DO YOU REMEMBER?
This is a little walk down memory lane to remind you of some the early T.V. and radio personalities in Detroit during the 1950's and 60's.
AL ACKERMAN. Al started covering sports in the 1960's. He continued into the 1980's. He was with WDIV channel 4 and WXYZ channel 7. During the 1984 World Series he coined the phrase '' Bless You Boys". He retired to Florida and passed away June 8,2016
LEE ALAN. Lee was popular as a Disc Jockey. He was usually on from seven to mid night. His slogan was 'this is Lee Alan on the horn". He was on WJLB, WJBK, WHMH AND WXYZ. After radio he started the Lee Alan School of Broadcasting. He later went into advertising and making commercials. He passed in 2024 at the age of 90.
DAVE DILES. Dave was a sportscaster, journalists, and author. He was with WXYZ channel 7 in the 60's and 70's. He was on Wide World of Sports on ABC. He also covered pro bowling and did play by play pro basketball. He wrote eight books on sports. He passed away in 2001. He was 78.
SONNY ELLOT. He was born in Detroit. His real name was Marvin Schlossberg. He was on T.V. in its very early days. In 1947 he started doing weather including jokes on channel 4 in Detroit. He was with channel 4 until 1981. He moved to channel 2 for three more years. He also acted and did comedy locally. He kept doing the weather on afternoon radio until 2010. Sonny Eliot passed away on November 16,2012 he was 91.
BILL KENNEDY. Radio and T.V, announcer. He went to Hollywood and had parts in many movies. He was the announcer on the 1950's Superman Show. He was the voice that said at the beginning of each show "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super Man'.
He returned to Detroit He started the popular T.V. show Bill Kennedy's Showtime. First on CKLW than on WKBD. Bill passed away in in 1997 he was 88.
JAC LAGOFF. jac was a very popular local news anchor. He was on Detroit T,V, for forty years. He was with WDIV, WJBK, and WXYZ. Each channel for a number of years. He passed away at the age of 87.
DWYNE X RILEY. DWAYNE was with channel 4 for thirty-five years. He was also known as an excellent writer. He retired in 1995 and passed away in 2013. He was 84.
VAN PATRICK. Van liked to be called "Ole Announcer". He did Detroit Lions radio play by play for 25 years on radio. He did Detroit Tigers baseball in the 1950's. He also did Notre Dame college football. He later did Monday Night Football on radio. He was sports director for the Mutual Broadcasting System. He would conclude his radio sports report by saying this is "Van Patrick speaking coast to coast on the Mutual Broadcasting System. He passed away in 1974.
ROBIN SEYMOUR. Robin was a popular disc jockey. He was with CKLW followed by WKMH FOR 18 YEARS. His program was called "BOBBIN WITH ROBIN". He had a couple of afternoon dance shows. Teen Time and Swingin Time. He moved to California in 1980 and had a video production company. He later retired to Arizonia. He passed away in 2020 he was 94.
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RONNIE TURETT
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