Newsman J. Paul Huddleston in the KHJ newsroom.
Showing posts with label 20/20 News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20/20 News. Show all posts
Lyle Kilgore: KHJ 20/20 News
Newsman Lyle Kilgore went on to become KHJ’s News Director and his voice could be heard on Southern California newscasts through 2005 when he retired from KFWB.
KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
NEWS IS IMPORTANT AT KHJ ... Nine full-time newsmen report all the local, national, international, and sports news. Pictured below, with the three KHJ Mobile Units, are (left to right) ... News Director Jim Lawrence, Newsmen Lyle Kilgore, Tony Allen, Marv Howard ... Roger Aldi, Bill Brown, J. Paul Huddleston, and Sports Director Danny Baxter. Not pictured is KHJ Special Events Director, Art Kevin.
Art Kevin: KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet for KHJ Newsman Art Kevin from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
Art Kevin, Special Events Editor for KHJ Radio, is a fifteen year veteran of radio news. He began his career in broadcast journalism on the East Coast. Later, he became West Coast Bureau Chief for United Press International’s Radio-TV Division. He also served as West Coast television correspondent for UPI Newsfilm.
An exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced newsman, Art is well-known in Southern California radio. His outstanding news-reporting accomplishments have been commended in numerous letters from Governor Edmund Brown, Mayor Samuel Yorty, the Los Angeles City Council, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, and leaders of law enforcement agencies throughout California. Art’s courageous reporting of Los Angeles’ violent Watts disturbance earned him pictorial recognition in Newsweek (August 30, 1965).
Art Kevin ... a most distinguished member of the team of professional newsmen who keep KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
J. Paul Huddleston: KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet for KHJ Newsman J. Paul Huddleston from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
J. Paul Huddleston started part-time announcing at an Arkansas radio station as a high school senior. This was the beginning of what turned out to be a life-long career in broadcast journalism. After attending a local college, J. Paul worked as an announcer for a year in Arkansas radio. Moving to Southern California, he started work on his masters degree at the University of Southern California, at the same time studying writing at the California Institute of Radio and Television.
After graduation, J. Paul worked five years as news director for two Texas radio stations. He also broadcast play-by-play of Southwest Conference football games on a statewide network. Subsequently, his career took him to Oregon where he worked as a combination radio and newspaper reporter.
J. Paul has been news director for two San Diego radio stations. In 1959 he received the San Diego Newsman of the Year Award. In 1960, he was named national news director for a well-known chain of California stations. During this period, he also served as the only television news announcer in the San Bernardino-Riverside area. In 1962, he received the Associated Press Award of Excellence, and that same year he became news editor and analyst for the popular Joe Pyne Show.
In 1965, J. Paul joined KHJ Radio’s expanding news department. Behind the microphone, he delivers the news with a clear, authoritative style. J. Paul Huddleston, whose provocative, hard-hitting newscasts help keep KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
Marv Howard: KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet for KHJ Newsman Marv Howard from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
Marv Howard attended Los Angeles City College and UCLA. In the Air Force Intelligence Service, he translated Russian and worked in crypto-analysis.
In 1955 Marv joined the news staff of a top radio station in the San Joaquin Valley. There he developed a style and reputation that brought him to Los Angeles. Soon he was broadcasting the news direct from the city room of the Los Angeles Herald-Express. Marv spent the next six years covering the news beats of Los Angeles and working for City News Service.
Marv has been with KHJ Radio News since 1963. He belongs to that experienced breed of news professional who not only broadcast the news, but go after it as well. He combines a fine speaking voice with newscasting know-how that keeps greater Los Angeles listening and well-informed.
Marv Howard ... another member of the professional news team that keeps KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
Jim Lawrence: KHJ 20/20 News
This is a one-sheet for KHJ News Director Jim Lawrence from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. He now writes mystery novels under his real name, James C. Mitchell. The text from the one-sheet reads:
Jim Lawrence, KHJ Radio News Director, coordinates all 20/20 newsgathering activities. Educated at UCLA, the University of Hawaii and Fresno State College, Jim entered broadcasting as a disc jockey and newsman at a popular Honolulu station. He later expanded his activities to include those of producer for a three-station Island State network.
Moving to California, it wasn’t long before Jim became program director for a San Diego radio outlet.
