Mills James Production Coordinator, Chuck Mile Dies

Charles "Chuck" Edward Mile, 58, of Bellevue, passed away on June 17, 2010 at Hospice of the Bluegrass Care Center Fort Thomas, KY.

He was a Video Production Coordinator with Mills James Productions. He was a Member of the Loyal Booster Club; a former employee of Mac Productions in Covington. Chuck was also a Member and on Staff at Northern Kentucky University Audio/Visual Production.

Chuck was born February 13, 1952 in Cincinnati, OH to Charles Miles and Gloria McQueown Miles.

He is survived by his son,Shawn Mile, of Newport, KY; and daughter, Lacy Mile, of Dayton, KY.

Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Dobbling, Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Bellevue.

Memorials are suggested to the Campbell County Animal Shelter P.O. Box 97 Melbourne, KY 41059, or to the Brighton Center Newport 741 Central Ave. Newport, KY 41071.

Online condolences can be given at www.dmefuneral.com .

Family and Friends Remember Francene Cucinello

Family, friends and fans of Francene Cucinello gathered Monday morning in Louisville to honor the WHAS Radio personality who passed away last week. Among the speakers at the Southeast Christian Church memorial service was longtime friend Kristin Emery, who met Cucinello when they were students at West Virginia University.

http://www.wfpl.org/2010/01/18/memorial-service-held-for-francene-cucinello/

Host of "The Francene Show" Dies at 43

Francene Cucinello, the host of “Francene Show” passed away Friday. She suffered a heart attack on Monday, January 11th followed by a brain aneurysm on Wednesday. Francene passed away at 3:15 p.m. Friday (January 15) at Norton Hospital. She was 43.

http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Francene-Cucinello-host-of-Francene-Show-on-WHAS-dies-81765067.html

Former WHAS/WTVQ Engineer Dies

Terry Wright, the Chief Engineer at WLTX, passed away as the result of a massive heart attack Wednesday night. He was 61.

During his career, Terry held many technical positions including Assistant Chief Engineer at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KY, Chief Engineer at WKPC-TV in Louisville, Chief Engineer at WTVQ-TV in Lexington, KY, Regional Chief Engineer for WEPX/WPXU in Greenville, NC, and Chief Engineer for WCIV-TV in Charleston, SC.

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=82394&catid=35

Sesame Street's 'Olivia' Dies

Alaina Reed Hall, the actress who played Olivia on TV's "Sesame Street," has died of breast cancer in Los Angeles, her family said

http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/139999.html

Wife of Honored WDTN Anchor Carl Day Has Died

Donna Day, the wife of Carl Day, the well-known retired Dayton television anchorman, died early Thursday morning, Sept. 24.
According to Day his wife was pronounced dead at Southview Hospital shortly after 4 a.m. where she was rushed by paramedics after he found her unconscious in a chair in the family room of their Centerville home.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/retired-wdtn-anchorman-carl-days-wife-has-died-314837.html

60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt Passes Away

Don Hewitt, recognized as a father of modern television news and the creator of the medium's most successful broadcast, 60 Minutes, died today. He was 86.cessful broadcast, 60 Minutes, died today. He was 86.

http://kdka.com/national/don.hewitt.dead.2.1134964.html

What Walter Cronkite Meant to Local News

He was seen right here on Channel 9 and around the world.Friday night legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite died.Before Twitter, Facebook and the Internet, news stations received all the incoming news from one printer.The evening 9News spoke with the man who saved a very important piece of paper from that printer; the original copy that came into Channel 9's newsroom when Cronkite announced his retirement.

http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/What-Walter-Cronkite-Meant-To-Local-News/iuA1ln6uEkeLye5arif8XQ.cspx

Former WHIZ GM Dies in Plane Crash

Michael and Andrew Land had spent the holiday weekend with family in Huntington, W.Va., when on the way home the single-engine Cessna plane Michael was flying suddenly disappeared off the radar.

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20090708/NEWS01/907080301/1002

Former WHIO Director and Middletown Mayor Dies

Tributes poured in Monday, July 6 for Bob Wells, the former mayor of Middletown who passed away on Sunday at the age of 76.

“One of the things I’ll truly miss about him was I had a rapport with him,” said William “Kip” Moore, who served with Wells on city council. “He had a great knowledge of the city and was just a wealth of information for me.”

http://www.journal-news.com/news/hamilton-news/wells-friends-colleagues-pay-tribute-to-mayor-broadcaster-191697.html

FOrmer WTVW Anchor Dies of Pancreatic Cancer

Former WTVW-Fox 7 anchorwoman Ann Moore has lost her two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

An entry for July 3 on her Web site says, “Mom got to go to heaven early this morning. When she departed from this world, she was surrounded by the love of her family. Her suffering is over and the light of her love is still alive in all of us.”

http://btop.courierpress.com/news/2009/jul/03/ann-moore-dies-pancreatic-cancer/

Former WKYT Anchor Buzz Riggins Dies

Floyd H. "Buzz" Riggins, a former Lexington television news anchor and businessman, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 75.

Born in Danville, Mr. Riggins was well known, too, as owner of the local Mole Hole gift shops.

