Category: Journalism
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Fisco, Lisa
WXYZ: TV Producer. References: AOL, March 2, 2010 – Second Career: TV Producer Turns Olympic Hopeful (PDF Archive)
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Dear, Robert – ‘Bob’
WXYZ: Staging and lighting director. ia346.com, “Local 38 member Robert C. Dear, father of director William Dear (“Angels in the Outfield”) and Script Supervisor Susan Dear, died of congestive heart failure on December 11 (2009). He was 90. Dear was born in Toronto, Canada. After serving as a tail gunner in the Royal Canadian Air…
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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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Cooper, Dennis Glen
WXYZ: Travel show with George Pierrot. Many were silent movies with travels from around the world and locations around Michigan and Canada. Many presentations were done at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Many folks had him as a junior high school teacher in the Detroit School system where he served for over thirty years.
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Femmel, Richard “Dick”
WXYZ: News Director, Community Affairs. Dick always was a newscaster at the station and spelled George Pierrot occasionally on George Pierrot‘s World Adventure Series. Broadcasting – November 28, 1960
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Remembering George Pierrot by Chase Snead
WXYZ: Chase Snead writes in Detroit Memories: I was a Producer/Director with Channel 7 from 1951 to 1970. Wow, were those great times.[1] Personnel mentioned in article: George Pierrot, Dick Femmel, Bob Bean, Dennis Glen Cooper References: Detroit Memories Newsletter (PDF)
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Beemer, Brace
WXYZ: Sergeant Preston of the Yukon and The Lone Ranger on WXYZ radio. Died 1965. Buried at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, Michigan. References: C and G News – K. Michelle Moran writes in an article title, “Child actress from ‘The Lone Ranger’ to participate in upcoming talk” October 31, 2012 (PDF) Wikipedia The Last…
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Vance, Jim
WRC: Washington’s longest-serving local news anchor, is dead at 75 years old on July 21, 2017. The NBC stalwart was among the first black anchors in a major media market. References: New York Daily News, July 22, 2017, Nicole Bitette – Jim Vance, veteran NBC Washington anchor, dead at 75 Wikipedia
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Matthew, Arthur William
NBC National: Radio/Television personality with NBC. aka Art Carney References: Pintrest
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Kelly Burke on Assignment with Ladd Carlton and Eddie Dorfman
WXYZ: Film crew on assignment filming series about the military in the 1970s.
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Maddow, Rachel
MSNBC: Host of The Rachel Maddow Show (TRMS). References: The Rachel Maddow Show Tweets by maddow
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Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command by Lynn Vincent
The Army does not want you to read this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes U.S. soldiers and Marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This…
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Broadcasters: Untold Chaos
Tantalizing details of news stories are often never told. That changes in “Broadcasters: Untold Chaos,” where a veteran journalist sheds new light on a career reaching from Saigon to Sioux City. These insider accounts—little-known or never told—include threats against CBS News, lunch with Ferdinand Marcos, a shocking on-air protest ignited by censorship and a military…
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Raymond Previ and Corinne Aguilar – Christmas 2013
It’s always a great time at Shields Pizzeria in Southfield, Michigan, when it nears the holiday season. Many staff, alumni and friends gather to reacquaint.
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Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award
TV Technology, December 19, 2012 – “CINCINNATI — WXYZ, the Scripps affiliate in Detroit, has earned the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, one of the television industry’s highest honor in journalism. The honor recognizes the community-changing success of “Wayne County Confidential: Government Run Amok,” WXYZ’s years-long investigative series focused on politics in Wayne County, Mich. Investigative…
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Campbell, Erskine
WXYZ: Continuity writer and sound-effects for the Lone Ranger radio show. References: Wikipedia
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Ryan, Tom
WXYZ: AM talent. Dick Purtan side-kick. References: Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Facebook
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Conway, Mary Ellen
WXYZ: Reporter that worked with the station for a few months in the early 1980s.. Not to be confused with Mary Conway a senior reporter with the station.
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Dahl, Ronnie
WXYZ: 1982- Reporter. References: LinkedIn YouTube Channel Twitter Facebook Tweets by ronniedahl
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Chiappetta, Jerry
WXYZ: Hosted various editions of Michigan Outdoors. References: Wild Harvest Videos Chiappetta Productions, Inc. Why Don’t Dogs Wear Shoes? Why Don’t Dogs Wear Shoes? is a series of humorous stories “inspired by my grandkids,” says the author, a grandfather of ten. Jerry Chiappetta takes an offbeat look at the Phases of Life —…
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Cohen, Steve
WXYZ: TV news Executive Producer. References: Steve wrote several articles about WXYZ on the The 247 Newsroom which is now dark. LiveShot, Journalistic heroism in Philadelphia by Tom Kranz (Google Books) – Amazon.com
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Chenault, Blake
WXYZ: News WOIO: Reporter References: Twitter Tweets by BlakeChenault19
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Bufalini, Martin – ‘Marty’
WXYZ: AM news. Historian and involvement in the radio version of “The Lone Ranger”. Wrote an original radio play script for the classic movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. References: Facebook C and G News – K. Michelle Moran writes in an article title, “Child actress from ‘The Lone Ranger’ to participate in upcoming talk” October…
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Brickwedde, Bob – ‘Bob Henry’
Host of Nash Theater Hour (Thursday nights) where he used the state name of Bob Henry. He also hosted western movies featuring Deadeye and Black Bart on Saturdays as “Sheriff Bob”.
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Brennan, Meghan
Award-winning digital reporter and producer for 7 Action News and WXYZ.com. Social Media: Facebook LinkedIn Twitter CV Tweets by MeghanBrennan
