RIP Gary Owens

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From the "Did You Know?" files...

Long time 700 WLW radio personality Gary Burbank (born Billy Purser) got his on-air name because he was a huge fan of Gary Owens. Gary Owens would announce, "This is Gary Owens broadcasting from beautiful downtown Burbank". Gary and Burbank were lifted from that. Gary Burbank would later become a bit of a radio legend in the areas that received that AM station.