Francis Guinn Harden (1922 - 2018)

Born 28 Oct 1922 in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, USA

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Died 15 Jun 2018 at age 95 in Chevy Chase, Montgomery, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Frank Harden is Notable.

Father: John Hall Harden
Mother: Leila Maude Scott

Francis Guinn "Frank" Harden (October 28, 1922 – June 15, 2018) was an American radio announcer whose career spanned more than 50 years. Harden was best known as the genial co-host of The Harden and Weaver Show, which aired on WMAL, in Washington, D.C., from 1960 to 1998.

In the 1950s, when radio seemed headed for extinction and replacement by TV, Harden teamed up with fellow WMAL announcer Jackson Weaver to create a 15-minute evening slot, titled "The Frank and Jackson Show". In 1960, WMAL manager Andy Ockershausen offered Harden and his partner an opportunity to create a show for the coveted 6 to 10 am morning drive time. The resulting Harden and Weaver Show began without fanfare, but gradually gained status as Washington's highest rated morning show, which lasted until Weaver's death in 1992. The show changed into The Harden, Brant, and Parks Show, with Tim Brandt and Andy Parks succeeding Weaver.

Married LaVerne Virginia Lawson about 1969

Married Berit Hagelberg

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See also:

• Wikipedia: Frank Harden
• Wikidata: Item Q5487105, en:Wikipedia
• Obituary
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LY-KH4 : 5 December 2014), Francis G Harden, enlisted 10 Nov 1942, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QM7-JJ4 : 23 May 2014), Frank Harden, Residence, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:39LS-K3Z : accessed 18 June 2018), Francis G Harden in household of John H Harden, Vineville, Bibb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet 6B, line 70, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 339; FHL microfilm 2,340,074.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K721-TPP : accessed 18 June 2018), Frances G Harden in household of John Hall Harden, Tract 29, Savannah, Militia District 3, Chatham, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-47, sheet 1B, line 78, family 36, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 650.