Category: Journalism

  • Shaw, Tom

    WXYZ: Building and facilities engineer.

  • Gillingham, Bill

    WXYZ: Cafeteria Staff

    Bill Gillingham - Quick Spinach & Cheese Pie
    From the 1st WXYZ Employee Newsletter – Circa 7

  • Barone, Randall – ‘Randy’

    Official ABC Photo

    WXYZ: TV programming, Good Afternoon Detroit.

    Recent Sightings:

    ABC Daytime Press Release:

    Veteran television producer Randall Barone has been named vice president, Programming & Development, ABC Daytime, it was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney/ABC Television Group, to whom he will report. In this role Barone will continue to oversee the programming and development for the network’s award-winning talk show The View, as well as The Chew.

    For the past year and a half, Barone was instrumental in the creation and development of The Chew, working closely with executive producer Gordon Elliot and his team at Follow Productions. The Chew is the first show to debut on ABC Daytime in 15 years and combines the best of talk, food and lifestyle programming.

    Barone began his career as a producer in Philadelphia. He worked at WXYZ-TV (Detroit) as an Emmy Award-winning producer of various shows and was executive producer in charge of programming at KGO-TV (San Francisco). He was the senior supervising producer of Good Morning America from 1990-98, in charge of special projects, and traveled the show throughout Europe, Australia and Alaska. He worked as the senior supervising producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1998-99, and returned to ABC to work on the development of several projects for daytime television. In July 2000 he was named creative executive in charge of The View. Barone is a recipient of both local Emmy Awards and national Emmy Awards for his work on Good Morning America. He resides in Manhattan.

  • Lenzen, Nancy

    WXYZ: TV programming.

    Star-Banner

    Star-Banner - Nancy LarzenStar-Banner, Ocala, Flordia – August 2, 2000 – Nancy Lenzen


  • President Clinton’s Visit to WXYZ – February 9, 1993

    Segments from The New York Times [1] article:

    But before the policy debate begins, there are important, though small, details to consider, like the color of the set here. The White House wants “Presidential blue,” and lacking guidance on exactly what hue that is, the station has come up with a sky blue, faux marble backdrop. And the stool.

    “What I picked out wasn’t extravagant,” protested Diane Fiolek-Mandel, the design director for WXYZ, as she stood today amid workers building the set for Wednesday night. “But they insisted that we don’t use it. What they wanted was a very, very plain stool. Go figure. I think they’re so wrapped up in the Presidential image.” White House Says, No Fuss

    Jeff Eller, the White House director of media affairs, insisted that there was no fuss about the upholstered stool. “I don’t want to get into a stool argument,” he said. “This is not a huge sticking point for the future of the town hall.” [1]

    The article continues:

    Ms. Fiolek-Mandel said the attitudes of the Clinton people had changed. “They’re a lot more picky now,” she said. “Their attitude is different. This time, everyone says, ‘He’s the President now.’ Before, they were a lot looser.” [1]

    Finally:

    Chuck Stokes, the editorial and public affairs director for WXYZ, said he picked the 60 people who will sit in the studio here with Mr. Clinton out of as many as 1,000 people who suggested questions in calls or faxes. [1]

    References:

    1. The New York Times, February 10, 1993, Richard L. Berke – Revival Meeting Tonight For Clinton the Populist (PDF)