The FYI evening show was indeed a "filler" - we talked with nobody special and everyone we could find. School News had some interesting segments - from the crew of Apollo 17, the last men to walk on the moon (for decades to come) - to the President of the Philadelphia Zoo - to the Wilson High School principal and mother of Dave Wilson who would become the Emmy winning director of Saturday Night Live. I visited almost all of the countless schools in the District. One moment stands out from the many classrooms and the thousands of students I encountered - it was in a kindergarten class in west Philadelphia and one of the most troubled areas of the City. As I entered the class all of the children were sitting on the floor watching one of my four daily taped broadcasts of School News. The program ended and the teacher turned off the set, noticed that I had arrived for our visit and announced me to her class of little ones. ...
From the days of black and white live broadcasts to the digital age - a look back at the evolution of broadcast television from "behind the lens" - that led to a second career in the world of big business and new destinations. Copyright © Calvin Iszard 2022 All Rights Reserved