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==Background==
 
==Background==
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Page was born in Malvern in Hot Spring County, [[Arkansas]], a son of Raymond Foster Page and the former Stella Irene Coston. He attended school in Harlingen, [[Texas]], and North Little Rock, Arkansas. He enrolled in high school in the capital cty of [[Little Rock]], where he worked beginning at the age of sixteen for KGHI radio and thereafter at KLRA. On [[December 7, 1941]], Page was broadcasting at the time of the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]. In 1943, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. He was assigned briefly at the end of the war to Armed Forces Radio in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. In 1945, while being transported home on a [[Greece|Greek]] vessel, Page was shipwrecked in the North Atlantic. In 1946, he returned to KLRA but he and his announcing partner, Bob Fulton, were soon fired. His next and permanent stint brought him to Shreveport on [[Thanksgiving Day]] 1947.<ref name=findagrave/>
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Page was born in Malvern in Hot Spring County, [[Arkansas]], a son of Raymond Foster Page and the former Stella Irene Coston. He attended school in Harlingen, [[Texas]], and North Little Rock, Arkansas. He enrolled in high school in the capital cty of [[Little Rock]], where he worked beginning at the age of sixteen for KGHI radio and thereafter at KLRA. On December 7, 1941, Page was broadcasting at the time of the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]. In 1943, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. He was assigned briefly at the end of the war to Armed Forces Radio in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. In 1945, while being transported home on a [[Greece|Greek]] vessel, Page was shipwrecked in the North Atlantic. In 1946, he returned to KLRA but he and his announcing partner, Bob Fulton, were soon fired. His next and permanent stint brought him to Shreveport on [[Thanksgiving Day]] 1947.<ref name=findagrave/>
    
==Radio career==
 
==Radio career==
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