Follow-up To NERW Piece On W221CH

[Doug Drown]

Arnold Zenker!  THAT'S a name I haven't heard in years and years.  Whatever 
became of him?  I recall his stint at Boston (was it at Channel 7?) after 
his fill-in for Cronkite at CBS.  -Doug

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@psualum.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>; <sid@wrko.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:15 PM
Subject: RE: Follow-up To NERW Piece On W221CH


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> On Sun, 3/1/09, Sid Schweiger <sid@wrko.com> wrote:
>> The AFTRA contract was renegotiated after the 1967 strike
>> (the one that put a CBS lawyer named Arnold Zenker behind
>> Walter Cronkite's anchor desk),
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> Really?
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> 1. How much of a disaster was that? (How long did that strike last?) 
> Sounds like train-wreck TV.
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> 2. Are network shops open nowadays? If they are open shops and anchors 
> still are members, would you see an anchor/executive producer strike? I'd 
> think they'd have to be non-union, since so much is at stake ratings-wise, 
> but I confess to knowing nothing about network operations.
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