Newsjunkie24 506 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said: Jim Mueller, a WJ(K)W and WKYC sportscaster and Cleveland Browns color analyst from 1975-95 has passed away. He was also a longtime spokesperson for (Ed) Mullinax Ford and Pat O'Brien Chevrolet. I'm sure anyone growing up in Northeast Ohio remembers the jingle. I don't see anything except for a few tweets. He was also the PA Announcer at Browns games, but I know him best as the PA Announcer at ISC-owned tracks. Heard his voice numerous times at Michigan International Speedway. He was the pre-race track host and did things like announce the driver introductions. May he R.I.P. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 18 hours ago, Newsjunkie24 said: I don't see anything except for a few tweets. He was also the PA Announcer at Browns games, but I know him best as the PA Announcer at ISC-owned tracks. Heard his voice numerous times at Michigan International Speedway. He was the pre-race track host and did things like announce the driver introductions. May he R.I.P. Here's a link to a WKYC story. He served as the prior sports director to Jim Donovan, after his time at WJKW. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/wkyc-sports-anchor-cleveland-browns-broadcaster-jim-mueller-dies/95-c10bc1a0-4d5d-47d5-a636-26ccf0e11289 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I imagine most of you saw that NFL hall-of-famer Len Dawson (Chiefs, KMBC-TV, HBO, etc.) died today at age 87. KMBC-TV is in the middle of an hour-long special about Dawson. You might check their website at a later time to see if they upload the whole thing. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2402 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 A sad and shocking loss at WAOW in Wausau – Their morning anchor, Neena Pacholke, died suddenly over the weekend. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briella 234 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 3 hours ago, mrschimpf said: A sad and shocking loss at WAOW in Wausau – Their morning anchor, Neena Pacholke, died suddenly over the weekend. Confirmed by her sister to be suicide. https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bulls/2022/08/29/former-usf-freedom-high-womens-basketball-player-neena-pacholke-dies-at-27/ 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town TV Fan 211 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 6 hours ago, mrschimpf said: A sad and shocking loss at WAOW in Wausau – Their morning anchor, Neena Pacholke, died suddenly over the weekend. 3 hours ago, Briella said: Confirmed by her sister to be suicide. https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bulls/2022/08/29/former-usf-freedom-high-womens-basketball-player-neena-pacholke-dies-at-27/ This should be moved to the In Memoriam thread Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 4 hours ago, H-Town TV Fan said: This should be moved to the In Memoriam thread It's been handled. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 969 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 St. Louis TV legend Dick Ford Has passed away. R.I.P. you'll be missed. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-276938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 969 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Sad News, Bret lewis former WCKT/ WSVN Sports anchor has died, apparently he had suffered some health issues awhile back, R.I.P. Bret lewis. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 1 hour ago, SoFloTVClassics said: Sad News, Bret lewis former WCKT/ WSVN Sports anchor has died, apparently, he had suffered some health issues awhile back, R.I.P. Bret lewis. I remember Bret Lewis was the 10pm sports anchor at KDFW in the early 1980's before moving to South Florida's 7. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveNews 371 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Bret spent time here in LA as weekend sports anchor at KNBC as well. RIP. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobFL 3 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 5 hours ago, SoFloTVClassics said: Sad News, Bret lewis former WCKT/ WSVN Sports anchor has died, apparently he had suffered some health issues awhile back, R.I.P. Bret lewis. Oh dear, this isn’t good for my hometown station Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 937 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 CNN's Bernard Shaw died at age 82. He retired back in 2001. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/media/bernard-shaw-obituary/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-09-08T13%3A21%3A04&utm_source=twCNN 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpatrick 73 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Anne Garrels, who reported from Moscow for ABC and had stints at NPR and NBC, has died at age 71. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town TV Fan 211 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Las Vegas investigative journalist Jeff German was killed in a stabbing outside his home last Saturday. He was 69 years old. Las Vegas investigative journalist Jeff German killed | Las Vegas Review-Journal (reviewjournal.com) 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-277416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTV 117 Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) WWJ-AM 950 Detroit overnight anchor Jim Matthews and his family was attacked in their home in Chesterfield Township, Ill., in a murder and attempted suicide. Jim passed away, while the other victims are still recovering from their injuries. He was 57 years old. Here's a report from Fox 2 Detroit. Here is WWJ Radio's report https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/wwj-overnight-anchor-jim-matthews-died-today-at-age-57 Edited September 24, 2022 by NYTV 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase29 16 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 (edited) Some sad news on this Wednesday evening. Just saw this on the CBS Evening News Bill Plante Former CBS News White House correspondent has passed away at the age of 84. Bill Plante Dies: Longtime CBS News White House Correspondent Was 84 – Deadline Edited September 29, 2022 by Chase29 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHSgoodiesWA 303 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 He was on CBS for so long...did the Sunday Night News in the early-mid '90s, and was a chief correspondent through multiple presidents. This came out of left field, especially with the hurricane going on. RIP Bill. