Former Erie Music Of Your Life personality and WSEE-TV news anchor and reporter Fred Koeberle has passed away at the age of 97.
From his obituary, "He got his start in broadcasting in 1954 at radio station WCPA in Clearfield, Pa., where he met his future wife, the former Rose Marie Kane. After a brief stint at WFBG-TV in Altoona doing news, weather and sports, his career took him to Youngstown, Ohio, where Fred became an anchor on television station WYTV. While at WYTV he also created a popular children’s show known as “Frontier Fred”, singing and entertaining children on TV. He then moved onto WSEE-TV in Erie, spending 13 years in various roles as a field reporter, news editor, anchorman, weatherman, commercial announcer, moderator of public affairs programs, and news director. After retiring from WSEE-TV, Fred returned to radio as the morning host of the popular “Music of your Life” show on WEYZ-Radio in Erie. His radio sign-off at WEYZ was the upbeat “If you meet someone today without a smile…give them one of yours”. Fred enjoyed 10 years at the radio station before retiring for good from broadcasting.
From his obituary, "He got his start in broadcasting in 1954 at radio station WCPA in Clearfield, Pa., where he met his future wife, the former Rose Marie Kane. After a brief stint at WFBG-TV in Altoona doing news, weather and sports, his career took him to Youngstown, Ohio, where Fred became an anchor on television station WYTV. While at WYTV he also created a popular children’s show known as “Frontier Fred”, singing and entertaining children on TV. He then moved onto WSEE-TV in Erie, spending 13 years in various roles as a field reporter, news editor, anchorman, weatherman, commercial announcer, moderator of public affairs programs, and news director. After retiring from WSEE-TV, Fred returned to radio as the morning host of the popular “Music of your Life” show on WEYZ-Radio in Erie. His radio sign-off at WEYZ was the upbeat “If you meet someone today without a smile…give them one of yours”. Fred enjoyed 10 years at the radio station before retiring for good from broadcasting.