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John B. "Jack" Hynes Jr. (April 15, 1929 – February 13, 2018 [1]) was a newscaster in Boston, Massachusetts. [2] He was known as the "Dean of Boston TV News" and broadcast from 1957 to 2006. [1] [2] In 2008, Hynes was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. [2] [1]
Henning left WNAC-TV in 1968, going to work for the old WHDH-TV (now WCVB-TV), Channel 5. Henning remained at Channel 5 till April 1977, when he returned to the anchor desk at Channel 7. While his reporting continued to win him praise, the ratings at WNAC-TV did not go up, and he was taken off the anchor desk and reassigned to other duties.
That spring, however, he cut what many called an under-the-table deal with Boston's re-launched Channel 7, WNEV-TV (now WHDH), to become lead-anchor for its re-organized news department. WCVB was disappointed in losing Ellis, mainly because they did not want to break up the successful three-way-pairing he had with Curtis and Jacobson.
Kent started doing weather forecasts on radio and TV in the Boston area in 1937. He developed and applied his weather forecasting skills while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II era, where he achieved the rank of chief petty officer. After the war and for many years, he appeared on WBZ (AM) radio and WBZ-TV. [1] [3]
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Boston Bruins broadcasts on WSBK-TV and NESN Lanny Lee Larason (January 30, 1939 – November 22, 2023), known professionally as Tom Larson , was an American sportscaster and television host who worked in Boston from 1969 to 2007 and was the longtime host of Boston Bruins broadcasts on WSBK-TV and NESN .
David Graves Mugar (April 27, 1939 – January 25, 2022) was an Armenian-American businessman from Belmont, Massachusetts.He was a member of the Mugar family of Greater Boston.
During the period when WHDH-TV held the license to Boston's Channel 5, the station was the flagship of the Red Sox TV network. After the team's improbable 1967 American League pennant, its TV ratings soared and Gillis was able to use film highlights of the team's games during his sportscasts. However, relatively few of the games were telecast ...