Category: Journalism
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Flechsig, Jack
WXYZ: TV Graphics and Art Director. Born 1922, died January 2011 [Corrected from 1988, See comment] From the Brother Rice High School Student Parent Handbook 2013-14, “The school logo is the Warrior Head. The school nickname is the Warriors. The late Mr. Sheldon Brodley, a football coach and long time friend of Brother Rice, was responsible for our…
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Diamond, Jeffrey L.
ABC Network: Writer, Producer NBC Network: Producer References: Twitter Facebook
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Johnson, Jeremy
WXYZ: TV News Videographer, Photojournalist. Social Media: Instagram Twitter Facebook
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Johnson, Denise
WXYZ: Traffic Manager / Coordinator / Log Editor WWJ: Traffic Coordinator WDWB: now WMYD: Traffic Coordinator WKBD: Traffic / Sales Serivce Coordinator References: LinkedIn
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Ryan, Shay H.
WFTS: Meteorologist WXYZ: TV meteorologist. Married to reporter Glenn Zimmerman. WSAV: WXVT: WNBC: References: LinkedIn
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Jewell, James – ‘Jim’
WXYZ: Radio actor, producer and director at WXYZ radio. References: Wikipedia.org The Last Radio Ranger
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Jarkey, Harry
WXYZ: Hosted “Our Friend Harry” which aired from 1957 through 1959. WXYZ‘s morning show which aired Monday through Friday from 9:30a – 11:25a. Designed with mom and the kinds in mind. The program also featured Marv Welch, a longtime favorite of Detroit’s younger set. Also included on the show were Jean Loach, Dick Femmel (news),…
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Jacobus, Pete
WXYZ: TV news director. References: Facebook.com Recent Sightings NewsBlues.com – WPTY (now WATN) 24 ABC, Memphis, TN
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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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Jacobs, Paul
KHYI: General Manager KZEW: General Sales Manager WRIF: FM sales. References: Recent Sightings: Jacobs Media
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Jackson, Curtis
Spectrum News: Anchor/Reporter.WXYZ: Anchor/Reporter.WKRC: Reporter.WEWS: Reporter. References:
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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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Jantke, Paul; Jr.
WXYZ: TV Engineering Died at age 84 on April 14, 1999. Beloved husband of Irene (Fiori). Son of the late Paul Sr. and Kathrine. Brother of Kathrine Weber. Visitation Thursday after 5 p.m and Friday after 1 p.m. at A.H. Peters Funeral Home 20705 Mack at Vernier Grosse Pointe Woods. Instate Saturday 9 a.m. till…
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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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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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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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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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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…
