page_title: Bill Owen (writer and announcer)
section_title: Retirement: "The King Of Trivia"
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Owen (writer and announcer) / Retirement: "The King Of Trivia"
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill Owen giving a public talk about Old-Time Radio
context_page_description: Bill Owen, widely known as the "King of Trivia", is a writer and radio/television announcer whose career spans six decades. He served as host and announcer for the children's program "Discovery" in the 1960s.
context_section_description: In retirement, Bill wrote 
  "The Over 60 Trivia Book", 
  "All Those Things My Teacher Never Told Me", and 
  "Runners-up, Bridesmaids, & Second Bananas", the first two books illustrated by his daughter Carolyn.
  He recently released a new book, "Dropping Names", which takes the reader on a wonderful 60-year plus trip through the world of broadcasting, introducing us to the famous and not-so-famous that he met and worked with along the way.
  He continues to do radio and TV commercials, the best-known being a series for the National Motor Museum Mint featuring replicas of popular cars and trucks from the past.  He also appears before senior clubs with a nostalgia program about old-time radio and other memories of the 1930s and 40s.
  Bill and his wife Rosemary are avid contract bridge players and ballroom dancers.  They have performed often in public specializing in the Peabody, Paso Doble, and Viennese Waltz.  Bill also loves crossword puzzles and seeks out the most challenging ones he can find.
caption: Bill Owen giving a public talk on Old-Time Radio
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