As a kid, I think my love of news (even to this day) was created by the 2 and 1/2 minute "In The News" broadcasts that Christopher Glenn would narrate every Saturday morning in between brain dead cartoons. They would always end with something like, "I'm Christopher Glenn with The People of Skylab [or any other subject]. . . In The News." (I realize the "skylab" reference dates me terribly.)
And I remember being in law school listening to KRLD when the space shuttle blew up in 1986. He was anchoring the CBS coverage of the launch when I heard him say (and I'm 99% sure of this), "There's something definitely wrong here" in the first few seconds of the tragedy. I remember picking up the phone and calling home.
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10.17.2006
This One Means Something To Me
As a kid, I think my love of news (even to this day) was created by the 2 and 1/2 minute "In The News" broadcasts that Christopher Glenn would narrate every Saturday morning in between brain dead cartoons. They would always end with something like, "I'm Christopher Glenn with The People of Skylab [or any other subject]. . . In The News." (I realize the "skylab" reference dates me terribly.)
And I remember being in law school listening to KRLD when the space shuttle blew up in 1986. He was anchoring the CBS coverage of the launch when I heard him say (and I'm 99% sure of this), "There's something definitely wrong here" in the first few seconds of the tragedy. I remember picking up the phone and calling home.
(Story here.)
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Wow, Barry...I remember that so well. I actually loved those little news breaks, and his voice was so soothing...gosh, I feel so old :(
Yeah, this one means something to me as well. Backstory (bear w/me): In high school I bought a POW bracelet for Vietnam combatants. I still have it - Lt Samuel Vaughan 12/18/71. Several years later I was watching the "In the News" segment and it showed Lt Vaughan emerging from a plane after his release. That was a great day for me, because I knew that my guy had made it back.
I always learned something watching those spots
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