BroadcastingVault.com is a project initially started by myself, Terry Pochert, a former WXYZ-TV Video Tape News Editing Supervisor with Channel Seven in Detroit. His career spanned over 25 years with the station during a time that film transitioned into video as the primary news gathering media.
Why I Started This Project
Upon my retirement, I was given hundreds of photos from friends, co-workers and other employees of WXYZ. These items were too valuable to be kept to myself, so I started sharing them in the project. As I started this project, other folks who had photos and media from other employees started pouring in. Some were from estates as fellow employee died. I continue to accept these items for sharing with others.
Military Background
I hope this doesn’t sound like tooting our own horns, but many of us at Channel Seven spent many years in the military. Many of our jobs actually sprouted our careers. During this coming Veteran’s Day, I would like to give thanks to folks like Jerry Younglove, Ken Hissong, John Gross and many others that have served our great country. If you know of others that are a part of our Channel Seven Alumni, I’d appreciate you mentioning them lest we forget. AND thanks for all those that did not serve, but continued to pray for those that did. You are as important and, perhaps, more important.
