Amadee Wohlschlaeger – 2006
Amadee took over in 1932 as the cartoonist that continued the legacy of the daily Weatherbird which began in 1901. He would go on to do the ‘Bird for almost fifty years. It still appears daily on the front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as it has for over a hundred years. It is said to be the longest continually running daily cartoon in American journalism.
Tim McCarver – 2019
Tim McCarver won three Emmy Awards for his sports analysis on television. The former St. Louis Cardinal catcher has done play-by-play on all four major TV networks and was in the booth for a record 24 World Series. After he stepped down from network baseball broadcasts he continued in the booth doing Cardinal Baseball for Fox Sports Midwest. In 1992 he served as a host on CBS-TV of the Winter Olympics. McCarver captured the Ford C. Frick Award and was inducted into the announcers’ wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
Tom O’Neal – 2019
Tom O’Neal’s first TV job was behind the cameras at KCMO in Kansas City. After college graduation from UMKC, he worked as a news anchor at KFVS in Cape Girardeau, moving to KSD-TV two years later. He was at Channel 5 for 15 years, followed by 25 years at KTVI. Tom received national awards for his medical reporting and was named 2016 Media Personality of the Year by the St. Louis Press Club. He retired in 2015 after an on-air run of 41 years on St. Louis TV.
Jack Galmiche – 2019
Jack Galmiche was president and CEO of the Nine Network from 2006 until his passing in 2019. In the 13 years he was at the helm, the organization’s community engagement efforts were expanded, becoming a national model for public media. Galmiche expanded the reach of the station’s programming and content through four local channels and digital distribution. He encouraged the production of programs that addressed specific local issues and oversaw development of the Nine Center for Public Engagement, a first of its kind community engagement center. He presided over the design and installation of the Public Media Commons, the shared outdoor plaza between Nine Network and St. Louis Public Radio in Grand Center.
Fred Caesar – 2019
Fred Caesar began his television career as an intern at KMOX-TV. By the age of 20 he was the producer of the station’s weekend newscasts while still a student at Washington University. Upon graduation he became a full-time station employee, even dabbling in on-air reporting. He moved to KSD-TV five years later and became assistant news director, also serving as news director for KSD radio. Later he moved to Harrisburg, PA where he was executive news director for a multi-station broadcast group, then to Portland, Maine, as news director, where he received a regional Emmy.
Dave Murray – 2018
Dave Murray introduced nightly meteorology to local St. Louis news weathercasting. When they hired him in 1976 at age 22, KSD-TV took a chance on the new kid devoted to explaining weather incorporating new technology with moving color graphics. The result made weather more understandable, relevant, and popular. Murray continued introducing new technologies even going on air from his home in the middle of the night during storms. This blend caught the attention of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “World News This Morning” in 1983 when he moved to New York. Later he returned to his beloved St. Louis, weathercasting on KTVI-TV for 28 years. He won 12 local Emmy awards over a 42-year career.