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Obit: Francis Buss at 92...Pioneer in early television

Thank you for sharing this. A broadcaster such as Ms. Buss should be recognized by the generations that came along after her.
 
I would imagine that Ms. Betty Cope, a director in the early 1950's at WEWS Channel 5 Cleveland when it was a CBS affiliate, probably knew of, looked up to and possibly even met Mrs. Buss at one time..Ms. Cope went on to help put on the air WVIZ Channel 25, The Cleveland area's first Educational TV station in 1965..
 
Ms. Buss has the dubious distinction of being the proto-Vanna White,
being scorekeeper on a 1941-42 game show broadcast locally in New
York: "The CBS Television Quiz," a combination of "Jeopardy!", "Beat The
Clock," and who-knows-how-many-more future game shows. Gil Fates,
who later worked at Goodson-Todman as producer of "What's My Line?",
"I've Got A Secret," "To Tell The Truth," and "Two For The Money," was
host. Despite this, I think Ms. Buss could have become an executive at
CBS, if attitudes toward women had been different in the '40s.
 
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