Category: WXYZ – Detroit, MI
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Hampton, Jim – ‘Jimmy’
WLS: Director of Production WABX: On-air Personality WJBK: On-air Radio Personality WXYZ radio talent. 20 years old when he started to work for WXYZ-AM in 1966. Recordings: Reelradio.com – 1 Reelradio.com – 2 Recent Sightings Greenhouse Marketing Group
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Tillman, Anthony J. – ‘Tony’
WXYZ: Director. Stage Manager. Recent Sightings Broadcast Technician Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA References LinkedIn
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Williams, Jessie
WSYM: News Director WTMJ: Executive Producer WXYZ: Producer. WLNS: Producer References: Facebook
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Ken Hissong with Soup Sales
Picture courtesy of Ken Hissong. Picture taken while Ken was working for a Public Relations firm in 1999 while doing a promotion for Great Lakes Crossing. Thanks Ken!
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Fowler (nee Larsen), Nancy
WXYZ: TV news writer. Local Emmy award for Outstanding Late News, WXYZ-TV Detroit and Education Writers Association award for ‘Making the Grade’ news series, WXYZ-TV Detroit Recent Sightings: St. Louis Beacon References: NancyMFlowler.com Facebook LinkedIn
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LoCicero, Tom
WXYZ: TV programming. Writer/Producer. WDIV: References: TVLoCicero.com Facebook LinkedIn
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Brandstatter, Jim
WXYZ: Sports broadcaster. Married to Robbie timmons, another WXYZ alumni. This is an inside look at the magical chemistry between Dan Dierdorf and Jim Brandstatter in the UM Football IMG Radio booth! Both were on the 1969 & 70 Bo Schembechler teams and have been re-teamed for the radio broadcasts over the IMG Michigan Sports…
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Brown, Dan
WXYZ: Director of Broadcast Operations. References: LinkedIn Recent Sightings: Palace Sports & Entertainment
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Heng, Sandy
WXYZ: TV news reporter. WSYX: Reporter References: LinkedIn University of Michigan News, May 3, 2002 – Journalism Fellows named for next academic year (PDF)
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Mannino, Raymond – “Ray”
WXYZ: TV engineering, ENG news editing. Retired: May, 2013. [June 16, 1948 – August 12, 2021] References: Obituary (PDF)
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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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Eskridge, Ann
WXYZ: Reporter Little Man is ten years old and thinks Tico and Amon should let him join their gang. Amon says he will have to pass the initiation first: retrieve a piece of junk from the altar built by “crazy” Lucy Johnson in her backyard. Everyone says Lucy Johnson is a witch. She calls her…
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Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling (Painted Turtle) by Harvey Ovshinsky
Shttps://amzn.to/3hWvNQfcratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling is a deeply personal and intimate memoir told through the lens of Harvey Ovshinsky’s lifetime of adventures as an urban enthusiast. He was only seventeen when he started The Fifth Estate, one of the country’s oldest underground newspapers. Five years later, he became one of the country’s youngest news…