WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Former WTKR weatherman Andy Roberts died on May 24 from pneumonia complications at 91 http://pilotonline.com/news/local/obituaries/andy-roberts-who-spent-more-than-years-on-wtkr-dies/article_8ec16eb3-ee92-5055-850a-cc927bcaca1c.html 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-176021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 A broadcasting pioneer who built several Michigan stations passed away June 1 at his Tucson home after a lengthy fight with cancer. Tom Scanlan built WBKB, WBKP and WBUP and owned WGTU-WGTQ for a time as well. He received the lifetime achievement award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in 2013. Scanlan had previously served in the military, helping run AFRTS in Turkey and American Forces television in Germany. He was 76. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-176302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 A broadcasting pioneer who built several Michigan stations passed away June 1 at his Tucson home after a lengthy fight with cancer. Tom Scanlan built WBKB, WBKP and WBUP and owned WGTU-WGTQ for a time as well. He received the lifetime achievement award from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters in 2013. Scanlan had previously served in the military, helping run AFRTS in Turkey and American Forces television in Germany. He was 76. Tom was a fine man with many loyal friends, and a wonderful family. Tom was a leader in broadcasting, he will be missed. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-176314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Van Amburg the former KGO anchor and latter grumpy old man has died. Rich Lieberman has the deadly details.... http://richliebermanreport.blogspot.com/2017/06/415-media-news-alert-bay-area-tv-news.html and yes..., He was a fine man...yet grumpy...and had many friends and family members that loved him. Normally I would say "he will be missed"...but in his retired days... he became a Grumpy Gus, and didn't want any contact with anyone or anything TV or circle 7 related. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-177675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Dick Albert, a former WCVB meteorologist, has died at 73 due to complications of pneumonia. Dick work for WCVB for 31 years - starting in 1978 and retiring in 2009. My condolences go out to his wife, two sons, friends and family. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-180204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2449 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Dick Albert, a former WCVB meteorologist, has died at 73 due to complications of pneumonia. Dick work for WCVB for 31 years - starting in 1978 and retiring in 2009. My condolences go out to his wife, two sons, friends and family. This guy was good and trusted, just like Harvey, Don Kent and Bruce. He will be severely missed. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-180238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Longtime owner of Salisbury, MD's CBS station WBOC Thomas Draper passed away yesterday due to injuries sustained from a bicycle accident. Draper was 76. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-183193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Longtime owner of Salisbury, MD's CBS station WBOC Thomas Draper passed away yesterday due to injuries sustained from a bicycle accident. Draper was 76. Awful news, especially the way in which he passed. Rest in peace. It's even more awful considering that Sinclair may soon come knocking at their front door. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-183202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Very sad news out of Indianapolis. The Dean of Indiana Television News, Howard Caldwell had passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Caldwell started at WRTV 6 (Formerly WFBM) as their main anchor in May of 1959 to his retirement in 1994. Caldwell was inducted into The Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 1991 and The Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame. All of us at TVNT offers out prayers and condolences to Howard Caldwell's family and his friends and colleagues at RTV6. Rest in Peace, Howard and Godspeed. http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indianapolis/howard-caldwell-longtime-indianapolis-journalist-has-died-at-age-92 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-183708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Sad news out of Albuquerque, New Mexico KQRE's pilot, Bob Martin, died in a helicopter crash this past Sunday. Bob was flying the stations owned helicopter Saturday afternoon. Bob has been a reporter both in the air and on the ground for over 40 years and covered all the major events in Albuquerque. It is not clear what caused the crash but the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-184301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1232 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 3 people died working on the WSVN/WPLG