WE REMEMBER:
KYW-TV News Anchor Mark Haines
Official station publicity head shot
circa 1984
Mark Haines, former KYW-TV news anchor and co-host of CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," passed away suddenly late in May. He worked as a news anchor for WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island and WABC-TV in the Big Apple. Mark was here in Philly as a Channel 3 anchor in the mid-eighties. Haines may be best remembered for his calming presence during CNBC's coverage of 9/11.
Charles Fricker, 52, was stabbed to death in May by a man on a bike carrying a knife. Fricker was headed to a business meeting when the attempted robbery took place. He worked part-time for Metro Networks where he did traffic reports for KYW Newsradio, using the air name Chuck Williams. He was formerly a rock jock on WMGM-FM out of Atlantic City.
Chris Trane, aka Karl Whitaker, died in mid-May. He worked at Top 40's WAPE out of Jacksonville, Florida for almost two decades. He had previously worked here in Philly at Z106, WZGO during the mid-eighties. His death was attributed to heart failure. He was 50 years old.
Bill Kerrigan, was the voice of WDEL in Wilmington, Delaware for 20 years. Bill worked as an evening and weekend newscaster, political reporter and talk radio moderator. He passed away a month ago. Bill will be missed!
ON THE HEALTH FRONT:
Herb Clarke’s wife, Barbara, has checked in to tell us that Herb is having serious eye problems since mid-March and was in Lankenau Hospital several weeks ago. He’s home in Beaumont and the Doctors in the Health Center felt he might have suffered a slight stroke. He is continuing to be evaluated. Barbara also told us how pleased Herb was to attend the WCAU reunion and to see “his old cronies.” Clarke is a member of our board and a former president and chairman of the board of this organization. In 1990, Herb was our Person of the Year and he has also been inducted into our Hall of Fame.
We spoke with Broadcast Pioneer Board member Ed Hurst who told us, “well, I flunked the stress test. I flunked the scan test and they tell me I have three blocked arteries, but I feel great.” Ed is waiting for his cardiologist of 40 years to return from a vacation in France to determine what the next move will be, however he said, ”I’m gonna stay well, and I'm really looking forward to the June luncheon and the Tribute to Joe Grady!" We talked with Ed just before press time and he says that he's feeling fine. Okay Ed, we’ll see you at the June 15th luncheon!
