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Date Posted: 07:22:12 11/12/08 Wed
Author: tce
Subject: Re: Bob and Nellie
In reply to: Dave James 's message, "Bob and Nellie" on 03:32:04 11/11/08 Tue

My earliest memories are of Bob Prince and the Possum (whom I really liked). However, Nellie King was perfect in his job. Once, in the late eighties, my son and I were in the parking lot of a golf course, where I saw a Duquesne van. Then I noticed Nellie King. My son, about ten years old, was a baseball fan. I said,

"Look Ben - there's Nellie King!"

He said "Wow!"

A minute later he asked, "Dad, who's Nellie King?"

Boy, did I feel old.

>Actually, it wasn't KDKA but the Pirates who made the
>final decision to fire Bob and Nellie. However, since
>they were heard on KDKA, the station took the heat. I
>was assigned to cover their tribute parade for KDKA
>Radio, and I knew then-Westinghouse Area
>Vice-President Ed Wallis was glued to the radio,
>listening to every word. Both Bob and Nellie were
>friends of mine, and I was sweating bullets, but Ed
>later complimented me on the fairness of my coverage.
>Whew!

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