D-Day draws closer…Thanks for your comments April 30, 2009

Ted, congratulations on your impending retirement.  You will definitely enjoy the time you will have to do the things that YOU want to do.  You deserve it after 38 years at WEWS (that in itself is more than a lifetime!) and some 44 years in broadcasting.
 
You are the last connection I have with the WEWS [...]

People Always Ask Me…. April 29, 2009

People always ask me when I had the most fun in the business.  The answer is that I enjoy my work nearly everyday.  Eventhough the job of a TV journalist has many repetitive actions, the substance of the job, the news, almost never repeats itself. 
This is something I discovered during my first serious job when [...]

Viewers Love These Vintage TV5 Promos…. April 28, 2009

Hi Reader,
How many of you remember this one?  More importantly, whom among you can correctly identify all the characters in this popular promo? Anybody getting it right will get a “gift” from me. (Just don’t get your hopes up)

Now…more viewer comments.  You can write me at henry@wews.com:
Dear Ted (and Jody)
Congratulations on [...]

The Best Location In the Nation… April 28, 2009

Hi Reader,
That was the phrase often used to describe Cleveland when I started working here in ‘72.  CEI was our 11 pm news sponsor and I believe they coined the term, “Best Location”.
Years before that we were known as, “The Tree City”.  And of course, we have been known for less complimentary things as well.  [...]

Your Comments & Kindness is Appreciated… April 27, 2009

Hi Reader,
I have been reading your comments for the last several days and I promise I will get around to answering or replying to your sentiments as quicklly as I can.  It’s been a blast, even back in disc jockey and rip ‘n read news days at Hall Of Fame Radio, WHOF in Canton.  No, [...]

What’s Really Nice About All of This? April 25, 2009

Hi Reader,
I had no idea I would be hearing from old friends from back in the sixties and before.  I am posting a good number of notes I have received about my retirement for the benefit of those who might know some of the people from my past…and their past.  Thanks again, and you can [...]

An Overwhelming Response…. April 25, 2009

Readers,
I cannot express enough my gratitude for your outpouring of kindness.  Some of your responses are posted here.  Others I’ll try to respond to personally.  Thanks again.
You can write me at henry@wews.com.

Hi Ted,
 
just saw that you were going to retire.  My goodness, has it been 40 years since the good old days of AKR?  [...]

Thank You Cleveland, & N.E. Ohio…. April 24, 2009

Hi Readers,
What a nice send-off I’m being given, and I’m not even out of the building yet.
My official retirement day is May 20, yet already I am receiving lots of nice and even insightful comments, mostly from people I’ve never met before.  I’ll try to share some of those sentiments here.
As grateful as I am [...]

Hello Retirement! April 23, 2009

Hi Readers,
I am retiring.  What a joy it’s been to spend the last 44 years in my home town region working in broadcasting in Canton, Kent, Akron, Youngtstown and of course Cleveland.
I have made many friends and I wish I could say goodbye to each of you.  Drop me a line if you’re inclined and [...]

The Importance of Radio April 23, 2009

People ask me how I got my start in TV.  I always tell them that it was through radio, my first broadcast love.
BElow, spinning records at WHOF, Hall of Fame radio at 1060 on the AM dial in Canton, circa 1965.  I worked there in the evening and worked mornings as Ted Tracy at WCNS, [...]