WEBR Newsradio 970 Tribute Page

A 2003 gathering organized by Mark Hamrick started people to thinking: Whatever happened to the news staffers of WEBR Newsradio 970 in Buffalo, N.Y., who were there between 1976 and 1993? (And if you want to see some pictures of some of the staffers, now and then, click here.)

So we started tracking them down. And here are the results. Click on the name if you want to send an e-mail to that person. And feel free to send additions and corrections to the Webmaster:

Jonathan Aiken - American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.

Sam Anson - Retired, South Carolina

Budd Bailey - Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY

Teresa Beaton-Corrigan - Teacher, Buffalo, NY

Pam Benson - CNN, Washington, D.C.

Jim Berryman - WNED-FM, Buffalo, NY

Jacqueline Boulden - Freelance producer, Philadelphia, PA

Steve Boyd -- Attorney, O'Brien & Boyd, Buffalo, NY

Scott Brown - WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY

Eileen Buckley - WBFO Radio, Buffalo, NY

Barbara Burns - WBEN Radio, Buffalo, NY

Ann (Reynolds) Carden - SUNY-Fredonia, Fredonia, NY

Rev. Mark Charlton - Ansonia, CT

Marc Chodorow - Chodorow Associates, Los Angeles, CA

Sarah (Britton) Cote - New England Financial Credit Union, Williston, VT

Dave Debo - WBEN Radio, Buffalo, NY

Mike Desmond - WNED-AM, Buffalo, NY

Kristen (Greisman) Etu - Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

Marty Gleason - West Seneca, NY

Toby Gold - Manager - Catholic Family Center, Rochester, NY

Cheryl (Doherty) Hagen - Metro Traffic, Buffalo, NY

Dawn Hamilton - WNED-TV, Buffalo, NY

Paul Hamilton - WGR Radio, Buffalo, NY

Mark Hamrick - Associated Press Radio, Washington, D.C.

Celeste Harwell - Time Style & Design magazine, New York, NY

Lauri Githens Hatch - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, NY

Allyssa (Mark) Hillger - Nurse, Columbus, Ohio

Paul Hollie - Safeco, Seattle, WA

Anne Hornickel - Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.

Father Bob Kantor - You can figure out his job in Florida.

Dennis Keefe - WHTT Radio, Buffalo, NY

Karen Keefe - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, Lockport, NY

Dave Kerner - WSCR Radio, Chicago, IL

Jack Kinnicutt -- Monroe County Region of the Empire State Development Corp., Rochester, NY

Bruce Allen Kolesnick - University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Rich Komonchak - Standard Radio News, Washington, D.C.

Jack Krieger - Attorney, Krieger & Farley, P.A., Port St. Lucie, FL

Dan Lenard - East Amherst, NY

Leon Thomas Lewek - Buffalo-Niagara Partnership, Buffalo, NY

Sharon Linstedt - News Department, Buffalo News, Buffalo NY

Greg Lucas -- Fox Sports Southwest, Houston, TX

Suzanne Lysak - KDOC-TV, Santa Ana, California

John Martin - Save The Bay (Southern New England)

Harold McNeil - Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY

Mary Jo Melone - St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL

Jim Militello - Associated Press Radio, Washington, D.C.

Jeff Morrison - WGR Radio, Buffalo, NY

Greg Mott - Washington Post, Washington, DC

Sharon (Friedlander) Newman - MSNBC, Secaucus, NJ.

Lou Paonessa -- P.R. Director, Niagara C.C.C., Sanborn, NY

Dave Prohaska - Ececutive Producer, WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, PA

Jeanne Ptak - Lawyer, Buffalo, NY

Cheryl (Hartl) Ranney - Housewife, Buffalo, NY

Bill Raffel - Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

Michelle Layer Rahal -- Education Producer, Windwalker, McLean, VA

Jim Ranney - WNED-AM, Buffalo, NY

Maureen Rasp-Glose - Verizon, Buffalo, NY

John Reiss - MSNBC, New York, NY

George Richert - WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY

Randy Rosen - Semi-retired (worked in health care), Northbrook, IL

Bill Rosinski - Carolina Panthers, Charlotte, NC

Scott Sackett - WNED-FM, Buffalo, NY

Karen Sacks - New Jersey

Eric Scott - VP/News, Milennium Radio New Jersey

David Seals -- Assistant News Director, WAVY, Portsmouth, Va.

Jack Sheehan - Communications Manager, Eden Prairie, MN

Debbie Silverman - University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Jola Simon - Buffalo, NY

Phil Smith - Under Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, State of Connecticut.

Brad Steiger - Retired, Tonawanda, NY

John Stempin - National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.

Shay Stevens - National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.

Mike St. Peter - News Director, WVIT-TV, Hartford, CT

Kate (Prohaska) Sullivan - Inkeeper, Haddonfield, NJ

Steve Tawa - KYW Radio, Philadelphia, PA

Carla Taylor - Fire Dept., Buffalo, NY (plus part-time at WBLK)

George Tekmitchov - Easton Sports

Laura (Glass) Thomas - Housewife, Buffalo, NY

Andy Thomas - Syndicated talk-show host, Columbia, SC (among others)

Scott Thomas - Business First, Buffalo, NY

Maria Todd - Houston, TX

Mary Travers - Town Supervisor, Orchard Park, NY

Cynthia Wallace - MediaStory, New York, NY, area

David Waples -- Corporate Communications Manager, Fairview, Pennsylvania

Diane Ward - New York State School Boards Association, Albany, NY

Pete Weber - Nashville Predators, Nashville, TN

Mark Webster - Business First, Buffalo, NY

Doug Whiteman - Associated Press, Columbus, Ohio.

Judy Wichrowski - WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, NY

Monica Wilson - WBEN Radio, Buffalo, NY

Bill Wyatt - Senior editor, Voice of America, Washington, D.C.

Who are we looking for? Mike Allen, Ricky Banks, Kent Benzinger, Bruce Dixon, Kevin Gordon, Marian Heatherly, Denise Jackson, Jim Lane, Dan Lynch, Cynthia McKoy, Ken Stepian, Tom Wright. (In some cases, we know where they are but don't have a title.)

And we miss: Steve Coryell, Jerry Fedell, John Gill, Larry Hatzi, Brad Krohn, Jack Mahl, Kim Morey, Dave Prescott, Jim Pyrce, Bob Wells, Phil Soisson.

In case you are wondering, this is a big enough project without searching out the jazz staff, engineers or the weekend dj's ... but we don't want to overlook their contributions, either. So thanks, guys. Maybe someone can do a "Jazz in the Nighttime" tribute page.