tower. http://wsvn.com/news/local/3-dead-after-falling-from-television-tower-in-miami-gardens/ (as an aside, the reporter seems very uncomfortable. repeated himself a lot) 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-185011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 3 people died working on the WSVN/WPLG tower. http://wsvn.com/news/local/3-dead-after-falling-from-television-tower-in-miami-gardens/ (as an aside, the reporter seems very uncomfortable. repeated himself a lot) This is a terrible situation with the loss in life of these brave experts. Yes...Experts... You see only a handful of experienced and trained tower crews are left out there. With the upcoming 'repack" there is a giant shortage of crews trained and available to do the high tower work. The repack may be delayed/ extended due to crew shortages. Bless those workers and the families. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-185061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The Dean of Buffalo TV News has went home to be with the lord. Former WKBW's Irv Weinstein passes away after battling ALS at age 87. https://t.co/9sDLYZ53cg 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 468 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Truly sad news out of Buffalo Irv Weinstein has passed away at the age of 87 from ALS. https://www.wkbw.com/news/remembering-irv-weinstein-a-buffalo-broadcasting-legend Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2449 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Truly sad news out of Buffalo Irv Weinstein has passed away at the age of 87 from ALS. https://www.wkbw.com/news/remembering-irv-weinstein-a-buffalo-broadcasting-legend Truly a sad day. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Truly sad news out of Buffalo Irv Weinstein has passed away at the age of 87 from ALS. https://www.wkbw.com/news/remembering-irv-weinstein-a-buffalo-broadcasting-legend Farewell to one of the broadcast icons of Western New York (though to be honest, I thought he had passed away before now and didn't know he was suffering from ALS) 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 468 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Sad news out Atlanta, Amanda Davis has passed away from a stroke. http://www.cbs46.com/story/37148800/cbs46-anchor-amanda-davis-passes-away http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/atlanta-anchor-amanda-davis-suffers-stroke-at-hartsfield-jackson-airport/198335 http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/longtime-atlanta-news-anchor-hospitalized 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Sad news out Atlanta, Amanda Davis has passed away from a stroke. http://www.cbs46.com/story/37148800/cbs46-anchor-amanda-davis-passes-away http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/atlanta-anchor-amanda-davis-suffers-stroke-at-hartsfield-jackson-airport/198335 Horrible, horrible news...and she was on her way to her stepdad's funeral. My God... 5 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobC 44 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Such a double tragedy for newscasters who died outside tv. My prayers are with her friends, family and colleagues to Amanda. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Sad news out Atlanta, Amanda Davis has passed away from a stroke. http://www.cbs46.com/story/37148800/cbs46-anchor-amanda-davis-passes-away http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/atlanta-anchor-amanda-davis-suffers-stroke-at-hartsfield-jackson-airport/198335 http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/longtime-atlanta-news-anchor-hospitalized Yeah, it has hit everyone in Atlanta pretty hard tonight. Amanda Davis was loved by so many in the Atlanta DMA. 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Yeah, it has hit everyone in Atlanta pretty hard tonight. Amanda Davis was loved by so many in the Atlanta DMA. One of these days maybe the industry will actually give a shit about the rampant alcohol abuse in TV news. 30 years of highs from the adrenaline spikes and the lows of daily news work. I can tell you about folks who work the swing 3p-12a that by 12:30a they are completly shitfaced at home...awake until 5am...and running carpool with 3 kids at 8am. She reeks of booze in the AM. By the time she rolls in around 2:30pm most the boozy smell has been covered by strawberry body spray. It's not a secret. And she does good work and we all love her. But we also look the other way because she does good work...and nobody want's to be the one to mention the subject to her. News people are supposed to be bullet proof and tough as nails. Stations don't care. Sure they will pay for one trip to rehab but they never will deal with the core of the problem because stations are just getting cheaper and cheaper. And lets be honest.... Many news people have no clue, and zero practical field training so they know what is really "out there" in the field and in the newsroom. I would much rather work with somebody stoned then work with a chronic hungover crew member or teammate. Stop drug testing for pot, test for opiates and screen for access