tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post3832520673148484643..comments2024-01-02T03:25:05.523-05:00Comments on Cleveland Classic Media: Wally Kinnan The WeathermanTim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-55747765737991207892009-04-26T21:32:00.000-04:002009-04-26T21:32:00.000-04:00What I'd really like to know is why in tarnation 3...What I'd really like to know is why in tarnation 3 demoted kinnan to weekends and then later fired him. It sounds to me that the things David Brinkley had to say about NBC after the Huntley-Brinkley report went off the air until he left for ABC may well have applied to NBC's management (or mismanagement) of channel 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-50823169664373389452008-06-25T06:41:00.000-04:002008-06-25T06:41:00.000-04:00I think the main problem with Dick Goddard in Pa. ...I think the main problem with Dick Goddard in Pa. was the same as mine. It wasn't home.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322086604599640345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-65675490287936224112008-06-25T00:08:00.000-04:002008-06-25T00:08:00.000-04:00WIKY: Joe Mosbrook, retired TV-3 reporter, has...WIKY:<BR/> Joe Mosbrook, retired TV-3 reporter, has contacted me on occasion about blog entries..Here is what he said about Wally Kinnan in an email to me..<BR/><BR/>Tim,<BR/> Enjoyed your piece on Wally Kinnan. Here's one I did a few years ago forcusing on his music: http://www.cleveland.oh.us/wmv_news/jazz33.htm.<BR/> Wally was a great guy. I worked with him in Philadelphia before we came to Cleveland. Despite his great popularity here, he was frankly even bigger in Philadelphia. When NBC and Westinghouse were forced to switch stations, Dick Goddard went to Philadelphia, but lasted only a few months there. I think the viewers missed Wally.<BR/>Joe Mosbrook<BR/><BR/><BR/>The article Joe refers to on Wally's music is excellent btw..He basically confirmed that Goddard was not popular in Philly..probably only because he wasnt Wally..It would seem NBC and Westinghouse could have forseen that Wally should have stayed in Philly and Dick In Cleveland and made an arrangement ahead of time..Tim Loneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-78590862523452685772008-06-23T09:52:00.000-04:002008-06-23T09:52:00.000-04:00Very nice biographical sketch. However, just a qu...Very nice biographical sketch. However, just a quick Tampa clarification for you: WTSP is channel 10, with channel 13 being WTVT. Having grown up in Tampa, I'm positive that Wally was on WTSP, as he certainly would not have displaced Roy Leep (Tampa's answer to Dick Goddard) on WTVT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-55053793923426494462008-06-22T00:48:00.000-04:002008-06-22T00:48:00.000-04:00Wally Kinnan had been with NBC for almost 20 years...Wally Kinnan had been with NBC for almost 20 years; first in Philadelphia, then in Cleveland. Now I know exactly why Dick Goddard made a special effort to come back to Cleveland in less than a month.Bill Wickline Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15110733279224833346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-58939183450515656372008-06-21T17:24:00.000-04:002008-06-21T17:24:00.000-04:00Dick Goddard has told me about the switch in 1965,...Dick Goddard has told me about the switch in 1965, as I told him that I was living near Philly at the time and watch channel three there. Wally Kinnan was very popular in Philly and Goddard wasn't.<BR/><BR/>Goddard told me that the two of them were good friends once he returned to Cleveland and discussed the switch many times while playing golf.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322086604599640345noreply@blogger.com