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WGN-AM Chief Engineer dies

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Posted by chicagomedia.org on March 07, 2008 at 10:09:43:

Props to Robert Feder for getting us this information 2+ weeks later.

Woody Crane, the broadcasting pioneer who was chief engineer of Trib-owned Channel 9 and news/talk WGN-AM (720), died Feb. 19 in Kansas City. He was 93.

The winner of numerous Emmy Awards for engineering and sports coverage, Mr. Crane was involved in the first Telstar Communications Satellite broadcast of baseball in 1962.



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