alcohol abuse. Amanda was hit by a transient event that mimicked a drunken stupor. I bet she even chalked it up to drinking like everyone else did. She and others ignored the warning signs...and her body gave up. And if she was self detoxing off booze without direct Dr.'s supervision then she didn't stand a fighting chance. Very sad, but the biz chews them up...and spits them out. Most never make it to 30 years...they die...or just burn out. RIP Amanda 7 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 One of these days maybe the industry will actually give a shit about the rampant alcohol abuse in TV news. 30 years of highs from the adrenaline spikes and the lows of daily news work. I can tell you about folks who work the swing 3p-12a that by 12:30a they are completly shitfaced at home...awake until 5am...and running carpool with 3 kids at 8am. She reeks of booze in the AM. By the time she rolls in around 2:30pm most the boozy smell has been covered by strawberry body spray. It's not a secret. And she does good work and we all love her. But we also look the other way because she does good work...and nobody want's to be the one to mention the subject to her. News people are supposed to be bullet proof and tough as nails. Stations don't care. Sure they will pay for one trip to rehab but they never will deal with the core of the problem because stations are just getting cheaper and cheaper. And lets be honest.... Many news people have no clue, and zero practical field training so they know what is really "out there" in the field and in the newsroom. I would much rather work with somebody stoned then work with a chronic hungover crew member or teammate. Stop drug testing for pot, test for opiates and screen for access alcohol abuse. Amanda was hit by a transient event that mimicked a drunken stupor. I bet she even chalked it up to drinking like everyone else did. She and others ignored the warning signs...and her body gave up. And if she was self detoxing off booze without direct Dr.'s supervision then she didn't stand a fighting chance. Very sad, but the biz chews them up...and spits them out. Most never make it to 30 years...they die...or just burn out. RIP Amanda Why do i felt like i went to church? Powerful. Open communication in alcohol abuse in newsrooms or work environments or in life is badly needed. Someone no matter how much friends they have or approachable they are, could only show that much who they are. No one could really detect signs of one's stress that could lead to consequences, not even the one in stress. You never really recovered from problems, it's ongoing. Former ATL mayor Andrew Young said on CBS 46 (pardon me for paraphrasing a bit) that 'too many talented people don't have enough love in their lives + they have extra burdens, you'd think they have looks + material going on.' She'd felt alone when curtains close. Burden was her father's death + mother's hospitalization, taken care of others + not herself much. Yes we all have faults + here comes the phrases 'let him who is without sin cast the first stone' + 'Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones' but how much times do we say that to the point there may be fear of not confronting problems as one who cares, even as the stressed has to face the problems themselves? When one feels a loss, no matter how faultless they are, there's always a sense of guilt from what more could i've done, what signs did i miss when it comes to situations like this. Such levels of grief to deal. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 468 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 WKBW did half special about Irv. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154927471982443 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 468 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Sad news out of the Cleveland TV news market. Former WJW reporter Kathleen Cochrane has passed away from a brief illness she was only 38 years old. Thoughts and prayers to her family, friends and her colleague's at WJW. http://fox8.com/2017/12/31/kathleen-cochrane-depiero-beloved-reporter-for-fox-8-passes-away-unexpectedly/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-192714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Sad news out of Birmingham today, and it is with a very heavy heart we're sad to say that former long time WBRC morning and midday anchor Bill Bolen has passed away today. Bolen worked at WBRC-TV (back when 'BRC was an ABC affiliate before switching to FOX in '96) for 40 years until he retired almost seven years ago (January 28, 2010). Bolen came to 'BRC in 1969 an anchored the 10PM News before moving to mornings in 1973. Bill Bolen was 81 years old. Thoughts and prayers are with Bill's family and to Mr. Bolen's extended family at WBRC-TV FOX 6. Rest in Peace, Bill and Godspeed. http://www.wbrc.com/story/35388666/bill-bolen-longtime-wbrc-anchor-has-passed-away 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18066-in-memoriam/page/6/#findComment-193096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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