Dean came to the Bay Area in 1933 to work at KYA after working in vaudeville and on Broadway in New York City. In 1935, KYA owner William Randolph Hearst asked Maddox to develop an “Amateur Hour” show. The “Marin Dell Dairy Amateur Hour” would go on to run for 21 years on KYA and KFRC. Dean, also known on the air as “Budda”, performed as the “Owl Drugs Reporter on the Street” for 17 years on KFRC. Maddox was the play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Oaks from 1939-1942 and on those broadcasts was known as “Dizzy” Dean Maddox.