Hi RA,
I seem to remember it was Walt on the CBC feed.   To watch this event we schleped an old black and white TV from my grandparents up to the cottage at Catchacomma Narrows.  I rigged up a large old antenna on a piece of conduit pipe attached to the cottage and used some old brown two wire cable run to the TV.   We either received CHEX ch12 or CKVR ch 3 (or some repeater).  I had my sisters turn on the TV and I manually rotated the antenna until they screamed what channel looked the best.
As the picture was coming live from the moon, I went down to the dock to see a moonlit night and looked up to the skies at he moon itself to see what was thought to be a techno miracle.   Hard to fathom at the time!

Hi RA,
I was saddened to hear the news of David's passing.  What a lovely human being. 
I cut many a story with David while he was at CityPulse.  He was from the analog days...you know, hand writing a script on a piece of lined paper.  

A few stories that demonstrate the qualities of David.
He was kind enough to attend my first wife's funeral and we had several discussions about death, dying and the afterlife.  (He never "pushed" his religious convictions on me.)

After a press conference about (can't remember the exact event), he was in the newsroom writing his story and was visibly pissed off, (he never lost his cool, just this once) that the first question in the conference  went to a CBC reporter all the while he had his hand up first.   He felt slighted that he wasn't taken seriously, and that he and CityPulse were playing second fiddle to the Corp.

David wrote for me a fantastic letter of recommendation that opened the door to becoming a high school teacher in communications technology at the TDSB.

RIP David


 

I worked for CityPulse for 17 years and managed to snag this mug with the old frequency, plus shirts from every election as well.

Hi RA,
Back some years ago, in fact at midnight on my 21st birthday May 2, 1976 I started my first radio shift at CFPA  1230 in Thunder Bay. That's right, no voice tracking then, just a crappy old board, headsets that came from the Titanic, 2 turntables, 3 cart machines, a classic Ampex reel to reel tape machine and a 635A mic. Just me and a smoke encrusted studio. I was hired right out of school (Confederation College RTA) and Jim Parker, the owners son, had me start the overnight shift because someone quit (wonder why).  I only had to work one week and was promoted to the 6-12 shift 6 days a week plus Sundays was 3:30 to midnight.   I think I was paid $460 a month and thought I'd died and gone to heaven, I was on the radio!  First song played after the news, that I read, (rip and read BN with single spacing to save $$$, as was the Parker's only goal) was the Bellamy Bros "Let your love Flow". Just remember it all started at a 1,000 watt radio station! 250 at night of course.

According to CTV, Wendy Freeman is leaving CTV.  As an old CityPulser she was a writer on the desk, and Wendel was her nickname.  Best of luck!

We leave the computer (TV) on for Rambo as he enjoys Mice and Rice on YouTube.  Keeps him entertained and out of our hair for hours. png kiss

HI  RA,
Ed Conroy at Retrontario posted this on-line.  Peter's series that I cut with him, San Bartolo, The Front Line.  RIP Peter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpcYjFf0Y3w
 

Hi RA,
Sad news indeed. A crusty old guy that had a heart of gold.  It was always interesting cutting a "Silverman Helps" story.  I had the pleasure of working with Peter and his producer Terry O'Keefe on many occasions. I can vividly remember Peter and Terry going at it, having heated arguments about the pros and cons of a story in the edit bay with me stuck in the middle as the sparks were flying.  Peter also fronted "CityBiz" for CityPulse Tonight.  Peter used to always refer to me as "short ass"!   I never took it personally, because his bark was worse than his bite.  

May his memory be a blessing.
 

Hi RA,
If you want a really good read, check this out. 

https://www.obs.tv/prx/asset.php?tgt=OBSMediaGuide-Tokyo2020-June2021-5f0ea6ff37b8.pdf&gen=1

 

Hi Radiowiz,
Yes the trip up in the elevator was an experience everyday.   Rist was the master of plays on words, spooky things, and creating fun stories.  It's too bad CityPulse lost that creative edge when CP24 signed on. It was the death nail of the real CityPulse.
The elevator in the "old" building was also used to inform employees of their sudden termination!  Read it first in the elevator, find out later from your boss. So...there's a little truth to the "Elevator from Hell"!

Hi RA,
Sorry to hear about Jeff, my condolences to the family.
Here is a story that I cut with Jeff during my early days at CityPulse,  Please note the reporter process and involvement that was a part of every CtiyPulse story.  Jeff was really part of it.
Please enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_xqD8ke2F8

Hi RA,
Here goes the story....
I was called "the Rammer" by Gord Haines, the ND at the time.  This name appeared on a memo posted to the whole newsroom at 99 Queen St East. This designation was given to me because Gord felt that the editing dept need a person who could "ram" though stories to air no matter what.  I had only been at the station for a little over a year and I must have made a great impression on the powers that be.  It pissed off the older more experienced editors in the shop. Needless to say, the name stuck for a short while, but things started to change.  I really detested that name, but as for "the Foxer" here's how this nickname was born.
Greg Manzuik was called "Gregger' on the air, Dave Rutherford (sports producer) was called "Ruther' so naturally I was next, and  suddenly "the Foxer" was born. Even to this very day I bump into old CityPulsers that still greet me that way.  Many others in the newsroom had nicknames as well that weren't part of their real names like  "too tall","pearl",and  "stats" .   It was really the use of these nicknames at work that made CityPulse feel like a family, the names weren't used in a mean or malicious manner ,it was meant as a sign of love and support for one another as you would a family member.   I understand that this feeling has all but disappeared in a very corporate world, all in the name of profit.    As the TV saying goes, "stay tuned".  

Hi RA,
Speaking of "In the can" obits, we had one sitting on the editing desk at CityPulse clearly marked Sinatra Obit,  ready to go at a moments notice for "old blue eyes" to pass away.    Seems it sat there for a while, and eventually went to air.

Hi RA,
Oh the "Dead Eye" as Gord used to call it. Two of the greatest guys ran it,  Brian Dean and Bryan Cook (Cookie), I think that's what their first names were if my 65 year old memory serves me. They knew this monster inside and out, probably better then Ron Reid did! If there was a location in Toronto that could see the Bank of Montreal building, then it was a go.  If you were downtown in the shadow of the B of M these crafty guys could bounce the signal off another skyscraper and back to the receiver, no kidding. They used a left or right circular polarization to angulate the signal. I bet they were great pool sharks!
Longest range shots were to Niagara on the Lake, Caledon Hills and the Pickering Nuke plant. It was even rented by American Broadcasters once in a while for live hits on their morning shows long before BT.
Driven into the ground, but what a piece of cutting edge technology for its time!

Hi RA,
To the best of my memory now that I'm 65, I think Moses sent Dom Sciullo down to South America to train camera persons to become "videographers" when he was trying to sell the brand to other countries. As I remember he shot the tape/story and we cut it for him.