Gee, how'd you guess??  ;-)
 
I was aware of Ed's history when I said that and can understand
that from a personal point of view. However, I still don't think
that his personal links to RPI hockey should affect how the station
covers one local team over another. To me, it's unprofessional.
 
-Andy
 
At 02:33 PM 2/13/99 -0500, Mark Lewin wrote:
>I assume you mean WNYT in Albany. In all fairness
>to News Director/Anchor Ed Dague, you have to understand
>his history.  Not only is he an RPI alumnus (late sixties),
>but he was a hockey sports announcer for WRPI in his
>undergraduate days. His link to RPI hockey is pretty
>personal.
>
>At 01:23 PM 2/13/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>> One TV station in particular seems *very* biased towards
>>RPI. In fact, during an interview with Dan Fridgen before the '96-'97
>>ECAC playoffs in which RPI hosted Union, the sports anchor said to
>>Fridgen in a matter-of-fact way that they were rooting for them.... I'm
>>not bitter about that, though.   ;-)
>>
>
>Mark Lewin
>RPI '69
>
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