Editing Rod Roddy (section)

==Early career==
After graduating from [[Texas Christian University|Texas Christian University (TCU)]], Roddy began his professional broadcasting career as a disc jockey and talk show host on [[KFXR (AM)|KLIF]] and [[KSPF|KNUS-FM]] (now KSPF) in [[Dallas]], Texas.<ref>{{cite news| title='Price Is Right's' Rod Roddy Dies|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/price-is-rights-rod-roddy-dies/| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=[[CBS News]]| date=October 27, 2003| language=en-US}}</ref> He also worked overnights and mid-days at the [[Buffalo, New York]], radio station WKBW-AM (now [[WWKB]]), a [[Clear-channel station|clear channel radio]] station covering the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, and at other high-profile stations.<ref>{{cite web| title=Rock Radio Scrapbook: WKBW lineups| url=http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/radwkbw.html| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=Rock Radio Scrapbook}}</ref> Returning to KLIF and KNUS during the 1970s, Roddy hosted a call-in program, ''Rod Roddy's Hotline'',<ref>{{cite web| title=The Steve Eberhart Collection - Rod Roddy, Paxton Mills, KLIF Dallas Talk Show Paul Is Dead 1969| url=http://www.reelradio.com/se/rrpmklif70.html| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=www.reelradio.com}}</ref> and became a frequent target of death threats. He conducted a long-running on-air feud with an elderly woman (dubbed "Granny Hate" by an earlier host), who claimed to represent the local [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Rod Roddy| url=https://www.avclub.com/rod-roddy-1798207864| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=[[The A.V. Club]]| date=January 22, 1997| language=en-us}}</ref>

Roddy announced the sitcom ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'' from 1977 to 1981, where he provided the opening and closing narration: "Confused? You won't be after this week's episode of ''Soap''!"<ref>{{cite book| last1=Searle| first1=Elizabeth| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5H10DgAAQBAJ&q=Confused%3F+You+won%27t+be+after+this+week%27s+episode+of+Soap!&pg=PT86| title=Soap Opera Confidential: Writers and Soap Insiders on Why We'll Tune in Tomorrow as the World Turns Restlessly by the Guiding Light of Our Lives| last2=Shea| first2=Suzanne Strempek| date=March 23, 2017|publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-1-4766-2759-5| language=en}}</ref> Roddy replaced [[Casey Kasem]], who quit the series after the pilot due to the show's content.<ref>{{cite web| date=April 22, 2019| title=Soap: A Series That Bubbled Over with Controversy| url=https://thewritelife61.com/2019/04/22/soap-a-series-that-bubbled-over-with-controversy/| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=thewritelife61| language=en}}</ref> Roddy's first work as a game show announcer was on ''[[Whew!]]'', which aired from 1979 to 1980. From there, he went on to announce several other game shows, including ''[[Battlestars (game show)|Battlestars]]'' (1981&ndash;1982), ''[[Love Connection]]'' (1983&ndash;1985, 1986), ''[[Hit Man (American game show)|Hit Man]]'' (1983) and ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' (1983&ndash;1986). He also worked as a substitute announcer on ''[[Family Feud]]'', ''[[Card Sharks]]'' and ''[[$25,000 Pyramid]]''. He was the guest announcer for two weeks on the [[Tom Bergeron]] version of ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' that featured game show hosts and panelists as the celebrities.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 23, 2003|title=Game Show Announcer Rod Roddy|url=https://americanprofile.com/articles/rod-roddy-announcer/|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=American Profile|language=en-US}}</ref> Roddy also voiced a number of national television commercials, including those for [[Pennzoil]] and [[Public Storage]].<ref>{{Cite book| last=Holbrook| first=Morris B.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAyp1k1SU_gC&q=rod+roddy+television+commercials&pg=PA78| title=Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise: The Price is Right|date=1993| publisher=Popular Press| isbn=978-0-87972-621-8| language=en}}</ref>