Heard Bill Whitney pay tribute to former colleague Lou Miliano this afternoon on the World News Round Up Late Edition. The obituary is at 6 minutes past the hour:
http://audio.cbsradionewsfeed.com/2015/01/12/19/Hourly-19.mp3
More from CBS:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/01/12/lou-miliano-longtime-cbs-and-wcbs-radio-reporter-dead-at-67/
I remember hearing Lou (when I started paying more attention to the CBS Hourlies about 2004) all over the newscasts as a New York based National Correspondent. He covered a lot of stories, and had a great voice.
He also frequently filled in at the anchor desk, particularly in the afternoons and evenings. I spent most of my senior year in college with my nose in a book; I had a roommate who was equally focused and busy. I'd often take a break, reach up, and flip the radio on for a CBS Hourly. If I logged onto the internet, I'd lose half an hour of studying, but CBS could get me up to speed, and then I could get back to the books.
My roommate loved it when Lou was at the anchor desk.
Why?
The way he went into the commercial break. He almost always finished up his newscast a few seconds early. So rather than a nice smooth "This is CBS News" into the break, he would, with great, dramatic inflection, go "This......................................is CBS News." If he was on, we'd start taking bets on how long the pause would be between "this" and "is."
http://audio.cbsradionewsfeed.com/2015/01/12/19/Hourly-19.mp3
More from CBS:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/01/12/lou-miliano-longtime-cbs-and-wcbs-radio-reporter-dead-at-67/
I remember hearing Lou (when I started paying more attention to the CBS Hourlies about 2004) all over the newscasts as a New York based National Correspondent. He covered a lot of stories, and had a great voice.
He also frequently filled in at the anchor desk, particularly in the afternoons and evenings. I spent most of my senior year in college with my nose in a book; I had a roommate who was equally focused and busy. I'd often take a break, reach up, and flip the radio on for a CBS Hourly. If I logged onto the internet, I'd lose half an hour of studying, but CBS could get me up to speed, and then I could get back to the books.
My roommate loved it when Lou was at the anchor desk.
Why?
The way he went into the commercial break. He almost always finished up his newscast a few seconds early. So rather than a nice smooth "This is CBS News" into the break, he would, with great, dramatic inflection, go "This......................................is CBS News." If he was on, we'd start taking bets on how long the pause would be between "this" and "is."