Category: Personnel
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Bowers, Mollie
Mollie Bowers – WXYZ: TV and AM sales. WMAY: Sales
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Aiken, Ray
WXYZ: Engineering In memory of Ray Aiken, one of the best audio engineers from the early years at WXYZ.
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Bourne, Porter
Porter Bourne (February 6, 1913 – August 28, 2001) was a Detroit-area radio and television broadcaster. A historical radio reference identifies him specifically as an announcer at WXYZ in Detroit and gives those birth and death dates. WXYZ: AM news anchor and reporter since 1948.WEXL: Disk Jockey
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Lincoln Sobek, Alissa
Alissa Lincoln Sobek – WXYZ: Creative Director – Commercial Production WKBD: Design Director WWJ:
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Nguyen, Tina
Tina Nguyen – WXYZ / WMYD: Sports Anchor WFLD: Sports
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Peelgrane, Peter J.
Peter Peelgrane was the Channel 9-News helicopter pilot until he crashed into Horsetooth Reservoir in 1980.
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Movesian, Karin
Karin is primarily a newsroom manager rather than an on-air personality. Her roles have included news director, executive producer and other newsroom leadership positions. WNEM: News Director TV5 in the Flint/Saginaw/Bay City market.KSDK: News Director, the NBC affiliate in St. Louis. She resigned as news director in September 2017.KTNV: She became news director, the ABC…
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Boley, Arta
Arta Boley is a veteran American television news executive and producer. Active primarily throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Boley built a distinguished career managing high-profile broadcast newsrooms in major markets.
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Amburg, Fred “Van”
Fred “Van” Amburg – KGO – San Francisco, CA: San Francisco bay area TV news personality. Anchor. KPIX: Sports Director KFRC: Talk Radio Host KNEW: Talk Radio Host
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Ducey, Joe
Joe Ducey – KNXV: Consumer reporter. WXYZ: TV investigative reporter.
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Ryan, Tom
Tom Ryan – WOMC: FM Talent. WXYZ: AM talent. Dick Purtan side-kick. WKNR: AM talent. CKLW: AM talent.
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Purtan, Dick
Dick Purtan – WWOL: Disc jockey WKNR: 1965-67 WXYZ: 1968-78 AM talent and disc jockey on WXYZ-AM. CKLW: 1978-83Disc jockey. WCZY: 1983-96 WOMC: 1996-2010
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Nye, Phil
Phil Nye – WXYZ: TV news director. Died March 20, 2014. Other employment: WSAZ-TV in West Virginia, WNXT Radio, WKNR Radio, WXYZ (1972 & 1976), WABC, Burnham Broadcasting. Previously known as Howard Phillips.
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McMahon, Wendy
Wendy McMahon – KABC: Vice President Marketing and Programming WBZ: Creative Services Director WCCO: Creative Services Director KXAN: Creative Services Director WJXT: Promotion Manager
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Marra, Bob
Bob Marra – WPIX: Station Manager (previously General Sales Manager) WNYW / WWOR: General Sales Manager
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Biscoe-Bailey, Doris
Doris Biscoe – WXYZ: TV news talent, anchor, and reporter from1972-2000 on Channel Seven, Detroit. Feature reporter at WGPR-FM, 107.5
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McKalpain, Herman
WXYZ: TV engineering. Retired in 2007, but active running a summer basketball camp and judging professional boxing. WGPR: Sportscaster
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Berg, Bob
WXYZ: Editor/producer for “From the Heart”, 1997-2002.
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Cutler, Barry
WXYZ: TV associate producer. Barry Cutler at the WXYZ Downtown Studio – Photo courtesy of Barry Cutler’s Facebook Page Barry Cutler at the WXYZ Downtown Studio – Photo courtesy of Barry Cutler’s Facebook Page References:
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Bigby, Tom
WIFI: Program Director WPHT: Program Director WNEW: Program Director KOST: Program Director WXYT: Radio Programming.
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Bowman, Charles – ‘Chuck’
WXYZ: TV engineering, ENG videographer, TV news editing. Died: August 1, 2026 Obituary Charles Step Funeral Home With deep sadness, the family of Charles Walter Bowman, 84, of Westland, MI, share that he passed away on August 1, 2026. Charles, who was often known as “Charlie” or “Chuck”, was born in Detroit, MI to Gertrude…
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Ginger, Johnny – ‘Galen Grindle’
WXYZ: Curtain Time Theater talent. Died: July 5, 2026 References: Curtain Time with Johnny Ginger and The 3 Stooges There was never a dull moment with Johnny Ginger‘s Curtain Time. A big hit in the Detroit metro area. Johnny Ginger Using 7up’s Fizz-Nik There was always time for fun using the latest “fad”,…
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Doerner, Wanda
WXYZ: TV engineering, ENG news editiing Wanda Doerner with one of her Emmy awards for her amazing editing skills – From the Terry Pochert’s retirement collection. Wanda retired on October 31, 2023, after 41 years with the station. Wanda died unexpectedly in April 2026
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Kress, Rob
WXYZ: TV news weathercaster. Died: September 28, 2024. “Rob Kress, a cherished meteorologist, devoted family man, and passionate musician, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2024, in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. Born on October 4, 1946, in Waterloo, Iowa, Rob’s warmth and kindness touched the lives of everyone he met throughout his remarkable 77 years.…
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Wade, Vince
Vince Wade is a veteran investigative television reporter, documentary producer, and author. Much of his journalism career was spent in Detroit, where he covered crime, corruption, organized crime and police investigations. His biography describes him as a reporter, author and documentarian.
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Gallagher, Bill
WJBK: Reporter Died: July 2026 Ex-Fox 2 journalist known for hard-hitting street reporting dies at 79. Bill Gallagher joined Fox 2 Detroit as a reporter in 1985, when it was known as WJBK-TV, Channel 2. Gallagher traveled to the then-Soviet Union, Italy, Germany and Armenia to cover news in addition to reporting in the Motor…
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Kraft, Walter
Walter Kraft, former News Director of WXYZ-TV in Southfield, Michigan, now Vice President for Communications with Eastern Michigan University.
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Rosenbaum, Tom
WXYZ: TV news director.WNCN: WPMI: KBAK: WGME: WVUE: KJCT: WALA: WABC: KTLA: WLS: WDAF: References:
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Kelly, John (nee Kelin)
WXYZ: TV talent. Co-host with Marilyn Turner of Kelly and Company and Good Afternoon Detroit. Avid horseman.
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Berman, Mike
WXON: TV Station Manager WCXI: Radio General Sales Manager WKBD: TV Sales Manager WWJ: TV Sales Manager WXYZ: Radio, TV Sales Manager.
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Alt, Larry
WXYZ: Program director. Detroit Free Press, March 8, 1989, Page 22. Larry Alt, the man whose job is being filled at WXYZ-TV, was evidently not aware of the growing influence of women in TV, if we are to believe some of the charges leveled against him in a sex discrimination suit filed last week. The…
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