Welcome...
In the near future, I will be adding to this web page the speeches I have made so far. I have another (more recent) web page at http://matkin@topcities.com.
Check it out by clicking
"HERE".
If you have problems with any of my links, please bear with me. I am
currently rebuilding several pages. I am also a professional singer/actor. I have traveled
the U.S. & Canada with various performing groups and
have sung leading roles in Summer Stock
as well as in local productions. I have appeared on
many radio and television programs as well as in radio
and television commercials.
to the homepage of
Charlie Matkin
I was an Innkeeper for over 20 years, but recently retired. My wife Jean
and I owned and operated the OLD WORLD INN in New Orleans since 1982. Before that, I was in broadcasting (also, about 20 years), as well as being a professional singing actor and salesman. Recently, I joined Toastmasters and the National Speakers Ass'n.
(as an apprentice). Hopefully, there will be life as a professional speaker now that
I have retired from the hotel business).
I was in broadcasting for
approximately
20 years, (WWL & WDSU in New Orleans, among others)
alternating with various sales endeavors.
Family ties have become increasingly important as the years go by. I became interested in genealogy several years back and have been able to contribute some information to the Matkins Information Center in Montana. It was a surprise to learn that there are several hundred Matkin(s) families in the U.S. & Canada. On a trip to England a few years ago, we met with several Matkin families. More recently, I learned that the name is popular in the Ukraine and possibly originated in Russia. The word for mother in russian is "Mat".
Some of the following URLs may not work (I am not happy with geocities and will move from there soon).
Family History
My Parents
My Son
My Step-Son
Jean is a former model and television weather program
hostess and
commercial spokesperson.
She is also a talented harpist.
Several years ago, a group of professional actors and/or
broadcasters got together to re-create old time radio
scripts as
a fund-raiser for WRBH-FM, Radio for the Blind
in New Orleans.
This led to the creation of a non-profit
organization, New Orleans
Radio Theatre, Inc., of which I
was a co-founder and am now President
and Executive Producer. We have recently been involved in a project to create a
Radio & TV Museum in New Orleans. However, that appears to be an idea whose
time has NOT come. We are closing down the project and will be
selling/returning artifacts and memorabilia. Very sad not to have gotten
any funding or enough interest to continue.
My PERMANENT email address:
charlie.matkin@usa.net
Or try matkin@mail.com
Old World Inn/New Orleans
New Orleans Radio Theatre, Inc.
Paul Yacich
