Re: WABC IMISSEDIT NEWS

["Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com>]

Tony Pepper replaced Ellis at BZ in 70 or 71 and Jack Williams arrived 
in 74.

If I recall correctly WABC gave Ellis something on the lines of a 10 
year contract and he sat at home on the Cape for a good chunk of it. In 
any event he was at WCVB in the late 70's with the charming Nat and it 
was around 1980 when she demanded CVB get rid of him. She of course 
wanted Chet and Tom napalmed his relationship with Natalie when after a 
story of a gorilla giving birth and breast feeding shot was shown Tom 
quipped "Oh Natalie can ask her for lessons"

1982 Tom was part of the WNEV "dream team" with Robin Young.




On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:07PM -0500, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>
> I'm confused by the chronology here. I remember Ellis on WABC late
> '70s/early '80s. Did he have another stint in New York?
>
>> There is a Boston connection to the birth of Eyewitness News in NYC.
>> WABC was desperate to repair the damage done by Tom Ellis who Jim 
>> Jensen
>> just had for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
>>
>> Then when Eyewitness took off, WNBC grabbed Chuck Scarboro from WNAC 
>> in
>> a move that was laughed at 30 years ago.
>>
>> CBS did everything wrong. They revamped newscasts that were doing fine
>> in both NYC and Chicago and sank to the bottom in both markets and 
>> have
>> never recovered.
>>