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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Oh, I'll bet. Different worlds. Heavy urban vs. suburban.
My sister-in-law still lives in "Detroit." Moved from Clawson to Birmingham (I think) a year or two ago. Her daughter is at Northern Michigan.
I had a GREAT time when we lived there being a TV director. We had both the Republican National Convention at Cobo/Joe Louis and Superbowl XVI at the Silverdome among other stuff during my time in Detroit. I was just looking at some videotape of the newscasts I directed there the other day. I think the only anchors from that era still on the air are Robbie Timmons at Channel 7 and Murray Feldman who is still at Channel 2 (which was a CBS affilliate back then). Actually, Jerry Hodak may still be on the air. I know Ray Lane and Sonny Elliot are gone, and Joe Glover is teaching college somewhere in Florida.
We lived basically at 12 and Woodward and the station is on 9 Mile between Greenfield and Southfield.
Good times. People are still amazed, though, when I say I enjoyed living in Detroit.
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Since it's my thread and we can hijack it all we want...lol
Robbie Timmons and Murray Feldman are both still on the air. So is Jerry Hodak. My mom was in the League of Women Voters with his wife (Peggy?). Sonny Elliot still does the weather at 4:21 pm and 5:21 pm on WWJ radio, with the same style that he had on TV. Most of my co-workers can't stand him and change the station when it's time for him to come on. I guess that's what led to him being pushed off of TV. Some didn't like his corny style.
It was sad when Joe Glover left because he was so into the MDA Telethon and it was never the same after that. I'm not even sure it was televised in the Detroit market last Labor Day. I couldn't find it if it was.
Detroit is back on the upswing with two new stadiums (baseball and football), a lot of theaters being refurbished and re-opened (Fox, State, Gem/Century), all on Woodward, along with the restaurants and bars that would be expected to follow those developments. CompuWare built their headquarters downtown and included a Hard Rock cafe and Campus Martius park, which has a skating rink. There will be a big winter carnival there the week leading into the Super Bowl. I hope that it is portrayed in good light for the Super Bowl AND Real World. It's not a bad place to be and it has a lot of potential. I think it will be fun to see familiar places on TV.
You should remind your niece that there is an Alpha Gam chapter at Northern Mich..lol
Dee