Talk:Roger Grimsby

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He died of lung cancer was he a smoker? 18:59, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

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Why was he fired from ABC?

If you're referring to Mr. Grimsby's 1986 firing from WABC-TV, my understanding is that it was a combination of factors including a new news director and the direction he wanted to take the newscasts, his years of rubbing some people the wrong way, his salary, and the effects of Capital Cities' takeover the prior year of ABC (the last two being especially inter-related). Also, until this new news director took over, Grimsby had been able to write his own copy when anchoring the news, but the new guard had usurped that aspect from him. Those were the reasons I heard being given by the press at the time. –Wbwn 22:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Removed factually inaccurate statement about Roger Grimsby's move to WABC-TV

I removed the statement that Roger Grimsby was brought to New York "by recently hired news director Albert T. Primo, who the station imported to bring his Eyewitness News format to New York" as factually inaccurate. Roger Grimsby began broadcasting at WABC on June 3, 1968, and Al Primo was not hired by WABC until August 20 of that year.^[1]

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[1] "WABC-TV Names News Head". The New York Times. 21 August 1968. Retrieved 6 July 2018 – via Proquest. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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