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Chris Huebner Estate: Need Help With Identifications
The following photo is from Chris Huebner‘s estate collection which was donated to the Broadcasting Vault. If you can help identify some of the folks in this photograph along with when and where, it would greatly be appreciated. You can use the comment area at the bottom of this page or use our Contact Us…
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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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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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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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Stepien, Chris
WXYZ: TV programming, creative services. References: Linkedin Instructor Highlight: Chris Stepien Recent Sightings: Stepien Creative Services
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