In Memoriam

[10Viewer 362]

Columbus weather legend Jym Ganahl has passed at 76. He came to WCMH in 1979 from KWWL, one of the youngest TV meteorologists in the nation.  He 'retired" from WCMH in 2016. After a year, he returned to the air on WSYX/WTTE, retiring last year. 

 

This is a huge loss. His 'weather lore' was the best. RIP Jym. 

[tyrannical bastard 4678]

23 hours ago, 10Viewer said:

Columbus weather legend Jym Ganahl has passed at 76. He came to WCMH in 1979 from KWWL, one of the youngest TV meteorologists in the nation.  He 'retired" from WCMH in 2016. After a year, he returned to the air on WSYX/WTTE, retiring last year. 

 

This is a huge loss. His 'weather lore' was the best. RIP Jym. 

A major loss for sure and one of the legends of the Columbus TV market.  I still think he was pushed out at WCMH and his return to TV was as soon as he was able to.  One of the many reasons ABC 6 & FOX 28 have become the new stations of record after NBC4 and 10TV's missteps and selling out to the highest bidder.

[10Viewer 362]

On 2/12/2025 at 5:51 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

I still think he was pushed out at WCMH and his return to TV was as soon as he was able to.  

 

There was that episode back in 2008, IIRC, where they hired another meteorologist to tag team the weather with Jym. It was a huge mistake. He certainly went through ups and downs at WCMH. A great man indeed.  

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

Margie Ison, a beloved WBIR-TV Channel 10 Knoxville member from 1979 until her 1995 retirement, has passed away. She was 84.

 

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/longtime-wbir-meteorologist-margie-ison-dies-at-84/51-237334f6-3cd9-4a28-aaed-23bfff88427e

 

 

[J.W. Rodriguez 28]

Sad news out of Pittsburgh.

 

Mike Lange, long-time Penguins broadcaster, dies at 76

[SDHIll1980 150]

19 hours ago, J.W. Rodriguez said:

Sad news out of Pittsburgh.

 

Mike Lange, long-time Penguins broadcaster, dies at 76

 

I'm not a hardcore hockey fan, but amongst the great voices in the history of the NHL, he was one of the most identifiable ever.  Pittsburgh and Penguins fans will forever cherish him.  RIP.

Edited February 20, 2025 by SDHIll1980

[J.W. Rodriguez 28]

Sad news, again, out of Pittsburgh.

 

Jon Burnett, beloved former KDKA-TV personality, dies at age 71 - CBS Pittsburgh

[NYAZSporty 197]

Al Trautwig, longtime pre-and-postgame host for MSG Network as well myriods of other sports work nationally has passed away at the age of 68. https://nypost.com/2025/02/24/sports/al-trautwig-longtime-voice-of-msg-network-dead-at-68/

[evv_mlis 34]

WTWO weekend meteorologist Dan Reynolds dead at 71

 

From a WTWO staffer via reddit:

 

 

[cg4 18]

Cross-posting from the Philly forum, former WPVI-er (edit: and KYW-er for a time) Dave Frankel is dead at 67.

 

https://6abc.com/post/fmr-action-news-weathercaster-reporter-dave-frankel-dies-67/15957608/

Edited February 27, 2025 by cg4
Forgot he also anchored at KYW

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

One of Cincinnati's all-time great sportscasters, Greg Hoard, has passed away. He was 73.

 

He spent a good amount of time at WLWT (working with Jerry Springer and Norma Rashid) before becoming WXIX's first-ever sports anchor in 1993 and staying there until 2004 to return to print journalism.

 

https://www.fox19.com/2025/03/01/greg-hoard-first-fox19-now-sports-anchor-dies-73/

[FJ2000 8]

I just came across this. Steve Bosh who spent 30 years at KUSI in San Diego has passed away. He also notably co-anchored Independent News Network INN News and WPIX Action News in New York with Pat Harper.

 

https://fox5sandiego.com/video/remembering-steve-bosh-kusi-reporter-passes-away-at-85/10478323/

[TexasTVNews 1380]

12 hours ago, FJ2000 said:

I just came across this. Steve Bosh who spent 30 years at KUSI in San Diego has passed away. He also notably co-anchored Independent News Network INN News and WPIX Action News in New York with Pat Harper.

 

https://fox5sandiego.com/video/remembering-steve-bosh-kusi-reporter-passes-away-at-85/10478323/

 

Bosh was Clarice Tinsley's co-anchor at KDFW from 1984 to 1990. RIP Bosh and Godspeed. 

