Post by Travis on Aug 25, 2008 1:20:45 GMT -5
It's been good seeing Jerry Leitzell's name here and on the 79WAKY tribute site. I had the pleasure of working with Jerry at Elizabethtown's Quicksie (WQXE) during the summer & fall of 1974. Jerry was very professional at what he did and it's no surprise that he went on to do news for both WHAS and WAKY. He was also very courteous to work with; not pushy or demanding at all. If I had a problem with getting him on the air, on time, he didn't get all bent out of shape about it. Very, very laid back, as can be heard in his final newscast on WHAS.
I believe Jerry was one of the few media representatives selected to tour the gold vault at Fort Knox. At that time, there was considerable controversy over whether, or not, there was actually any gold in the vault and Jerry was one of the lucky ones to get selected to go inside to see for himself and to report his findings. For some reason I can't recall how that turned out. Perhaps Jerry will write about his experience here or point me to where I can read it, elsewhere. It seems like I did read about it, but it's been so long.
Amazing, that back in '74 people actually believed there was no gold in the vault at Fort Knox. Can you imagine being Jerry Leitzell, walking through that vast vault and seeing all those gold painted concrete bars stacked from the floor to the... uh... just never mind.
Anyway, good to see the bio, photos and airchecks of Jerry Leitzell on this site as well as that of 79WAKY.com
I believe Jerry was one of the few media representatives selected to tour the gold vault at Fort Knox. At that time, there was considerable controversy over whether, or not, there was actually any gold in the vault and Jerry was one of the lucky ones to get selected to go inside to see for himself and to report his findings. For some reason I can't recall how that turned out. Perhaps Jerry will write about his experience here or point me to where I can read it, elsewhere. It seems like I did read about it, but it's been so long.
Amazing, that back in '74 people actually believed there was no gold in the vault at Fort Knox. Can you imagine being Jerry Leitzell, walking through that vast vault and seeing all those gold painted concrete bars stacked from the floor to the... uh... just never mind.
Anyway, good to see the bio, photos and airchecks of Jerry Leitzell on this site as well as that of 79WAKY.com