Obit: Maine's Bruce McGorrill, Broadcaster & humorist at 74

[ThatManDan]

(From the "Boston Globe")

Bruce McGorrill, who climbed the ladder from announcer at WCSH-TV to chief executive of Maine Broadcasting Systems, died Tuesday night at Maine Medical Center. He was 74.

McGorrill was known for his commitment to journalism and public service.

The Bowdoin College graduate moonlighted as a public speaker and Down East humorist, who was best-known for his record, "Saturday Night in Dover-Foxcroft."

(Read more at

http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/03/30/broadcaster_humorist_dies_at_74?mode=PF

 

[argytunes]

> (From the "Boston Globe")
>
> Bruce McGorrill, who climbed the ladder from announcer at
> WCSH-TV to chief executive of Maine Broadcasting Systems,
> died Tuesday night at Maine Medical Center. He was 74.
>
> McGorrill was known for his commitment to journalism and
> public service.
>
> The Bowdoin College graduate moonlighted as a public speaker
> and Down East humorist, who was best-known for his record,
> "Saturday Night in Dover-Foxcroft."
>
> (Read more at
>
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine> /articles/2006/03/30/broadcaster_humorist_dies_at_74?mode=PF
>
How do you say "goodbye" to a professional legend? Bruce was a man who entered Maine radio and television 'on the ground floor---and just kept accelerating higher. Moreover...he was a real gentleman. My condolences to his family.

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