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Kalman Other Signals Gabe Pressman Garrick Utley Harry Harrison HARRY HARRISON Irene Cornell Regis Philbin Stan Brooks CONTACT US Search for: Uncategorized Columbia University Anti-War Demonstrations April 28, 2024 Marianne Palmer Leave a comment Columbia University students taking over the campus in pro-Palestinian demonstrations regarding Gaza reminds me of another time on the same campus 56 years ago. In 1968 students again took over the campus—that time actually barricading themselves in buildings—even taking over the President’s office—to protest American involvement in the Vietnam War. Print and broadcast reporters had been on the scene for a couple of days. I had just returned from vacation in my first year working for WNEW Radio News. No sooner had I entered my apartment in Forest Hills than the phone rang. It was the desk. Get over to Columbia U. —the students have taken over the buildings”. So, late at night, I raced to the campus and, sure enough, some students had taken over President Grayson Kirk’s office and several other buildings. The NYPD was outside the gates. About 1:30AM I was inside when a guy I knew named Jacques Nevard slammed me against a building. Jacques was the DCPI (Deputy Commissioner for Public Information). He was trying to protect me for, seconds later, a phalanx of cops swarmed through the gates and across the campus, grabbing and sometimes beating students and working to clear out those buildings. 1968 Columbia University Protesters The next day student protest leader Mark Rudd held a news conference. I and other radio, TV and print reporters were there. (picture—I’m second from right—note the WNEW flag). Jacques is gone now, but I won’t forget that night I reported for WNEW News on an Ivy League campus—especially since, just six years before, I had graduated from Cornell and had gone to get my Masters in Broadcast Journalism from Medill at Northwestern in Chicago. The experience that night taught me stuff I’d never learned in the classroom. Mike EisgrauImage courtesy of the archives of Bill Diehl 1968 Vietnam War Protests 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstrations Columbia University Mike Eisgrau Images , Personal , Staff Speaking of Reunions April 21, 2024 Marianne Palmer Leave a comment 2011 WNEW 1130 reunion at Trattoria Dopo Teatro in Manhattan. It was a wonderful night, full of blessed memories of when we were all much younger. Submitted by Andy Fisher From the archives of Andy Fisher Front row: Mike Eisgrau, Mike Prelee, Arlene Prelee, Teresa Cambridge-Rice, Barbara Bohannon, Lorry Diehl, Naomi Stein, Marlene Sanders, Ed Brown, Jean Brown Second row: Alan Walden, Mike Forrest, Ray Rice, Bill Diehl Third row: Maria Forrest, Barbara Wasser, Mrs. Wasser, Al Wasser Fourth row: Phyllis Carr, Dick Carr, John Bohannon, Mike Stein, Andy Fisher, Mort Crim, Renee Crim, Sam Hall Trattoria Dopo Teatro -Since Closed- 125 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036 Google Photo Images , Personal WNEW mini Reunion April 4, 2024 Marianne Palmer 1 Comment A Reunion among friends is always heartfelt when celebrated with friends of 50 years. This fine group recently dined together in NYC. Pictured: Back row Ed Brown, son of Edward Brown. Center: Bill and Lorrie Diehl. Front: Jean Brown, wife of Edward Brown, Mike and Naomi Stein. Diehl Edward Brown Stein Promos Those ’70s Ad Campaigns March 14, 2024 Marianne Palmer Leave a comment It was circa 1974. Over the previous two years, I had worked as Promotion Manager for fledgling UHF TV stations in Boston and San Francisco. My job was to promote re-runs of old TV series and movies. I wanted to work at a radio or TV station that broadcast live content. I moved to NYC without a job and interviewed at a number of stations. John V.B. Sullivan was instrumental in hiring me. I was 26 years old, and enthralled by the caliber of the staff, both the deejays, and the news reporters. (But, the music they were playing was NOT geared to my demographic.) I still remember the ad campaign I created for the Gene Klavan morning show, which was starting to get stiff competition from WNBC’s Don Imus. It was geared to attract a younger demo that was commuting to Manhattan for their jobs. The print ads and billboards carried the double entendre headline,Klavan Gets You Off in the Morning ” Which was clarified by a big photo of guys in suits getting off to work” (as if on a race track). Sincerely, Stuart Zuckerman PS- after leaving WNEW, I moved to the ad sales side of the business, and mid-career switched to PBS, getting sponsors for national programs. Gene Klavan Stuart Zuckerman Uncategorized A Sad Anniversary March 11, 2024 Marianne Palmer 4 Comments George Engle No matter how many years have passed, there is no forgetting George Engle! Here was a first-rate radio news broadcaster who loved the day-in, day-out grind because he never considered it just a job! After all, it was his life and he did it so damn well! Initially in the Navy then in Michigan, Cleveland, and New York, at WNEW and ABC Radio News. George died 29 years ago today in 1995 at age 64. Much too soon for a great family man and gregarious broadcaster who knew how to make people laugh and with his skilled writing make them cry. Those of us who worked with George were indeed privileged. His longtime friend and colleague Alan Walden remembers George’s stentorian tones saying Right Rocky” as though he were that animated character Bullwinkle. On the other hand, when I worked with George at ABC Radio News his pet phrase for telling people to screw off” was blow it out your bloomer!” That was George, a man and a broadcaster who made his words count!! Article contributed by Bob Gibson History...