Category: Personnel

WXYZ: TV engineering. Retired, but active running a summer basketball camp and judging professional boxing.

WGPR: Sportscaster

Herman McAlpain – Circa 1980s.

It’s not unusual for a camerman to also act as a reporter.  Here is a great picture from Herman Herman’s collection of him interviewing Michael Jordan

References:

1. Wikipedia – Muhammad Ali
2. Wikipedia – Leon Spinks
3. Facebook

• More Videographers at Reunion by Chris Ruzzin

  Photo from the 2013 WXYZ Reunion.

  

• Emmy Award in 1990 For Homeless Series

  WXYZ: Donella Crawford and Herman Mckalpain were nominated for an emmy in 1990 for a Homeless series, 6 Parts on the 11pm news on wxyz-Ch. 7

• Diana Lewis and Herman McKalpain – Christmas

  

  Diana Lewis and Herman McKalpain [Facebook] – Photo credit ?????

• Herman McKalpain and Nelson Burg at WXYZ Party

  WXYZ: Over the course of decades, there were always parties. The parties built many friendships between co-workers and helped create an environment in the 1980s-90s that made the station number one in the market.

  Herman McKalpain and Nelson Burg – Original photo from the Terry Pochert retirement collection.