Category: Personnel
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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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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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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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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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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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Herman, Jennifer
WXYZ: TV News Producer. WWJ: News Producer WJRT: News Producer WWTV: News Producer Social Media: Twitter LinkedIn Facebook
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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…
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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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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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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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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
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Younglove, Jerry
WXYZ: News video tape editor. Jerry left WXYZ to become a world class dog owner and trainer with his wife Barbara at their company Jaybar Retrievers.
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Crim, Mort
WDIV: Anchor, reporter. PRESS RELEASE (Springfield, Illinois) June 11, 2019Long-time newsman Mort Crim will be inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Hall of Fame at a luncheon ceremony in Springfield on Thursday, June 13. Crim’s 45 years in broadcasting included reporting and anchor stints at ABC, New York, KYW-TV Philadelphia, WBBM-TV Chicago, and for 20 years,…
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Thomas, Michael
WDIV: Production Manager WXYZ: Creative Services Producer/Writer/Editor References: LinkedIn
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Halliday, Jean
WXYZ: AM News I’m an independent journalist who has covered automotive marketing since 1994- the longest consecutive tenure on the beat than any other US reporter. From 1996 to early 2010 I was the Detroit Bureau Chief of Advertising Age, a post I had held earlier at Adweek. I have worked as a journalist in…
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Williamson, Jennifer
WXYZ-TV: Floor Director – Floor director for evening newscasts. Created traffic maps, full screen graphics, and assisted with other various productions as needed. WWJ-TV: Technical Engineer – Floor director, studio camera operator, and still store graphics operator for evening news. WEYI-TV: Technical Engineer – Floor director, studio camera operator, lighting, set design, dubbing. Trained in audio and chyron.…
