Under His Wings

The room was filled with voices quite familiar to me. I was invited for the second time to the Binghamton Broadcaster's Reunion that was held this past Saturday. The most honored and respected man int the room was Bill Parker, who has been a fixture of the Binghamton broadcasting world for 65+ years.  He was recently inducted into the New York State Broadcaster Hall of Fame with the likes of Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Regis Philbin and Al Roker (who started his broadcasting career in Syracuse in the early 1970's).  When I was growing up, Bill was on the air in the mid morning hours. Most of the people attending the reunion I did not know personally, but there were a few that have meant the world to me. When I was about 13, I decided I wanted to pursue a Broadcasting career.  I know it was because in my formative years (6-9) my Dad was a radio announcer at our local public radio station.  I mentioned that to a few people at the reunion.  There was one lad...

I came across a folder with some old writing in it.  As I mentioned in my last post, I have always loved to write. One particular writing treasure I found was an article that I wrote for one of my "Student Press Corps" articles for the Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin. I wrote for the newspaper from early 1985 until I graduated from high school in 1988.   My principal, Donald Benza, and vice principal, Paula Nickerson,  were very supportive of my journalism endeavor. Mr. Benza was gracious enough to let me interview him many times about different things going on at school.  I won 2 awards in the 3 years that I wrote for the paper. In my search today, I came across one of my favorite articles that I wrote. Nationally known PBS kids show host "Commander" Mark Kistler was visiting my school as part of an arts festival.    I remember Mark being a kind and helpful interviewee.   It was ex...

As Father's Day 2011 is here, I would like to take this opportunity to honor my wonderful dad, Bill House.  He has been such a great support to me through all my 41 years.   He worked hard so my brothers and I could attend Christian School for many years.   His main job was working at the Endicott Johnson shoe company for 41 years.  He also worked at WSKG radio, which I know influenced my decision to go into the world of broadcasting.  Through my teenage years, my dad encouraged that dream by transporting me to and/or from my internship at WBNG TV in my junior year of high school.  About that time I also started in my Explorer group at WENE/WMRV radio.  He got me to those meetings too.  He and my mom are celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary in August.  That is such a great blessing to me.  I know that marriages these days are not lasting that long.  I've seen my parents go though many trials through the years ...