Video bio of Allen Jeffries, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2012.
Producer/Narrator: Reid Duffy;
Production: DreamVision Media;
Allen Jeffries was a prominent news broadcaster in the 1940s through the 1960s. Jeffries was heard doing an interview in Lafayette, Indiana, and was hired as a newscaster for WOWO-AM/FM in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This was followed by positions with WBAT-AM/FM in Marion, Indiana; WKMO-FM in Kokomo, Indiana; and WCOL-FM in Columbus, Indiana, along with stations in Michigan. He is best remembered for his deep and resonant voice as newscaster at WIRE-AM and WISH-AM in Indianapolis during the 1950s. He finished his broadcast career as a prize winning editorial writer for WRTV-TV in the ‘70s. Jeffries died Dec. 5, 1980.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers