He has special memories of doing the technical work when
such headliners as Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern, Henry
Mancini and in 1970, the cast of the Broadway hit 1776, performed
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at the White House.
Burrows moved to Fort Pierce from northern New Jersey
with his parents and brother in 1955, when he was in the
eighth grade. While attending Dan McCarty High School, he
edited the school newspaper, sang in student productions
and even read the day’s announcements over the public address
system. He graduated in 1960.
“I guess that was the start of my communications career,”
he said.
He graduated from Indian River Junior College (now Indian
River State College) in 1962, and after serving four years
in the Army, completed studies for bachelor’s and master’s
degrees at the University of Florida. Following graduation, he
worked for UF’s Division of Information Services until 1975
when he left to teach communications courses at Bethany
College in West Virginia.
Prior to returning to the Treasure Coast, he also was
managing editor for a daily newspaper in Statesboro, Ga. He
joined the Stuart News/Port St. Lucie News in 1979 where for
23 years he was opinion page editor and columnist, most of
the time.
After retiring in 2002, he made the transition to the spoken
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Coast, at the invitation of the station manager. Burrows
has scaled back his radio work in recent years, but still lends
his distinctive voice to announcements and underwriting
messages. For that, longtime listeners are happy.
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TED BURROWS
Ted Burrows, in far right corner, runs the sound equipment at a 1967 news conference with President Johnson in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
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