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they could be, they were interviewed by Ann Colone.... Using interviews with Ann, her colleagues and highlights, gleaned from Ann's personal photographic, film and video archives, you'll be transported back to those anticipated afternoons and the memories they created--memories of celebriteis, events and the wonders of the world brought into thousands of homes each weekday, by Ann Colone.
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As a host and interviewer, Ann Colone's personality, wit and adventuresome spirit helped make her a viewer favorite during the 50s, 60s and 70s. As performers, political figures and celebrities of every stripe made their way across
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Her parents Joseph and Mary (née LaRosa) Colone were
Italian-American grocers and operated the Family Colone Grocery Store in Ft. Wayne. Ann was the youngest female of ten children, which included siblings Dominic, Ferdinand, Ralph, Josephine, Anthony, Frankie, Virginia, Martha, and Franklin. Her
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in 1958 when she joined WANE-TV. On her first
Saturday morning TV show, Colone demonstrated toys for children, which was sponsored by a local toy store. At the time, Corinthian Broadcasting appointed her as Women's Director of WANE-TV, as it did at other stations it owned, hiring such women as
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in the group's earliest days. The show was popular locally and her audience was typically three-fourths and more female. For a while, she replaced the host Dave King in a popular afternoon movie program called
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affiliate, since it went on air in 1958, and she became well known as the first local female TV host of her own afternoon program with residents, local news makers, and national celebrities as guests.
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