MILTON CROSS

NBC announcer Milton Cross is best remembered for hosting the weekly live broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera from 1931 to 1975. He joined the staff of RCA station WJZ as a singer in 1921 before moving into announcing. When NBC acquired WJZ in 1926, he became one of the network's foremost announcers. His formal announcing style and precise diction made him a natural for highbrow programs such as the Met broadcasts, but he also hosted many other NBC shows through the 1940's and beyond.

LEFT: In this undated studio candid photo, he is seen talking with actress Betty Furness. RIGHT: Cross speaks with Roland Liss, who conducts a children's band on the Sunday Morning "Children's Hour" program, 1933.