Meet the announcer who made small talk with anchors live on TV | WABC-TV 75th Anniversary Moment

Monday, June 5, 2023
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- WABC is celebrating 75 years on the air this summer! Channel 7 went on the air on Aug. 10, 1948.

Ahead of the big day, we look back and remember our longtime show announcer, Gil Hodges.
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Hodges began his career in 1938, first on the radio and then on TV. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he introduced the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. shows from his small booth right next to the control room.

Sometimes, you could catch Hodges making small talk with then anchors Tom Snyder and Kaity Tong.
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