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| Broadcast Professionals of Colorado In Memoriam |
Al Perry (1928-2012)
In February of 1989, he became Chairman/CEO of Satterfield & Perry, Inc., by joining forces with Jack Satterfield who was based in Philadelphia after having retired as the Vice President and General Manager of the Philadelphia office of New York based John Blair & Company. In his role with Satterfield & Perry, he was elected President of the National Association of Media Brokers, (NAMB) 1995-1997. Other industry awards and honors include Co-founder of the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado Steering Committee Metro Denver Dinosaurs, Broadcaster of the Year, Colorado Broadcasters Association 1979; Advertising Professional of the Year, Advertising Club of Denver 1979; President, Advertising Club of Denver Private family services will be held at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Al Perry's name to: BPC, 333 S. Allison Parkway, Suite 204, Lakewood, CO 80226. Thanks to Tom Mulvey for compiling the information in this obituary. |
Robert "Bob" Shriver Robert “Bob” Shriver, 84, passed away on Nov. 1, 2011. He is survived by wife “Sue” of 61 years, daughter Kimetha, son Kent “Sparky” (Shirley) and granddaughter Shelby. Bob Shriver was the first announcer on Denver television when KFEL-TV, Channel 2 went on the air in 1952. Over a 40 year span, Shriver spent 20 years on the air and 20 years in sales. Following service in the navy, he enrolled in the broadcast and radio curriculum at the University of Denver. In 1948, he began announcing part time at KFEL Radio, the Mutual network affiliate. Following his graduation from DU, Bob became a full-time announcer at the station. Soon, in addition to his announcing duties, he became one of the first Denver on-air Television personalities on locally produced programs. Bob was a pioneer in the early years of production in Colorado broadcasting. In 1955, he joined KOA Radio and Television, whose studios were in the NBC building on California Street in downtown Denver. He appeared on both Channel 4, and on KOA radio. Bob’s voice was heard on the 50,000 watt station broadcasting remotes of top big bands from the famous Trocadero Ballroom at Elitch Gardens. In 1969, Bob joined the sales staff of KLZ-TV, Channel 7. He rounded out his 4 decades in the business by serving as regional sales representative for Pikes Peak Broadcasting stations in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction. He served 40 years with the Arvada Volunteer Fire Department |
John McGuire (1918-2011) John L. McGuire 92 passed away peacefully on June 10. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Helen, and their two children, Kevin Scott and Maureen Sue McGuire and two grandchildren. John L. McGuire was born October 31, 1918, in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A few years later they the family moved to Denver before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where, as an elementary school student, John sold The Saturday Evening Post door-todoor, building a large group of subscribers. The family later lived in Falls Church, Virginia, when his father worked at Arlington National Cemetery. After his father's death in 1931, his mother, he and his brother moved to Downers Grove, Illinois. While attending high school, John held various jobs, enabling him to go to theater productions, opera and symphony concerts in Chicago. He graduated from Downers Grove High School in 1936. He worked a couple of years before enrolling in college, and graduating from the YMCA College in 1942 with a business major. In the summer of 1942, he joined the Marine Corps pilot training program at Iowa City. A year later he graduated from the Navy flight training program and was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant. Most of his service was in the South Pacific. He was stationed on Emirau and flew 53 combat missions as a pilot of a PBJ. He was awarded the Air Medal, and was honorably discharged from the reserves in 1956. He returned to Chicago and worked in several advertising sales positions, last of which was The National Provisioner, where he met his future wife, Helen. They were married February 4, 1950 in Chicago. In November of 1952 he accepted a position as a sales representative for the new television station in Denver, KOA-TV. A year later he resigned to start his own business, a sales representative company of TV and radio stations in the Rocky Mountain area. He sold the business in 1988 and retired. He then began taking European history and Russian language classes at the University of Denver, and he tutored Russian emigres in Denver until 2005. He enjoyed skiing and skied often in the Colorado mountains up to his 80th birthday. He also enjoyed traveling and made many trips in the United States, Mexico, Canada and, especially, Europe. In leisure time he enjoyed attending opera, symphony concerts and theater, playing bridge, reading current affairs books, playing the flute and getting together with colleagues in the broadcasting/ advertising field. He was a member of the Denver "Dinosaurs Club", the First Tuesday group, and the Denver Art Museum. John also planned many reunions for his Marine Corps Squadron; the group kept in close contact and had reunions every two or three years until 2004. Memorial services will be held at Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver on Friday, June 17th at 10:30 am. Share condolences at www.HoranCares.com. |
