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Local news personalities who couldn't stand each other but you wouldn't know it
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Re: Local news personalities who couldn't stand each other but you wouldn't know
That would be WSMV-Nashville. Incidently, Marin's co-anchor at the time that interview would have been taped, was Dan Miller. He would work at the station for most of his career, save for a short stint at KCBS and as Pat Sajak's announcer/sidekick on his talk show (they had worked together in Nashville, when Pat was a lowly weatherman). Miller died from a massive heart attack last spring while visiting Augusta, GA for the Masters golf tournamnent.
@firepoint525: Marin's co-anchor in Chicago at WMAQ was Ron Magers, who was snapped up by WLS fairly quickly after the on-air walk-out.
bpatrick said:
That would be WSMV-Nashville. Incidently, Marin's co-anchor at the time that interview would have been taped, was Dan Miller. He would work at the station for most of his career, save for a short stint at KCBS and as Pat Sajak's announcer/sidekick on his talk show (they had worked together in Nashville, when Pat was a lowly weatherman). Miller died from a massive heart attack last spring while visiting Augusta, GA for the Masters golf tournamnent.
@firepoint525: Marin's co-anchor in Chicago at WMAQ was Ron Magers, who was snapped up by WLS fairly quickly after the on-air walk-out.
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It was known that Bryant Gumbel had a stormy relationship with Gene Shalit and Willard Scott. In fact, when they asked him to do a memo. He said that Willard Scott was "corny" and Dr. Art Ulene as "boring." Also, criticized that Gene Shalit was always late for his movie reviews and all.
Also, on WFTV Channel 9, I remember Marla Weech and I think Barbara West getting into a religion argument on the air.
Also, on WFTV Channel 9, I remember Marla Weech and I think Barbara West getting into a religion argument on the air.
When she was at Baltimore's WJZ, Oprah Winfrey did not get along with most of the then Eyewitness News team of Jerry Turner, Al Sanders and Randy Blair as all of them had came from old school ( as in MEN ONLY ) of TV news and of course that would not include Oprah.
Some months back on the Washington-Baltimore website DCRTV, an employee from WJZ posted a message that once Oprah's show ends and current WJZ weatherman Bob Turk retires ( he is the only one left at WJZ from the Oprah days ), then don't be surprised if Turk writes a tell-all book about Oprah Winfrey-Jerry-Turner-Al-Sanders-Randy Blair and the stormy relationship between Oprah Winfrey..and the "boys" at WJZ.
Some months back on the Washington-Baltimore website DCRTV, an employee from WJZ posted a message that once Oprah's show ends and current WJZ weatherman Bob Turk retires ( he is the only one left at WJZ from the Oprah days ), then don't be surprised if Turk writes a tell-all book about Oprah Winfrey-Jerry-Turner-Al-Sanders-Randy Blair and the stormy relationship between Oprah Winfrey..and the "boys" at WJZ.
wbhist said:ixnay said:I wasn't even aware of Huntley's retirement until a couple of nights later when I was staying at my grandparents, who preferred Cronkite (and John Facenda on WCAU-10). Cronkite's last story of that evening was a tribute to his rivals Chet and David. Then Walter said "That's the way it is, [date]. This is Walter Cronkite, CBS News... good night, Chet." Cut to Huntley, who was visiting the CBS set, and Chet said, "And a good night to you, Walter."
Actually, I think that Huntley's cameo was pre-taped at the NBC studios on Rockefeller Center (the light cyan blue background, as seen over both anchors on The Huntley-Brinkley Report within its last year on the air, was the giveaway),
I wouldn't have known about the background color, wbhist. My grandfolks' tv was a B/W Motorola so old it had VHF-only capability. Judging from old pictures taken when I was in diapers, my parents gave it to my grandparents when we got a combo GE tv/record player.
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That was a huge flap..."This guy (Willard) is killing us!" Can anyone argue about Dr. Art Ulene being boring, though?
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