Local Celebrities: WAS : [BC] TV weather

[RON DOT'O SR.]

I remember back in the mid '50's when Soupy Sales was a local celeb on WXYZ 
TV ch. 7 in Detroit doing "Lunch with Soupy.  He also had an adult show at 
night after the late news and it was a riot!

Ron D, Salem, OR



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Barnswatts" <amfan at collins21e.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 16:51
Subject: Local Celebrities: WAS : [BC] TV weather


I remember growing up in Kansas and the weatherman got up and did the 
weather during the  noon news  then played the piano for 15 minutes to fill 
out the half hour from noon to noon thirty.  Probably just as well.  Elmer 
Childress was his name.  Wonder whatever happened to him on KARD-TV-3 
Wichita.  How could anyone forget.

Speaking of that he was sort of a local icon, there was another guy Major 
Astro that did the cartoon show for the kids in the afternoon. I never 
missed Major Astro in the afternoon.  I searched on the net and find there 
are still Major Astro fanclubs.

What other kind of local celebrities have there been?  Every town must have 
had one or two back in the good old days.  Now no one stands a chance to 
become some local celebrity on the cheap like that.

-Bob.



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