McKalpain, Herman

WXYZ: TV engineering. Retired in 2007, but active running a summer basketball camp and judging professional boxing.

WGPR: Sportscaster

Herman McAlpain – Circa 1980s.

It’s not unusual for a camerman to also act as a reporter.  Here is a great picture from Herman Herman’s collection of him interviewing Michael Jordan

References:

1. Wikipedia – Muhammad Ali
2. Wikipedia – Leon Spinks
3. Facebook
4. Macomb Daily – Police investigating apparent murder-suicide of Sterling Heights couple
5. The Detroit News, Charles E. Ramirez, March 2, 2020 – Second body found at Sterling Heights home where woman was discovered
6. CandGnews.com, Eric Czarnik, March 3, 2020 – Police find married couple dead in home
7. Fox 2 Detroit, March 4, 2020 – Sterling Heights couple dead in murder-suicide, police say (PDF)
8. Daily Mail, Chris Dyer, March 4, 2020 – High school friends who married in their 60s after they both suffered separate divorces are found dead in their Michigan home in ‘murder-suicide’ (PDF)

• WXYZ Team with Jesse Jackson

  Herman and Gary always worked well with the guest wherever they work on projects with WXYZ.

  

• Always the Hardworking Crew at WXYZ

  And, yes, having fun at the same time.

  

• More Videographers at Reunion by Chris Ruzzin

  Photo from the 2013 WXYZ Reunion.

  

• Passing Time While on Remote

  

• Emmy Award in 1990 For Homeless Series

  WXYZ: Donella Crawford and Herman Mckalpain were nominated for an emmy in 1990 for a Homeless series, 6 Parts on the 11pm news on wxyz-Ch. 7

• Diana Lewis and Herman McKalpain – Christmas

  

  Diana Lewis and Herman McKalpain [Facebook] – Photo credit ?????

• Herman McKalpain and Nelson Burg at WXYZ Party

  WXYZ: Over the course of decades, there were always parties. The parties built many friendships between co-workers and helped create an environment in the 1980s-90s that made the station number one in the market.

  Herman McKalpain and Nelson Burg – Original photo from the Terry Pochert retirement collection.

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Recommended Reading

Detroit Television (Images of America) – Tim Kiska and Ed Golick

It began atop the Penobscot Building on October 23, 1946, when WWDT shot a signal to the convention center, part of a “”New Postwar Products Exposition.”” WWJ-TV offered scheduled programming in June 1947, and WXYZ-TV and WJBK-TV jumped in a year later. The medium has influenced the city’s personality and social agenda ever since. Soupy Sales turned getting a pie in the face into an art form. Mort Neff celebrated the state’s outdoor charms. George Pierrot showed Detroiters the world. Other beloved personalities include: Milky the Clown, Ed McKenzie, Sonny Eliot, John Kelly, Marilyn Turner, Robin Seymour, Bill Bonds, Dick Westerkamp, Jingles, Bill Kennedy, Lou Gordon, Captain Jolly, Johnny Ginger, Auntie Dee, and many more.