Noel Jordan, died at his home August 4, 2011. He was a true pioneer of the television business in the Nation. Jordan developed his research, thinking and writing skills at Harvard. After he graduated in 1937 with a bachelor’s degree in history and literature, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) hired him as a file clerk. He acquired scripts and other content for the network. “I didn’t know what I was doing, but that was fine. Nobody else did either,” he recalled. He quietly moved up the ranks and into NBC’s newly created television division. He was property manager when the network introduced regularly scheduled commercial television to the United States. He was on the crew of NBC television’s first broadcast in 1939. It featured President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the 1939 World’s Fair. At that time, there were 6,000 sets in all of Manhattan. World War II interrupted his broadcast career, while he served in the Army’s Signal Corps, where he learned technical skills. Within a few months after the war, he was back and NBC. There he performed almost every major role in broadcasting, from writer to floor director to assistant director. It was as a producer and director that Jordan made his reputation in the industry. Among his firsts were remote broadcasts from a submarine, an aircraft carrier, the United Nations, and Toscanini’s NBS Symphony, and the Friday Night Fights. He also directed NBC’s coverage of the 1948 Democratic, Republican and Progressive political conventions. Later in 1948, his wife became ill, and the doctor advised them to leave New York. They decided to move to Denver. He soon was hired as the director the DU School of Communications Arts. He was the Chairman of the department from 1964 to 1975. He taught broadcasting and television production in Denver before any stations were on the air. Until he retired in 1978, he ushered thousands of Denver University students into distinguished careers in communications. He built the department into one of the most prestigious in the nation during the 1960’s. “During those years teaching, I hoped my students would graduate caring about quality and honesty. I emphasized independence in dramatic work, and openness, impartiality and lack of bias in news,” Jordan recalled. “I am so proud that many of my students have become leaders in the communications industry.” Jordan’s impact on Denver went beyond teaching. He worked in local television, both writing and producing for numerous projects. He helped found Western Cine, the region’s first motion picture processing lab. At it’s peak, it was the largest between Chicago and Los Angeles. He wrote many of Denver’s televised industrial films and commercials for Denver’s top corporations. He was honored as the first inductee into the prestigious National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Heartland Chapter, Golden Circle Award on Oct. 12, 1001. It is recognition of television professionals with fifty years or more of outstanding service in the industry. In 2009, he was awarded the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award by the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado. Noel Jordan was 96. He is survived by his wife Dorothy, two daughters and four grandchildren. Noel Jordan's Lifetime Achievement Award Profile and tribute video |
John Leaming McGuire John L. McGuire 92 passed away peacefully on June 10, 2011. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Helen, and their two children, Kevin Scott and Maureen Sue McGuire and two grandchildren. John L. McGuire was born October 31, 1918, in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A few years later they the family moved to Denver before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where, as an elementary school student, John sold The Saturday Evening Post door-todoor, building a large group of subscribers. The family later lived in Falls Church, Virginia, when his father worked at Arlington National Cemetery. After his father's death in 1931, his mother, he and his brother moved to Downers Grove, Illinois. While attending high school, John held various jobs, enabling him to go to theater productions, opera and symphony concerts in Chicago. He graduated from Downers Grove High School in 1936. He worked a couple of years before enrolling in college, and graduating from the YMCA College in 1942 with a business major. In the summer of 1942, he