found: Louisiana hayride collection, 1904-2006(Norm Bale; announcer for KWKH radio, Shreveport, La., and a host of the live performance program, the Louisiana hayride, 1950s)
found: Laird, T. E. W. Louisiana hayride, 2005:p. 92 (Norm Bale; Hayride program announcer, 1950s)
found: R.W. Norton Art Foundation online oral history project, viewed Sept. 13, 2011:interview with Norman W. Bale (Norman W. Bale; b. Minneapolis; U.S. Navy radioman, 1945-1946; joined KWKH radio, Shreveport, in 1953; a master of ceremonies of the Louisiana hayride until early 1960s; retired 1990)