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Sailor Bob Revisited
A bit of a backstory on Sailor Bob. (See earlier posts or lookup the Sailor Bob Fan Club group on Facebook.) The Sailor Bob Show […]
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and it snowed
In 1965 I was hired as an audio man at WRVA TV (now WWBT), Channel 12, in Richmond. The current evening shift audio man was […]
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The Evil Switcher
Between news gigs in Richmond, I took a job as a director at WTVR, channel 6. One of my assignments was the 6:00 PM newscast. […]
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“The Green Leaves of Summer”
In the ’60s, most radio and TV stations carried some sort of Christian church service on Sunday morning. Richmond was no exception. WRVA Radio carried […]
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Richmond Chrysler-Plymouth and the Nolde’s Bread Truck
In the late ’60s, Saturday afternoons were the dog days of Richmond television. Nobody was watching…especially in the summer. The 3 V’s (VHF stations) all […]
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the Men in Blue
During the 1960s, when television networks began broadcasting in color, viewers were surprised to see their favorite news anchors wearing pastel blue shirts instead of […]
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a Studio Hootenanny
Back in the 60s, the music rage was folk. The Kingston Trio…Peter, Paul, and Mary…Bob Dillon…and the like. One of the things we young hipsters […]
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a News Goldmine
In 1969, Linwood Holton was elected the Republican governor of Virginia. As capitol correspondent for WTVR in Richmond, I covered the race extensively. After his […]
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High School Bowl
NBC premiered College Bowl on radio in the early 50s. In 1959 it moved to TV and back to NBC in 1963. At that time, […]
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Too Sharp for Color TV
In 1967, WRVA TV 12 in Richmond …now WWBT…became the first Virginia TV station to broadcast in local color. At least that’s what the PR […]
