Ernie Anderson was Ghoulardi in Cleveland in the 1960s.


He later became the voice of ABC.

The Ghoul came later using much of Ghoulardi's shtick (including blowing up things).

I recall the Son of Svenghoul in Detroit in the 1980s.

Ch 50 Detroit must have been owned or part owned by Kaiser
Aluminum. In Boston Kaiser teamed up with the Boston Globe for Ch 56, WKBG-TV, the BG obviously meaning Boston Globe (with studios right next to the paper on Morrisey Blvd). The logo for CH 50 and Ch 56 are just about identical (same font or
whatever). Boston’s Ch 56 used to have Creature Double
Feature but there was no on air host, instead local DJ
Dale Dorman (WRKO, WVBF, WXKS “Kiss 108”) did voice overs.