Author: Terry Pochert
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Brock, Geoffrey – ‘Geoff’
WXYZ: Staging Geoff Brock – Belle isle Grand Prix, 1992 References: Facebook
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Charmichael, Claire
WXYZ: Producer, Writer. Cathy Alfafara remembers this photo while on an “all girls” crew (plus Sioux Goodman, Jillayne Pautsch and Cathy Alfafara). They covered several stories including the Miss Michigan Pageant and a kite para-sailing story by Lake Michigan (probably the dunes). “It was funny as Claire had on a tube top and it looks…
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Johnson IV, Louis
WXYZ: TV engineering, Technical Director Social Networks: LinkedIn Facebook.com Recent Sightings: Baker College, Freemont, MI AuXecutive
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Chryon / Character Generation and “Lower Third Supes”
Back in the early 1980s, rather than some graphics being triggered directly from the computer generator scripts, it was a manual process to type the characters and change the “supes” manually upon direction from the director. Here’s is the position that help make this possible during the early 1980s at WXYZ-TV. References: Chyron Corporation, Wikipedia…
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Walter Kraft and Bill Bonds
Covering political conventions was always a thrill for the staff of WXYZ.
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Gordon, Hal
WXYZ: Musical director who led the house band Two Joes and a Hank. Later, the Hal Gordon Quartet, the Hal Gordon Octet. References: Detroit Free Press PHOTO DetroitKidsShow.com – Soupy’s On – The Story of Soupy Sales Late Night Variety Show Record-Eagle.com, Joe M. Coffman, December 1, 2016 – The Lively Arts: Soupy Sales, unlikely…
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Ringling-Barnum Music Over WXYZ Air
“When Ringling-Barnum played Detroit, Vern E. Wood, Detroit, former circus musician, arranged for a broadcast of circus music over Station WXYZ by the Detroit Police Department Band, under direction of Sgt. Fred Mittman.
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Zuckerman, Jerome – ‘Jerry’
WXYZ: TV engineering. Died: July 8, 2019, in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
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Hoover, Lytle
WXYZ: Electrical transcription engineer. Directed some episodes of the Soupy Sales Show. WJRT: Director. Directed many of the Theatre of Thrills. References: oldradio.com – Photo: Lytle Hoover with TK-76 obtained on eBay Dec. 2005. pharis-video.com – Photo: Here is my good friend Lytle Hoover with Soupy. Detroit Kid Show EyesOfAGeneration.com – WXYZ, Detroit: Suitcases Full…
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Making a Difference in Seminole County
By Bill Ernst and the publisher of Seminole magazine. (c) 2004 – Reprint with permission. (PDF) If WKMG’s Mike Holfeld looks confident unraveling a mystery or reporting the latest scam, it may be because he’s doing precisely what he has always wanted to do. “I’ve known since I was five years old that I wanted…
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Hoker, Jay
KSRR: General Manager WXYZ and WRIF: Management
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Happy New Year – January 1, 1981
When working at WXYZ-TV, most of us covered various shifts 24/7. After the 11pm newscast, we celebrated the start of a new year with some amazing friends.
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Retirements at WXYZ: Dave Riley, Rich Nevins, Mike Rivard, Mark Zahnow
Colleagues from past and present gathered at WXYZ‘s Broadcast House this afternoon to celebrate the retirement of four longtime station employees. Mark Zahnow, Mike Rivard, Dave Riley and Rich Nevins are not names you would know from watching 7 Action News. Each has worked behind the scenes to make our newscasts great and to keep…
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Hoberman, Bernard G. (Ben)
WXYZ: Worked at WXYZ Radio before heading off to WABC as general manager, then KABC. Died on May 3, 2014. References: variety.com, May 6, 2014 – Ben Hoberman, Talk Radio Pioneer, Father of Biz Figures Thomas & David Hoberman, Died at 91. (PDF)
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Privacy Page
Privacy Notice This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for BroadcastingVault.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following: What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared. What choices are available to…
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KFRC Plays More Music
From left: Royce Johnson, Mike Phillips, Bobby Dale, Steve O’Shea, Howard Clark, Ed Mitchell and Glenn Adams. [Class of 1966]
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Hines, Jack – ‘John Heinritz’
WAGN: [Menominee MI] 1964 WPAG [Ann Arbor MI] 1965 WVIC [E Lansing MI] 1967 WXYZ: [Detroit MI] 1968-1968 KGO: [San Francisco CA] 1970 KFRC [San Francisco] 1972 KNUS [Dallas TX] 1975-1978 KLIF [Dallas] 1989 WMAM [Marinette WI] 1990 WNFL [Green Bay WI] 1990 KRLD [Dallas] 1995 KRNB [Dallas] 2002 WBAP: [Dallas] 2005 Recent Sightings: WBAP…
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Hilliard, Maggie
WXYZ: TV Studio Supervisor and Producer. Responsible for studio staffing for many of the shows since she started working at the station in 1948.
