WXYZ: TV engineering. Retired in 2007, but active running a summer basketball camp and judging professional boxing.
WGPR: Sportscaster
Herman McAlpain – Circa 1980s.
It’s not unusual for a camerman to also act as a reporter. Here is a great picture from Herman Herman’s collection of him interviewing Michael Jordan
References:
- Wikipedia – Muhammad Ali
- Wikipedia – Leon Spinks
- Macomb Daily – Police investigating apparent murder-suicide of Sterling Heights couple
- The Detroit News, Charles E. Ramirez, March 2, 2020 – Second body found at Sterling Heights home where woman was discovered
- CandGnews.com, Eric Czarnik, March 3, 2020 – Police find married couple dead in home
- Fox 2 Detroit, March 4, 2020 – Sterling Heights couple dead in murder-suicide, police say (PDF)
- Daily Mail, Chris Dyer, March 4, 2020 – High school friends who married in their 60s after they both suffered separate divorces are found dead in their Michigan home in ‘murder-suicide’ (PDF)
- More Videographers at Reunion by Chris Ruzzin
Photo from the 2013 WXYZ Reunion.
Harry Greener Ron Little Geoff Pekarek Earl Wilson John Gildersleeve Pete Anderson Herman McKalpain Photo contributed by Chris Ruzzin - Always the Hardworking Crew at WXYZ
- Passing Time While on Remote
- Emmy Award in 1990 For Homeless Series
WXYZ: Donella Crawford and Herman Mckalpain were nominated for an emmy in 1990 for a Homeless series, 6 Parts on the 11pm news on wxyz-Ch. 7
- Diana Lewis and Herman McKalpain – Christmas
- Herman McKalpain and Nelson Burg at WXYZ Party
WXYZ: Over the course of decades, there were always parties. The parties built many friendships between co-workers and helped create an environment in the 1980s-90s that made the station number one in the market.
Herman McKalpain and Nelson Burg – Original photo from the Terry Pochert retirement collection.
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