One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes from some of the most famous ballrooms throughout the country.

“After a news career that stretches back to the Eisenhower administration I'm looking forward to joining American University’s School of Communication and the Newseum to work with a new generation of prospective journalists” said Clooney. Despite a commanding early lead when the national media began to report on the electoral contest (due to his famous son George Clooney) the local and regional press began to use the phrase "Heartland vs. He then moved to California for a try at show business.

He is the brother of two sisters singers Rosemary Clooney and Betty Clooney and father of actor and film director George Clooney.