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Hissong, Ken
WXYZ: Assignment Desk Ken posted on Facebook (March 23, 2011), “Believe this or not, Ladd Carleton and I shot the last film story to ever appear on 7. Nye sent me out to do soundbites (producers were members of AFTRA then) because we were so short of “real” reporters.” References: Facebook
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Williams, Yolanda [aka Lonnie Ali]
WXYZ: Talent on Hot Fudge. “Lonnie” is the widow of the late Muhammad Ali, one of the most renowned professional boxers of all time.
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The Hot Fudge Show – aka Hot Fudge
WXYZ: Children’s show produced at WXYZ in Detroit during the 1970s. Aired throughout the country including WFLD and WLS. Listen to samples of the songs from the show on AllMusic.com [Top Row] Larry Santos, Ron Coden, Yolanda Williams,[Middle] Bob Elnicky[Bottom] Marilyn O’Connor (Miller), Robert Taylor References:
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Herman, Jennifer
WXYZ: TV News Producer. WWJ: News Producer WJRT: News Producer WWTV: News Producer Social Media: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook
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Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter by Peter Copeland
Finding the News tells Peter Copeland’s fast-paced story of becoming a distinguished journalist. Starting in Chicago as a night police reporter, Copeland went on to work as a war correspondent in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa before covering national politics in Washington, DC, where he rose to be bureau chief of the E.…
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WXYZ Newsroom circa 1980s
WXYZ: An amazing group of people making WXYZ News number one in the market during the 1980s. Nelson Burg, Fran Victor, Marv Rockford, Audio: Greg Karrer, Val Clark, Cheryl Chodun, Bill Miller, Jeff Rundell, Bill Becker, Garrett Glaser, Terry Frisco, Mark Zahnow, Denny Shleifer, Andrea Parquet-Taylor, Garry Kelly, Dean Erskin, Al Volker, Jim Powers, Pat…
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Kochenderfer, Tim
WXYZ: Senior Executive Producer WWJ: References: LinkedIn Playscripts Twitter Facebook
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Kinchen, Dave
Leaving broadcasting for a career in city government. WTXF: Reporter WXYZ: Assignment Desk Intern References: Facebook
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Ashley Heimbough with Mike Kalush Heading Out Over the Detroit River
Aerial shots are a main stay of local television. Ashley Heimbough was one of our best helicopter pilots and safely managed many incredible shots. The following picture shows Ashley with Mike Kalush in the passenger seat just taking off to capture video over the Detroit River during the Detroit Grand Prix in the mid 1980s.
