RIP Bob Teague

[Drip]

A true pioneer in this industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/business/media/bob-teague-wnbc-reporter-who-helped-integrate-tv-news-dead-at-84.html?_r=0

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I remember watching him as a kid on the news each night on NBC. RIP

 

[spaceman]

he used to do midday cut-ins sponsored by Savarin coffee.

 

[Boom_70]

he used to do midday cut-ins sponsored by Savarin coffee.

Yea he and Edwin Newman would show up at random times to deliver the news.
Interesting quote from the Time obit:

“Government handouts constitute the most damaging assault on black pride and dignity since the founding of the Ku Klux Klan,”