Now as News Director for KHJ, Jim states the station’s philosophy of broadcast journalism like this: “KHJ Radio realizes and welcomes its responsibility to broadcast all newsworthy events immediately and accurately. Especially in this age of advancing technology and rapid change, responsible broadcast journalism is essential to the welfare of everyone. KHJ 20/20 News is dedicated to a continuing commitment to that responsibility.”
Jim Lawrence ... directing the team of professional newsmen who keep KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
Lyle Kilgore: KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet for KHJ Newsman Lyle Kilgore from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
Lyle Kilgore, a veteran of seventeen years in Southern California radio, served on the staff of several radio stations in the San Bernardino area before he entered the Air Force. Stationed at Lackland, Texas, he organized the first Air Force carrier wave station.
After his stint in the service, Lyle returned to the San Bernardino area where he held news director posts at two local stations.
As newscaster-reporter for KHJ 20/20 News, Lyle covers all top Los Angeles stories, giving special attention to those that have drawn national interest. On the air, Lyle’s authoritative delivery gives every story a “headline” quality. In the KHJ 20/20 News mobile unit, he keeps an experienced hand on the pulse of the city, moving to the scene fast when a story breaks.
Lyle Kilgore, another member of the team of experienced new professionals who make KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
Danny Baxter: KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet for KHJ Sports Director Danny Baxter from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
Danny Baxter, KHJ Radio Sports Director, is one of the best known sportscasters in Southern California radio.
Danny’s formal sports background began with his graduation from George Barr’s National League School for Umpires, followed by a post-graduate course in Baseball Administration under Harold Roettger of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Florida Southern Institute. While a faculty member at New York City’s Cambridge School of Broadcasting, Danny originated and taught a sportscaster’s curriculum that covered all major American sports.
Danny has umpired professional baseball throughout the South. His sports broadcasting credits include baseball play-by-play in Idaho radio, football play-by-play in Virginia and Ohio, and three years of radio coverage of the entire Southern California sports scene.
Danny Baxter, Director of KHJ 20/20 Sports ... reporter and peerless sports seer - on the news team that keeps KHJ Radio ranking first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
Roger Aldi: KHJ 20/20 News
The following text is from a 20/20 News bio sheet for Roger Aldi:
Roger Aldi began his career in broadcasting in Los Angeles radio as a programming department assistant and newsman. He holds a master's degree from Columbia College in Los Angeles.
Roger now heads KHJ 20/20 News’ important tape editing department. Here personal interview tapes are edited and assembled to bring KHJ’s audience person-to-person contact with newsmakers from the greater Los Angeles area and throughout the world. Stories flashed to KHJ from 20/20 News mobile units on the scene are edited by Roger for immediate broadcast. Like all other members of the KHJ News Team, Roger’s duties are not confined solely to the newsroom. He is an accomplished reporter and is often on hand when news breaks, broadcasting the details live and direct.
Roger Aldi ... another broadcast news professional who keeps KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
Bill Brown: KHJ 20/20 News Sales Sheet
This is a one-sheet for KHJ Newsman Bill Brown from a 20/20 News Sales Folder. The text reads:
Bill Brown, at 27, has ten years of broadcasting experience in all phases of radio. He began as an announcer-disc jockey in his hometown of Paris, Illinois. While completing his education in the Midwest, Bill worked at numerous radio stations, gaining valuable experience in news writing and on-the-spot reporting. To enhance his professional skill, Bill enrolled in a Chicago broadcasting school. After graduation, he came to California and entered Los Angeles radio as a writer-newsman. His duties included announcing and field-reporting.
Bill specializes in the unforessen event, the unscheduled occurrence that can’t possibly happen ... but does! And while others are still piecing together the facts, KHJ listeners are hearing the complete story, reported by Bill Brown, first!
Bill Brown, another member of the team of news professionals who keep KHJ Radio first in Los Angeles with 20/20 News.
The Road to Washington ’68
Special Events Director Art Kevin covers the 1968 Presidential race for KHJ 20/20 News. The text on the back reads:
Art Kevin, KHJ newsman, has been assigned to cover the 1968 Presidential race. He will travel the country reporting live from key primaries and from the Republican and Democratic conventions.
Kevin has helped to distinguish the KHJ News Department in the past with his reporting of the assassination of President Kennedy, the 1965 Watts riots, and the Garrison investigations. His reporting of this year’s Presidential race is another example that ... news is important at KHJ.
