, Hubbard teamed with radio legend Bud Buschardt.
Prior to his move to, Hubbard broadcast at WJJD, again playing popular recordings of the 1940s/1950s. Hubbard died, aged 89, on March 26, 2007 in a Fort Worth, Texas hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Grand Prairie, Texas.
He outlived his youngest biological daughter, Jacqueline (Hubbard) Ross, who died of brain cancer in 2004.
