Turner Broadcasting: Broadcast/IT Systems Engineering Supervisor. Retired from Turner Broadcasting Entertainment Networks Dec. 2017.
WXYZ: Engineering, videographer.
Recent Sightings:
References:
- Reconnecting with Ol’ Pals from WXYZ
Gary Westbrook Pete Anderson Nate Penn Gary Westbrook Geoff Pekarek - WXYZ Team with Jesse Jackson
Herman and Gary always worked well with the guest wherever they work on projects with WXYZ.
Gary Westbrook Herman McKalpain Rev Jesse Jackson and Gary Westbrook - Olympic Crew in Los Angeles 1984
John Gross Gary Westbrook Geoff Pekarek Los Angeles 1984 - 1984 Olympics – On Assignment
Terry Pocherts Retirement Collection Geoff Pekarek Gary Westbook John Gross reporter off to the side Photo by Terry Pochert - 1984 Olympics – The Party Is Over, Heading Back Home
Waiting at the airport in Los Angeles heading back to work at WXYZ-TV, Detroit.
Wally Rodammer Ken Sznyr Patty Hensley MacLeod Waving Ray Thurber Karen Nicholson Jerry Zuckerman Gary Westbrook Geoff Pekarek Photo by Terry Pochert - Gary Westbook and Geoff Pekarek – WXYZ Crew on Assignment in Los Angeles
WXYZ-TV crews were on assignment throughout the entire world. Here’s one crew shooting features stories during 1984 while on assignment for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Gary Westbook and Geoff Pekarek Photo by Terry Pochert - Videographers Gary Westbook and Bob Johnston
Two of the many great videographers from WXYZ-TV, Detroit.
Gary Westbrook and Bobby Johnston Photo from Terry Pocherts Retirement Collection - Rosa Ybarra and Gary Westbrook – One of many after hours gatherings
The camaraderie of co-workers was always evident at work and after-hour gatherings.
Gary Westbrook Rosa Ybarra Photo from Terry Pocherts retirement archives - Just a Few of the Legendary Videographers from WXYZ
The strength of a television news department always relies on the field crews and their videographers. Here are just a few of the legends of WXYZ-TV, Detroit, Michigan.
Geoffrey Pekarek Chuck Bowman John Gildersleeve Gary Westbrook Eddie Dorfman
Recommended Reading
From Soupy to Nuts! A History of Detroit Television
Back in the 1940s–before coaxial cable from the East Coast reached Detroit–television was as local as Vernors, Sanders Hot Fudge and Hudson’s. There was room for clowns, bowlers, philosophers, journalists, adventurers, movie mavens, wrestlers and magicians.
The people who put these shows on were drunks, geniuses, thugs, heroes, artists, craftsmen, hustlers, and poets. Some were all of these things at times. A few were all these things before lunch.
As the medium grew, thousands of Detroiters visited Channel 4 to see Milky the Clown, danced on Channel 62’s The Scene or tuned in to watch bombastic anchorman Bill Bonds. With the evaporation of distinct local television, a piece of Detroit’s character disappeared.
From Soupy to Nuts! is a snapshot of Detroit TV history–from Sonny Eliot, Bozo the Clown, Bill Kennedy, Lou Gordon and Gil Maddox to Al Ackerman, Sir Graves Ghastly, Dick the Bruiser and Mr. Belvedere.
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