R. K. Shull died Thursday night. And while most readers of this board will reply in an off key chorus of "who?" - we old geezers will remember Shull as the acerbic penned radio/TV critic of the Indianapolis News.
In an age of anonymous-screen-name written blogs, where the truth falls short to gossip, innuendo and a constant effort to bash those you dislike with unsubstantiated rumor, reporters of the caliber of an R. K. Shull are greatly missed.
Shull's reporting was free of the endless P. R. hype that most industry journals now stoop to use. There were no jargon filled marketing department written quotes from the general manager in Shull's columns. R. K. called it as he saw it. Indianapolis broadcasters respected him for it.
Find a great article on Shull's 2005 entry to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame - written by Marion Garmel - at http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/shull.htm.
You Tube hosts a segment of Sammy Terry's 1972 10th anniversary broadcast that includes an on screen appearance of a camera shy R.K. Shull at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75962Kl5Xxw.
In an age of anonymous-screen-name written blogs, where the truth falls short to gossip, innuendo and a constant effort to bash those you dislike with unsubstantiated rumor, reporters of the caliber of an R. K. Shull are greatly missed.
Shull's reporting was free of the endless P. R. hype that most industry journals now stoop to use. There were no jargon filled marketing department written quotes from the general manager in Shull's columns. R. K. called it as he saw it. Indianapolis broadcasters respected him for it.
Find a great article on Shull's 2005 entry to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame - written by Marion Garmel - at http://www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ijhof/inductees/shull.htm.
You Tube hosts a segment of Sammy Terry's 1972 10th anniversary broadcast that includes an on screen appearance of a camera shy R.K. Shull at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75962Kl5Xxw.