[NYTV 138]

David Diaz, longtime NYC reporter and professor, passed away at the age of 82. He worked at WNBC-TV and WCBS-TV.

 

CBS 2's Dave Carlin reports 

 

 

[east-tx-tv 124]

From the Tyler/Longview market comes news of the passing of Horace McQueen.  He was the longtime host of Farm and Ranch News, an early morning staple on KLTV and KTRE in the years long before there were early morning shows.  From cattle auction results to ads for Evergreen and Lone Star Feeds, local viewers were assured of a good dose of ag news.  McQueen was 86.

[TheRob 969]

Former Kansas Jayhawk (radio) and Kansas City Royals (FS Midwest) play-by-play man Bob Davis died.

 

https://fox4kc.com/sports/ku-jayhawks-kc-royals-sports-broadcaster-dead-at-80-university-says/

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

A sad day to report on SoCal broadcasting. Ed Arnold has died. I know lists aren't allowed but please allow this exception because he truly did it all in his 60 YEARS of service to broadcasting in SoCal...

• Joined KTLA in the late 1960s as announcer/sportscaster.
• Joined KABC in 1975, but left in 1986.
• Returned to KTLA in 1986 and stayed until 1999.
• The voice of KCET.
• Sports personality for 1110 KRLA (now KWVE), 97.1 KHTZ (now KNX-FM), and 710 KMPC (now KSPN).
• Co-host and managing editor of Real Orange for KOCE.
• Announcer for the internationally televised Hour of Power religious program.

He died last Thursday after suffering from heart disease for many years. He was 86.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ed-arnold-dead-broadcaster-los-angeles-tv-stations-ktla-kabc-1236189868/

[SDHIll1980 150]

Another legendary television and radio personality passes on, this time Wink Martindale. 

 

Mr. Martindale passed away today at the age of 91, at Eisenhower Health Center in Rancho Mirage, California (near Palm Springs).  He was a radio personality for many decades, but most notably he was the host of various game shows including Gambit, Debt, Headline Chasers (a show he co-created with Merv Griffin), the 1987-88 version of High Rollers, and the show that perhaps made him more famous--Tic Tac Dough.  He was also one of the first media personalities that helped introduced Elvis Presley in the mid-50s, when Martindale hosted a local dance show on WHBQ-TV in Memphis, and brought Presley on as a guest performer.

 

In later years, he and a couple of associates maintained a YouTube channel that features old and obscure game shows, including dozens of pilots that didn't become series.

[24994J 5888]

8 hours ago, Classic Cars and Cartoons said:

What channel name on YT? Have my condolences for them. 

 

...Wink Martindale.

Edited April 17, 2025 by 24994J

[Georgie56 3661]

Former Morgan Murphy president/CEO Elizabeth Murphy Burns has passed away at 79.

Edited April 25, 2025 by Georgie56

[GodfreyGR 812]

Long time KOTA meteorologist Eric Gardner has passed away at 60-years-old. He had been with the station since 2002. 
 

https://www.kotatv.com/2025/04/29/eric-gardner-longtime-meteorologist-with-kota-territory-news-passes-away/

[tyrannical bastard 4678]

Another major loss on the Gulf Coast of another TV legend.

Longtime WALA-TV weatherman John Edd Thompson has passed away at the age of 82.  He had worked at WALA for over three decades before retiring in 2009.

https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/05/06/longtime-fox10-chief-meteorologist-john-edd-thompson-has-died/

[J.W. Rodriguez 28]

Central New York has lost a broadcast legend.

 

Mike Price has passed at age 87.

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/known-for-baron-daemon-and-good-news-local-tv-icon-mike-price-dies-at-age-87/

[TheRolyPoly 3510]

This is not a local TV passing, I get that. But this shows how poignant and amazing and genuine this program is.

 

Unfortunately, Inside the NBA had to mourn the loss of one of its stagehands, Kevin Thomas, who was with the program for 30 years and was featured on the show in a number of skits. He was 70.

 

This was genuine to watch and it was saddening and emotional to see this.

 

 

[JoseRM303 171]

Today co-host Sheinelle Jones has lost her husband at the age of 45 due to an aggressive form of brain cancer:

 

 

https://www.today.com/news/today-staff-react-sheinelle-jones-husband-uche-ojeh-death-rcna208455