Beginning in 1968, he joined the staff at CBS affiliate WKYT-27 and became news director, as well as an anchor on the evening and late news.

http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/808973.html?storylink=omni_popular

WEHT Hostess Peggy Mitchell Dies

Tri-Staters who grew up listening to "The Good Deeds Song" or watching puppets like Buster Bear, Monkey Shine and Ezmarelda lost a friend Tuesday night when former Evansville TV hostess Peggy Mitchell died.

Mitchell was the host of "The Peggy Mitchell Show" on WEHT-News 25 from 1961 to 1986.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/apr/29/former-tv-hostess-peggy-mitchell-dies/

WHAS' Chuck Olmstead Passes Away

It is with heavy hearts that we bring you the sad news that our good friend and colleague Chuck Olmstead passed away early Tuesday morning.

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/whas11-topstory-090309-chuck-olmstead.1eea3d38.html

Memorial Ceremony Held For Uncle Al

A memorial was held Saturday for Cincinnati television legend Al Lewis.

Lewis died on Feb. 28 at the Heartland of Hillsboro center. He was 84 years old.

Remembering "Uncle Al"

The service was held at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Hillsboro, Ohio. No visitation was scheduled.

“Uncle Al,” as he was known for 35 years, was known for the "Uncle Al Show" on WCPO.

He starred in the show along with his wife of 59 years, Wanda “Captain Windy” Lewis.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29569258/#storyContinued

Wheeling Radio Station Loses Second Employee in 2 Weeks

Our condolences, again, to employees of RCK 1 Group talk WKKX/1600 in Wheeling WV, as a second member of their radio family has passed away.

West Virginia Media CBS/ABC/Fox affiliate WTRF/7 and sister newspaper The State Journal report that WKKX talk host and newsman Tod Jeffers has died at the age of 67.

Among the stations on Jeffers' resume according to AllAccess - Columbus' WBNS-FM/97.1, which recently changed from hot AC to sports as "97.1 The Fan".

WKKX is mainly a Wheeling-centric station, and doesn't cover nearly as much of the Ohio side of the Ohio Valley region as Clear Channel talk competitor WWVA/1170 (or the two local TV stations, WTRF and Cox NBC affiliate WTOV/9 Steubenville OH).

But we did note the passing of Ohio Valley broadcast legend George Kellas...who was a co-worker of Jeffers at WKKX. That means the Wheeling talk station's employees are now grieving over the second staff member death in under two weeks...

Fun Facts About Al Lewis

All the things you never knew about Al Lewis. We'll miss you "Uncle Al"!!


http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/localshows/goodmorningtristate/letter/story/Uncle-Al-Fun-Facts-GMTS-Newsletter/w_Ki-GY2gUqDZmO2FHJl_A.cspx

Children's TV Pioneer "Uncle Al" Dies

CINCINNATI (AP) — Al Lewis, who was known as "Uncle Al" on a long-running children's television show that aired nationally in the 1950s, has died. He was 84.

Lewis produced and starred in "The Uncle Al Show," which ran daily from 1950 to 1985 on WCPO-TV. The show aired nationally on ABC affiliates on Saturday mornings over two years in the late 1950s.

WCPO, which announced Lewis' death Sunday, said he died Saturday in Hillsboro, Ohio, where he and his wife Wanda lived. No other details were released.

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20090302/UPDATES01/90302013

WCPO's Ann Lawrence Passes Away at 82

Rose Lutzky Segerman, better known to early Cincinnati TV audiences as Ann Lawrence passed away October 27. She was 82.

A native a New Richmond, Ohio she started voice training at the Conservatory of Music at the age of 12 and later took lessons from Grace Raine, who also taught Rose Mary Clooney.
Ann got her start on “the Admiral Show” on WCPO-TV in January of 1950 as a singer. By the summer of 1950 she was the featured singer on “The Saturday Night Show with Jim Fair” on Channel 9, which was known at the time as Channel 7. Viewers would call in to the program and request songs of Miss Lawrence.

In September 1950, Ann was performing along side Big Jim Stacy on “Coffee Time with Maurice Jackson” seen Monday thru Friday, 9:30-10:30am. She was with WCPO-TV until early 1952. In May of 1952 she left Cincinnati for WBGE Radio in Atlanta where she was known as “The Lady in Blue”.

Throughout her career she was a spokesperson, local performer and made commercials on radio and television. She recorded three songs locally, one with the Herbie Layne Orchestra and then three more with the NBC Orchestra in Hollywood. All six records were recently re-mastered with the help of the Media Heritage and the Voice of America.

One evening she was asked to sing “Let It Snow” by a viewer. Later the evening Cincinnati was hit with a tremendous snow storm. The next day the only way employees could get up to the “Hill” studio location on Symmes street was by walking or with skis. The employees at the station began screening the calls so that she wouldn’t be asked to sing “Let It Snow”.

Rose’s relationship with WCPO-TV continued many years later Her daughter, Jill, worked at the station production then the news department which is where she met her future husband. Jim Timmerman was the station’s last Program Director.

First Columbus TV Newswoman Dies

Marianne Tomlinson -- the first Columbus news anchorwoman, who also covered fashion and could be found wearing sharp leather pants into her 80s -- has died.

Tomlinson, called "Mimi" by family members and friends, passed away Oct. 27 at 87. She anchored the noon and evening newscasts on WBNS-TV (Channel 10) in the 1960s and hosted the show Et Cetera.

"At the time, there were no women at all doing any kind of regular news," recalled former colleague Joe Holbrook.


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