Turner, Marilyn (nee Miller)

WXYZ: TV talent. Co-host with John Kelly of Kelly and Company and Good Afternoon Detroit.

Passed: May 2024 [wxyz.com]

References:

• Pintrest

Marilyn Turner, a real expert at handling many of the technical issues that come with broadcasting news had a struggle with the mechanical weather board.

• Kelly & Company Weddings

  

• A Great News Team – Circa 1980s at WXYZ

  

• Great Memory from WXYZ Holiday Past

  During Channel Seven’s Prime Years

  Bell Ringers in order:
  Marilyn Turner, John Kelly, Doris Biscoe, Bill Bonds. Guy Gordon, Diana Lewis, Erik Smith, Rob Kress, Robbie Timmons, Bill Bonds, Mike Holfeld, Dave Lewallen, Frank Turner, Bill Bonds

• Kelly and Company – Anniversary Show

  The last show, 1994, which was hosted by John Kelly and Marilyn Turner. The show continued for another year hosted by Marilyn and Nikki Grandberry. The final show was in June 1995.

  

  Back Row: Tom MacKinnon, Dennis Fairchild, Sally Victor, Cheryl Hall, Jeffrey Bruce, Don Ritter, Jim Ochs, Ralph Cash, Dan Weaver, Danny Jacobson
  Second from Back: Maria Ang, Shirley Eder, Lynda Hirsch, Connie Farell, Gene Taylor, Harriet Rotter, Tara Wall, Phyllis Seel, Brad Hurtado, Randy Barone, Chuck Derry
  Second from Front: ????? (cowboy hat), ?????, Robert L. Woodruff, Sylvia Hacker, Mary Pelloni, Lori Weiss, Ellen Kennedy
  Front Row: ?????, Florine Mark, Mel Shaw, Bunny Miller-Shaw, John Kelly, Marilyn Turner, Gail Parker, Linda Solomon, Dell Warner

  Please help us identify some of these folks.  We welcome your comments at the bottom of this page.

• Kelly & Company – WXYZ’s Premier Morning Show

  WXYZ: Morning Show hosted by John Kelly and Marilyn Turner.

  Hollywood gossip, fashion shows, beauty secrets, cooking segments.  Ran from 1978 through 1995 in the 9 am time slot, Monday through Friday.

  Originally aired on Tuesday morning, October 21, 2008. WXYZ is an ABC affiliate in Detroit Michigan.

  As part of the 60th anniversary of WXYZ in 2008, the station aired a special celebrating the local talk show “Kelly & Company.” It was the last of its kind in local Detroit television and it was aired during its traditional 10 AM time slot. Hosted by John Kelly and Marilyn Turner.[1]

  Just some of the “behind the scenes” folks that made this show so successful

  Karl Garmager, Technical Director; Mason Weaver, Director; Pat Underwood, Assistant Director; Larry Goldsby, Video Tape; Clyde Adler, Chyron; Steve Thomas, Features Editor; Brad Hurtado, Producer; Keith Booth, Videographer

  

  
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• Kelly & Company – Just For Fun!

  John Kelly and Marilyn Turner having fun with some “new” technology. Brad Hurtado is handling the script cards. Just some fun times on the set of this great Detroit morning show.

• Phil Nye Celebration

  

• John Kelly and Marilyn Turner at the September 21, 2013, WXYZ Reunion

  

  Marilyn Turner and John Kelly at the September 21, 2013, WXYZ-TV Reunion. It was almost like they simply could have stepped into the studio and bring another sparkle to Detroit television. Photo by Lynne Pedlar, used with Permission.

• Kelly & Company – Inside Video Footage

  We are fortunate to have had a producer, Brad Hurtado, shoot some inside footage of the Kelly & Company staff while preparing the show. Many hard working people behind the scenes made the wonderful Detroit home-grown show possible. We were blessed to work with two wonderful stars of the show – Marilyn Turner and John Kelly.

  Mason Weaver, Dan Weaver, John Kelly, Marilyn Turner, Carnell Sessoms-Jones, Pat Underwood, Harry Lenk, Brad Hurtado, Jerry Zuckerman, Tony Tillman, Eddie Mongrain – Video footage contributed by Brad Hurtado. [If you can help identify others, please leave your comment below.]

• Kelly and Company Daily Planning Meeting