joined the Marine Corps pilot training program at Iowa City. A year later he graduated from the Navy flight training program and was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant. Most of his service was in the South Pacific. He was stationed on Emirau and flew 53 combat missions as a pilot of a PBJ. He was awarded the Air Medal, and was honorably discharged from the reserves in 1956. He returned to Chicago and worked in several advertising sales positions, last of which was The National Provisioner, where he met his future wife, Helen. They were married February 4, 1950 in Chicago. In November of 1952 he accepted a position as a sales representative for the new television station in Denver, KOA-TV. A year later he resigned to start his own business, a sales representative company of TV and radio stations in the Rocky Mountain area. He sold the business in 1988 and retired. He then began taking European history and Russian language classes at the University of Denver, and he tutored Russian emigres in Denver until 2005. He enjoyed skiing and skied often in the Colorado mountains up to his 80th birthday. He also enjoyed traveling and made many trips in the United States, Mexico, Canada and, especially, Europe. In leisure time he enjoyed attending opera, symphony concerts and theater, playing bridge, reading current affairs books, playing the flute and getting together with colleagues in the broadcasting/ advertising field. He was a member of the Denver "Dinosaurs Club", the First Tuesday group, and the Denver Art Museum. John also planned many reunions for his Marine Corps Squadron; the group kept in close contact and had reunions every two or three years until 2004. Memorial services will be held at Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver on Friday, June 17th at 10:30 am. Share condolences at www.HoranCares.com. |
Marty O’Fallon passed away on January 29, 2011 at the age of 84. A Denver native, he was born October 12, 1926 and attended Notre Dame, then served in the Navy and graduated from CU with a degree in engineering physics in 1951. He then received a law degree from DU in 1953. In 1961 he began his law career and practiced until 2010.
His first job in radio was as an office boy at KFEL Radio. During his career he worked as an engineer and in sales at KFEL and Channel 2, stations owned by his father, Gene O’Fallon. Gene O’Fallon is a member of the BPC Hall of Fame. Marty was a member of the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Kathy, children Molly, Martin Jr., James and Ann Clark, nine grandchildren and brother Charles. |
Betty Demarest From Merwin Smith and Tom Mulvey Betty May Demarest (81) of Denver died at home on October 18, 2010). No services were held. Burial was at Valley View Cemetery in Rocky Ford, Colo. Miss Demarest was born in Rocky Ford on May 12, 1929 and graduated from Rky Ford High School (1947) and the University of Colorado in Boulder (1951). She worked as a continuity writer at KDZA in Pueblo and narrated a daily 15-min children's program "Aunt Betty's Story Time". She then worked 2 years at KKTV in Colorado Springs and from 1955-1989 at KLZ Radio in Denver where she narrated the weekly "Denver Post Funny Paper Show" and for several years was hostess of "The Pat Gay Show" - a daily call-in program for exchange of homemaking ideas. She is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers of Colorado, serving one term on the Board of Directors - and also of the Denver Metro Dinosaurs. Betty is survived by several cousins. From Betty Bencich |
Warren Chandler Longtime Denver television weatherman Warren Chandler passed away May 22, 2010. For a summary of his career, here's the obituary from the Denver Post Warren was inducted in the the BPC Hall Of Fame in 2010. |
BPC charter member Bill Baker, the nation's first black television cameraman, has passed away. More details from the Denver Press Club and his Denver Post Obituary
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Jim Hawthorne From Don Mueller - November 7, 2007 Scott Hawthorne called me and informed me that his father Jim Hawhorne passed away Tuesday. (natural causes, heart and lung failure) Jim would have been 89 next month. It is with a heavy heart that inform you fans of the passing of our Father, Jim Hawthorne. He died this afternoon shortly after visiting with him at the Buena Vista Care Center in Goleta, CA. He was sedated, but was able to say a few words. It did not appear that he was in any pain, it was just his time. More details as they become available, thank you all for your fanship of our Dad. Darr & Scott Hawthorne Don Muelller's Comments (The following YouTube video of a 2004 9News feature on Hawthorne including footage from Don Mueller's collection)
Myspace.com Blogs - 11//7/07 Jim Hawthorne, the father of free form radio, dies |
Alvan S. (Al) Perry, veteran Colorado broadcaster and broadcasting executive, passed away February 8,
Noel Jordan (1914-2011)
Martin Joseph O’Fallon 
