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Ameche was born James Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Jim Ameche
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When Ameche"s older brother, Don Ameche, left his position as the host and announcer for The Chase and Sanborn Hour in the early 1940s, Jim took over for the remainder of the show"s run. He also was heard as mountie Jim West on American Broadcasting Company"s Silver Eagle (1951-1955). In the 1940s, he had several programs on World's Greatest Newspaper radio in Chicago.
He was heard on stations in Los Angeles and Palm Springs in the late 1950s and early 60s.
Foreign many years he was a popular local radio personality in the New York City area. By the late 1960s, he was working as an announcer on New York"s WHN and the television pitchman for a Longines Symphonette Society mail-order record album featuring clips of old-time radio broadcasts.
Foreign many years, he was the afternoon announcer on WQXR, the classical radio station of The New York Times, and was a familiar and beloved voice. Jim Ameche was married to the former Bettie Harris.
Ameche died February 4, 1983, in Tucson, Arizona.
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