WNEM: Meteorologist
WLNS: Weather Intern
News, Press and Media Staff and Alumni
Died: December 2018
WXYZ: TV news director [1968 – ]
WJRT: News Director [1958-1968]
WNEM: News Director [ – 1958]
Memorial Service Flyer (PDF) – from Vivian Hoze
“WXYZ-TV‘s coverage of the week-long Detroit riots of July, 1967 represented the most comprehensive single job of news reporting in the station’s history.”–1967 Peabody Digest. Captions identify footage from July 23 and 24. Sunset, night and sunrise segments indicate the passage of subsequent days. Includes footage of rioters, looters, burning storefronts and homes, firemen fighting the fires, policemen patrolling the streets, several interviews with onlookers, a brief interview with the governor and excerpts of his press conference.
Also includes footage of the arrival of federal troops and their patrols in the streets of Detroit, injured rioters and guards being loaded into ambulances, a woman driving through town holding a revolver, aerial views of the devastated downtown area, and prisoners at police headquarters. Reporter Ken Thomas discusses the emotions experienced by the WXYZ-TV staff who covered the riots. Concludes with footage of a police funeral. The majority of the footage is shown without narration.
Credits: Camera crew led by Ken Thomas; cameraman, John Braddock; soundman, Thomas O’Toole; additional cameramen, Michael Kalush, Ron Little; sound engineers, Bill Hevron, Edwin Scarth; assignment editor, Frank Benesh; film processor, Joe Doneth; film editors, Dean Erskine, Jim Powers; news messenger, Mike Sublett.
WXYZ: TV news anchor and reporter, 1994-1998 and 2000-2007. Now with WNEM-TV5.
Frank Turner’s Podcasting – Cave Radio Broadcasting (Facebook Page)
Frank Turner at WNEM-TV, Fling-Saginaw, Michigan
Frank Turner, Author
Neal Rubin: The long-timers at at Harper House know him, but some of the newcomers to the drug treatment center don’t, at least not at first.
He shows up on his day off and starts reading the Bible.
Then he gets to talking about it, and the talking begets shouting, and the shouting begets full-scale, howling-and-Hallelujah, love-and-salvation preaching, and then a light bulb goes on over someone’s head and a voice interrupts the sermon:
“Hey, that’s the TV guy!”
That’s Frank Turner, weekend anchor and reporter at WXYZ-TV.
Bell Ringers in order:
Marilyn Turner, John Kelly, Doris Biscoe, Bill Bonds. Guy Gordon, Diana Lewis, Erik Smith, Rob Kress, Robbie Timmons, Bill Bonds, Mike Holfeld, Dave Lewallen, Frank Turner, Bill Bonds