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Fred Lewis RIP

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doublecashkgb

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Fred Lewis, the former news director of KGB and KSDO, and the host of the excellent local
show "The Heart Of San DIego" passed away last week.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/obituaries/20070908-9999-1m8lewis.html

Not to be critical of Chris, but I am wondering why all the attention on SDradio.net to a low rated station like KLSD, and the constant PR for lackluster morning talent, yet he apparently ignores the passing of a San Diego broadcasting legend.
 
doublecashkgb said:
Not to be critical of Chris, but I am wondering why all the attention on SDradio.net to a low rated station like KLSD, and the constant PR for lackluster morning talent, yet he apparently ignores the passing of a San Diego broadcasting legend.
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Cuz Fred didn't buy lunch.

I ran into Fred a lot during my career in journalism and politics. He had the smoothest pipes in town, a perpetual tan and the best tailor in town. He was Mr. Smooth for sure. I have to give him lots of credit for finding a niche in the business at an age when most local radio and TV guys had long since been pushed out to pasture.
 
Fred was my favorite newscaster of all time. His dramatic flair really captivated me in the early 1960's when he was on KGB.
 
While I was attending SDCC, I worked as a press box assistant for the old Western Hockey League Gulls in 1971 when I was lucky enough to meet Fred Lewis. I was even luckier to strike up a casual friendship with him. He taught a UCSD extention class at on Public Speaking which I signed up for, and he was very insightful. Fred was the one who taught me the lesson that virtually all in radio eventually learn: to speak from the diaphragm.

I left San Diego in 1977, am living in L.A. now, and I was always hopeful of re-establishing contact with Fred. I am so sorry now that I didn't stay in touch. He was a great broadcaster, and a great guy.
 
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