Ford Bond was born in Louisville, Kentucky on October 23, 1904. For twenty years in the 1930s and 1940s, he was the announcer for several radio soap operas and other shows, including the advertising voice for a sponsor's product called Bab-O. He also was one of the NBC radio announcers of the 1934 World Series and an announcer of the 1934 Baseball All-Star Game. Bond died at St. Croix, Virgin Islands on August 15, 1962.