Gary burbank biography

American radio personality

Gary Burbank (born Billy Purser, July 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American radio personality.

One of Cincinnati's most beloved on-air personalities, Gary Burbank was “Bill Williams” when he began his radio career in Louisiana at KLPL/Lake Providence.

Gary Burbank was born on July 29, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for 7 Below (), Bowling for Soup: Partygoers () and Hippiefied.

Gary Burbank is an American radio personality.

Gary Burbank was born on 29 July in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for 7 Below (), Bowling for Soup: Partygoers () and Hippiefied.

Born Billy Purser in Memphis, this most fortunate man had only one job his entire life—entertaining.

He was heard daily on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 15, 1981, until December 21, 2007, and nationally as the voice of his fictional character, Earl Pitts, in nationally syndicated commentaries until 2021.

Radio career

Burbank began his radio career as "Bill Williams" at KLPL in Lake Providence, Louisiana, then adopted the name "Johnny Apollo" when he worked at KUZN in West Monroe, Louisiana.^[1] That was followed by stints in his hometown at WMPS in the mid-1960s and then in 1967 and early 1968 at WWUN in Jackson, Mississippi.

In 1968 he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he became an instant hit on WAKY. It was at WAKY that Billy Purser officially became Gary Burbank, a name taken from radio and television legend Gary Owens, who as a regular on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In would announce that he was broadcasting fr