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Certainly the most famous person who got his start on the Hoot Owls was Mel Blanc.
Blanc, a recent Lincoln High School graduate, was playing violin in Herman Kenins Orchestra when Degree Team member Harry Grannatt heard him sing and play his ukulele during one of the Multnomah Hotels Breakfast Club programs. Bringing Blanc to KGW's attention, when Blanc was asked to perform the popular standard Juanita (to which the youth knew the lyrics) on the Hoot Owls, he readily agreed only to discover on arriving at the KGW studio that special lyrics had been prepared. Blanc began his professional broadcasting career in 1927 singing the following into the KGW microphone:
Blanc, a recent Lincoln High School graduate, was playing violin in Herman Kenins Orchestra when Degree Team member Harry Grannatt heard him sing and play his ukulele during one of the Multnomah Hotels Breakfast Club programs. Bringing Blanc to KGW's attention, when Blanc was asked to perform the popular standard Juanita (to which the youth knew the lyrics) on the Hoot Owls, he readily agreed only to discover on arriving at the KGW studio that special lyrics had been prepared. Blanc began his professional broadcasting career in 1927 singing the following into the KGW microphone: