Re: most influential?

[hopfgapr@sprynet.com]

 ---- On Sep  2 Tony Abruzzese <abruzzese@biochem.bumc.bu.edu> wrote: 
> Bump Martin wrote:
> 
> > >it was written--
> > >
> > >>James Coppersmith (is that the name of the CVB former GM?)
> > >He was  the GM of the old channel 7 during the early to mid 70s, as I
> > >recall, and in 1982 was hired by channel 5.
> >
> > He was responsible for "finding our new anchor in a hotel room in
> > Denver(?)..." for Channel 7(WNAC).
> >
> > Does anyone remember that promotion?
> >
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Another news-related promotion was a teaser announcing the rumored arrival
> of  7's new anchor, a guy named Ted from Minneapolis and they showed a clip
> of Ted Baxter from MTM. (For the life of me I can't remember the real Ted's
> last name... He's still around: on Channel 2 for all of the fund raising
> events; had a radio talk show on RKO several years ago.)

Ted O'Brien? (I know he's from MN)
His last gig was "news director" at Ch 68 in its WABU incarnation.

- -Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH


> 
> >
> > I lived out in the boonies, so I wasn't reading the Boston papers at the
> > time...but, as I understand it....the papers skewered Channel 7 for that
> > transparent effort.
> >
> 
> Imagine, using cheap thrills and innuendo to sell TV news!  :-)
> 
> > (Apparently this anchor was graced with good looks...but little else.)
> 
> > Does anyone remember his name?
> 
> >
> > (Was it Jay Scott?)
> 
> Yes it was.
> 
> I actually saw him interviewed on a "Where are they now" type feature a
> couple of years back. If I remember correctly, the whole Boston gig sort of
> embarrassed him. He was young, maybe 23 or 24, at the time and was hired for
> his looks.  At the time of this interview, he was still in TV news and he
> had been in his then current position for several years AND he was not using
> the name Jay Scott.
> 
> 
> Tony Abruzzese
> 

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