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 WNEM TV5 Weekend anchor and reporter Faith Gantner passed away after an 11-month battle with blood cancer. Prayers and condolences to out to Faith's family and her extended family at TV5 News. Godspeed, Faith... and say hi to Sam Merrill from all of us here. https://www.wnem.com/2022/09/29/former-tv5-reporter-weekend-anchor-dies-after-battling-cancer/ 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rollo Smokes 260 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) Former tv news director and executive Al Primo, credited with conceiving the Eyewitness News format for Group W in Cleveland and Philadelphia, and then perfecting it at ABC in New York, has passed at age 87. Here's the story from WABC-TV, where Primo served as ND and where his creation attained perhaps its greatest and longest-lasting success. (Note [9:52 PM ET]: the story contains an incorrect reference to Stu Nahan and Bill Bonds launching Eyewitness News in NYC in '69, which they did–but in LA. I've already reported this to WABC-TV and hopefully, they'll dig deeper into their own history and make the necessary corrections rather than cut-and-paste from another source.) (EDIT [12:35 AM ET, 9/30]: Said corrections have been made.) Edited September 30, 2022 by Big Rollo Smokes 1 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin M. 94 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 4 hours ago, Big Rollo Smokes said: Former tv news director and executive Al Primo, credited with creating the Eyewitness News format for Group W in Cleveland and Philadelphia, and then perfecting it at ABC in New York, has passed at age 87. Here's the story from WABC-TV, where Primo served as ND and where his creation attained perhaps its greatest success. (Note [9:52 PM ET]: the story contains a incorrect reference to Stu Nahan and Bill Bonds launching Eyewitness News in NYC in '69, which they did–but in LA. I've already reported this to WABC-TV and hopefully, they'll dig deeper into their own history and make the necessary corrections rather than cut-and-paste from another source.) (EDIT [12:35 AM ET, 9/30]: Said corrections have been made.) It would be Al rolling in his grave if KYW dumps Eyewitness News at least CBS let them keep the it and incorporated in to it. “CBS Eyewitness News Philadelphia” or at least have reporters announce it at the end of live shots. This is so sad and it’s an blasphemy station are dumping it. Especially legendary Fox stations FOX5 Atlanta or Fox 2 Detroit. Since it started at CBS. And perfected in ABC. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rollo Smokes 260 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 46 minutes ago, Gavin M. said: It would be Al rolling in his grave if KYW dumps Eyewitness News at least CBS let them keep the it and incorporated in to it. “CBS Eyewitness News Philadelphia” or at least have reporters announce it at the end of live shots. This is so sad and it’s an blasphemy station are dumping it. Especially legendary Fox stations FOX5 Atlanta or Fox 2 Detroit. Since it started at CBS. And perfected in ABC. Quick history lesson: when KYW-TV launched Eyewitness News, the station was in Cleveland and an NBC affiliate. Networks have nothing to do with local news branding, at least back then. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 679 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 15 hours ago, Gavin M. said: It would be Al rolling in his grave if KYW dumps Eyewitness News at least CBS let them keep the it and incorporated in to it. “CBS Eyewitness News Philadelphia” or at least have reporters announce it at the end of live shots. This is so sad and it’s an blasphemy station are dumping it. Especially legendary Fox stations FOX5 Atlanta or Fox 2 Detroit. Since it started at CBS. And perfected in ABC. Wasn't KYW a NBC station back then? It was the old Group W stations that carried the Eyewitness News moniker. Once Westinghouse bought CBS, all their NBC stations switched affiliations. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rollo Smokes 260 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 22 minutes ago, NowBergen said: Wasn't KYW a NBC station back then? It was the old Group W stations that carried the Eyewitness News moniker. Once Westinghouse bought CBS, all their NBC stations switched affiliations. Please see my above comment. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2158 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 On 9/28/2022 at 8:27 PM, VHSgoodiesWA said: He was on CBS for so long...did the Sunday Night News in the early-mid '90s, and was a chief correspondent through multiple presidents. This came out of left field, especially with the hurricane going on. RIP Bill. Was recently thinking about how long Bill had lasted with the network, surprised to hear of his passing. What a legend! RIP Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/21/#findComment-278655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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