Comments on: Celebrating WICU’s 60 years

By: PR

PR — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:21:45 +0000

You’re correct. Couldn’t remember the exact details but rememebered that Hyle had filed a lawsuit. His removal was another one of those recommended by consultants that helped run ICU into the ground.

By: Handwriting on the Wall

Handwriting on the Wall — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:06:35 +0000

Billy Joel said it best in his song “Keeping the Faith” —-

“You can get just so much
From a good thing
You can linger too long
In your dreams
Say goodbye to the
Oldies but goodies
‘Cause the good ole days weren’t
Always good
And tomorrow ain’t as bad as it seems.”

By: Sylvester

Sylvester — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:46:19 +0000

Hyle Richmond did not win an age discrimination lawsuit against the Lilly Family. Mr Richmond accepted a settlement offer out of court from Priscilla Lamb-Schweier the daughter of WICU founder Edward Lamb for $250,000.

The Lilly Family did not purchase WICU-TV from the Lamb Family until 1996. Everything that happened before 1996 was under the leadership of the Lamb Family and Great Lakes Communications Incorporated.

By: PR

PR — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:29:29 +0000

Yes Jim, Hyle retired to AZ after he won the age discrimation lawsuit **edit**. He was a great guy to work with. Working the county court house with him was like trying to follow a mouse in search of cheese. He knew eveyone and had hundreds of contacts. Those were to days when reporters were local and everyone knew them, not like today’s revolving door.

By: JimGriffey

JimGriffey — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:05:36 +0000

Sad to say that only Hyle is still with us. I could be wrong, but I think he’s retired to Arizona.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:28:37 +0000

I remember Vance McBryde, Hyle Richmond and Dave Forsythe, Ned McGrath and Bill Knupp in the 60-70′s. That’s when you knew your newsmen and trusted what they said – not like today where all the faces look alike, and they all giggle and laugh too much.

There was a carpet company somewhere on West 26th (near Brown Avenue, I think) who hired any variation of these guys above to do the most hilarious, SNL-type commercials that had my mother and I rolling on the floor laughing til we were crying – they were absolutely very funny doing the commmercials!

I also remember once of the dark-haired guys (Knupp or Forsythe) flubbing some report on “trees and shrubs” and it came out “shrees and tubs” – and again we all burst out into a laughing jag!

Lot of good memories with these guys, but you knew when they spoke, they had the facts. Right up there with Cronkite and Huntley-Brinkley. Hope they are all doing okay, if still around. Thanks for the memories, guys!

By: John Kleiner

John Kleiner — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:44:49 +0000

“Garden & Farm” with Biron Decker was a Saturday staple for many years until 1979. An easy memory of the show is its theme song: “Stars and Stripes Forever”.