April 1964. Marlene Sanders, after two years at WNEW, will leave for ABC (1964-1978) and later CBS (1978-1987) But before departing 1130, she served as Assistant News Director, produced the award-winning News Closeup series and was recognized for distinquished reporting. See What’sNEW#2, below.
Another geyser from Bill Diehl’s deep memoribilia wells. Bill has come up with scores of 1960’s paid pieces WNEW placed in New York newspapers. Background on how the PR pieces were created, later on. Right now, here’s What’sNEW#1 on Martin Luther King Jr.’s March On Washington, Aug. 28, 1963, published a few days later.
