REMEMBERING GEORGE ENGLE By Alan Walden Where to begin? With apologies to Sofia, the irrepressible Sicilian doyenne of The Golden Girls: Picture it! Cleveland, Ohio. 1962. A callow youth, having arrived a year earlier from a overly long apprenticeship on Long Island, finagles his way into major market radio and, for reasons best known to … Continue reading George Engle
No matter how many years have passed, there is no forgetting George Engle! Here was a first-rate radio news broadcaster who loved the day-in, day-out grind because he never considered it just a job! After all, it was his life and he did it so damn well! Initially in the Navy then in Michigan, Cleveland, … Continue reading A Sad Anniversary
Click on links below for the Apollo 11 production ,a profile of George Engle by Alan Walden, and a National Geographic feature on the Future of Space Flight. Apollo 11 – WNEW- George Engle Future of Space Flight: National Geographic
Tune in: Click on the link below to hear a Metromedia Radio News promo produced in early 1969. The MM correspondents, listed alphabetically, are: Dan Blackburn, Edward Brown, Pye Chamberlain, Mike Eisgrau, George Engle, Alan Walden (Narrator), Al Wasser. … Continue reading
With a tip of the hat to Andy Fisher, I was the youngest member of the WNEW news staff back in 1961.. That began a 40 year broadcast career, a career that I owe to Jim Gash, Jerry Graham, the indefatigable Jack Pluntze, and the warm, wonderful and talented George Engle. Not to mention one … Continue reading Mike Forrest