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Ernie Baur
Ernie is one of the top innovators in the nation when it comes to Television Sports. The Warner Wolf Show, Redskin’s Sidelines, Redskin’s Playbook…are just a few examples of shows he’s produced and directed over the years.
Ernie was the man Warner Wolf was speaking to when he first uttered his now famous signature trademark, “Let’s go to the videotape!” The 14 local Emmy award winner discusses his long career, which began as a “copy boy” at WTOP-TV. Ernie is now the Executive Producer for Comcast Sports Net.
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Count Gore De Vol
…doing his impression of Dick Dyszel, the last local TV kid show host in Washington. (See KAPTAIN KIDSHOW) The versatile Dyszel was Channel 20’s “Captain 20” as well as “BOZO” and later morphed into the horror field as host of WDCA’s “NIGHT OF TERROR show. After leaving TV, he transfered the horror theme to the internet and became Count Gore De Vol, the first host to stream horror films online.
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“The Dynamic Duet”
Two Vocalists: John and Donna Wilcox
CBS producer and announcer for Face the Nation and singer husband and wife are our guests on the latest Out of the Past show.
Two of the best voices in the country are spotlighted on our latest edition. John is heard weekly introducing CBS’s FACE THE NATION.
Those of us who were around in the early 60’s remember John fondly from his DJ days at WMAL.
Wife Donna’s voice once graced the national airwaves in the form of singing jingles.
John and Donna were married in 1955. Nowadays, her singing is directed mostly toward the younger generation……..mainly their beautiful grandaughter Sydney!
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Barry Levinson “Spirit of 66”
Here’s the long awaited OUT OF THE PAST Show that Lee Shephard and Chuck Langdon did with WTOP-TV’s most famous alumni, Barry Levinson. (Diner, The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man etc.)
It features interviews and comments by Jim Silman, who hired Barry in the training program, and Woody Robertson, who was the director of the Ranger Hal program where Barry said his creative juices first began to flow.
WTOP-TV was Barry’s first real job…..and the rest…….is history.
Don’t miss it!
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Direct (or) From Detroit
Woody Robertson, whom you met on the show we did with Barry Levinson, was a director at WTOP-TV for 15 years. For the past 20 years he’s been a top producer/director based in Detroit.
This is the first show that Chuck and I have done from the Fairfax, Virginia studio with our guest “live” from another location (in this case, Detroit, MI).
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Lights, Camera, Action
Following our interview with Hollywood’s Barry Levinson is an interview with Fred Berney, who with his wife Ellen own SATELLITE MEDIA PRODUCTION one of the oldest and most successful audio and video production houses in the Washington area. Berney began his career in Miami as an independant film producer and moved his operation to Washington in the mid 80’s.
Our interview focuses on the rapid changes that have occurred in the film and audio industry in recent years…and how SATELLITE has been able to survive the many technical storms while so many other production houses were forced to shut down.
“You AUTO be in Pictures”
A veteran reporter, John Harter has covered greater Washihngton for nearly 40 years. His ABC 7 News/WJLA TV assignments included the morning anchor position, regular reports, business reporting, Congressional reporting, etc. The weekly John Harter Road Test aired on WJLA and was syndicated nation wide . He’s been honored by both an Emmy and a Silver Circle Award.
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Nat Albright
Nat Albright is considered one of, if not THE best practitioners of the lost art of radio sports event RECREATIONS of his time (the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.) As the voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers road games, his voice was heard by more people than Red Barber, Mel Allen and other well know sportscasters.The most famous of the broadcast “re-creators,” of course, was Ronald Reagan/
On this show Nat demonstrates just how did it….complete with sound effects
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BOB DUCKMAN
Continuing with our series on the Legends of the Washington area local broadcasters Out of the Past features an interview with Bob Duckman of WASH-FM and WWDC fame.
Duckman was a featured performer with WASH-FM in 1969 at almost the beginning of the nation’s first successful FM MOR (Middle of the Road music format) station. More recently he co-starred on the morning show with Eddie Gallagher on WWDC
Currently Bob is doing mid days at WNAV-AM in Annapolis, MD….a full service local station that’s increasingly rare in large metropolitan areas.
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Old Radio is NEW Again
Edgar Farr Russell the 3rd is one of the leading writers and producers of new “old time radio shows
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The year was 1972 and the unknown 15 year old girl had just won 3 Olympic gold medals.
She was America’s new sweetheart!
Melissa Belote
The year was 1972 and an unknown 15 year old girl from Springfield Virginia had just won 3 olympic gold medals. She was America’s new sweetheart!
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Ellouise Scholetter
One of the area’s leading storytellers, Ellouise performs her true “gambling story.”
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