RONALD THE GHOUL, real name Jerry Sandford, hosted the WVEC Norfolk and Hampton, Virginia version of Shock Theater on Friday nights at 11:30.
Sandford’s character Ronald was sort of an homage to the macabre yet comical Roland Zacherley, who went simply by Roland before changing to Zacherley the Cool Ghoul.
Jerry Sandford’s Shock Theater had its own Maurice the Cool Ghoul (Frank Van), who was a beatnik ghoul and wore a monster mask in the show’s early years but then donned a beret and a goatee to enhance his beatnik image. Completing Ronald’s supporting cast was Vicki McKee as the beauty to Ronald and Maurice’s beasts.
When Sandford left the U.S. Navy, he became a radio announcer on WVEC Radio in the Norfolk-Hampton area in 1957. During 1959 he moved over to WVEC Television, hosting the children’s program Bungles the Clown Monday through Friday and taking to the airwaves as Ronald on Fridays at 11:30pm. Continue reading
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