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Edwards, Douglas
CBS Network: News anchor from 1948 through 1988 and anchored the nightly news from 1948 through 1962. By the time he joined CBS in 1942, he already had 10 years of broadcast experience. Among the many people he interviewed were Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He was one of the first television…
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Heller, Peter
WXYZ: TV sports. References: Author of In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories – Here is Jake LaMotta discussing his career as a hoodlum; Floyd Patterson on growing up in the ghetto; Gunboat Smith on the Jack Johnson era; Jack Dempsey on the Willard fight and the Tunney ”long…
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Berry, Paul
WJLA: Senior anchor. WXYZ: Anchor and reporter. Recent sightings: Paul Berry & Associates, LLC Home & Family Finance Radio References: Wikipedia The History Makers – Paul Berry
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Birdseye, Henry
KSTP: Editor KMGH: Editor WXYZ: TV News Feature Reporter. Recent Sightings: Henry now owns the Birdseye Electrical Pictures, LLC, and enjoys doing post production at his own home. Take a peek at what he is experimenting with. References: Facebook LinkedIn Photo by Henry Birdseye (Facebook)
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Heatley, Harold
WXYZ: Michigan Radio Network engineer. WWJ: Radio technician WSAM: Radio technician
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Accreditation and Assessment of Journalism Education in Europe: Quality Evaluation and Stakeholder Influence
Eva Nowak – How is journalism training in Europe accredited and assessed? State organisations and the media industry influence the objectives, content and structures of such training through their accreditation. They set quality standards and, at the same time, interfere in its autonomy. Through studies of twelve countries, this volume shows how accreditation influences journalism…
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The Elements of Journalism, Revised and Updated 3rd Edition: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
Revised and updated with a new preface and material on the rise of social media, the challenges facing printed news, and how journalism can fulfill its purpose in the digital age. Seventeen years ago, the Committee of Concerned Journalists gathered some of America’s most influential newspeople to ask the question, “What is journalism for?” Through…
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Wood, Wayne
NBC Network: Videographer WTTG: Videographer. Lynda Lopez tribute via public Facebook posting, “R.I.P. Wayne Wood, ace cameraman, with whom I worked far too infrequently at NBC, but whom I IDOLIZED as an intern at WTTG in 1973. Wayne, always sweet, well usually, had savvy and swagger. He let me go out with his 3-person crew…
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Pierce, Kristin
WHAS: Anchor WWL: Anchor / Reporter WXYZ / WMYD: Reporter WDIV: Associate Producer WTVG: References: LinkedIn Twitter Tweets by KPierceTV
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Heath (nee Kufel), Melissa
WXYZ: TV news writer, production assistant, assignment editor. References: Facebook
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Haynes, Trudy
KYW: News Reporter WXYZ: The nation’s first African American TV weather reporter. 1963-1965. References: Facebook Wikipedia Twitter
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Kozenchick, William
WXYZ: Soundman References Detroit Free Press, November 5, 1965, Page 3 – Involved in accident when pedestrian threw water bottle from overpass while crew was driving on the Lodge Freeway.
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Morris, Barney
KABC: News anchor and reporter. Died. 2003. KTLA: WXYZ: Anchor and reporter. 1964-1969 References: Detroit Free Press, November 5, 1965, Page 3 – Involved in accident when pedestrian threw water bottle from overpass while crew was driving on the Lodge Freeway. LA Times, March 15, 2003 – Barney Morris, 66; News Anchor at Stations in…
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Hayes, Mark
WXYZ: Reporter/Anchor. 1998-2002 KXAS: WAGA: KMGH: WLWT: WBAL: References: LinkedIn WLWT – Facebook
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Hayes, Dick (aka Jack)
WXYZ: Radio Disc Jockey. Last name sometimes appears has “Haase”. CHUM: KOL: WNBC: WHND: References: Other names used: Jeff Boeing Retire from Great Media Detroit
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Format Changes
… Jim Davis, formerly of Detroit stations WXYZ, WJR and WOMC… WXYT program director John Harper concurs…
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Harper, John
WXYZ: AM programming, program director. References: Motor City Radio Flashbacks, CKLW Makes Upward Surge for Radio Ratings, August 10, 1985
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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…
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Pinto, Barbara
ABC News: Reporter CNBC: Reporter References: The Holmes Report, Diana Marszalek, August 8, 2019 – Barbara Pinto Tapped To Lead W2O’s North American Executive Comms Practice – The former ABC correspondent arrives from FleishmanHillard.
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Hardt, Robert
WABC: News anchor/reporter WXYZ: Radio News anchor/reporter/editor WKHM: References: Music Radio 77 LinkedIn
