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...last thing that the gentle and unassuming Frank Reynolds did for television was to rescue it from its selfimportance, poor taste and excess. It was a close call, but the constant reminder that Reynolds the man was the heart of the reason for the ABC spectacle marking his death gave his funeral, which almost gained the electronic dimensions of a national crisis, at least a touch of the natural dignity and modesty that he possessed...
...sheer quantity of television time given to Reynolds' career, especially on his own network, ABC, can be understood, in a way, in human terms. Colleagues reach for any device to say so long to a fine man. However, television, as its high priests keep insisting, is a public trust, a servant. But there was the faint echo in all of the Reynolds tribute of the television anchor fraternity telling the nation that they stand astride civilization and ride in the company of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Popes. They rule...
...current champion, CBS's intense, adrenal Dan Rather, 51, will be matched, starting on Labor Day, against NBC's boyish Tom Brokaw, 43, who at present is a coanchor. At ABC, which has had a three-cornered format, executives are expected to announce this week that elegant, Canada-born Peter Jennings, 45, will be the central figure of a revamped one-anchor show. Contends Van Gordon Sauter, president of CBS News: "A one-anchor format provides continuity, more time for stories and less fragmentation of viewers' attention...
DIED. Frank Reynolds, 59, scrupulous, committed anchorman of ABC's World News Tonight; of viral hepatitis complicated by bone cancer; in Washington. A veteran of Chicago's competitive local journalism, Reynolds joined ABC in 1965 and covered the White House and other major beats before co-anchoring the evening news from 1968 to 1970, returning to that chair again in 1978. Widely respected by colleagues for his honesty, fairness and rectitude, he often brought an emotional edge to his work: showing pain at the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and sudden rage when he received conflicting reports...
About "Space Cowboy" It is the catchiest and most exciting dance music on the air and in the discos--forget about the Flash and Safety Dances--because it is an unabashedly silly song that just feels right, sort of like the Jacksons "ABC...