Local author and photograph Bill Shull will be on hand Thursday, July 14th to discuss the highlights of both local and national television history as part of the Rehoboth Beach Museum summer lecture series.
Did you know that the famous “Voice of God” of classic NFL Film Highlights, John Facenda, was first a pioneering TV newsman in Philadelphia who helped spur the development of the local TV news programming formats that we see today? This and other fascinating tidbits of both local and national television history will be revealed when local author and photographer Bill Shull takes on the topic, “See More About It- The History of Philly TV.”
Shull will also take on topics like “how a Philadelphia radio personality Dick Clark turned a local teen-age dance show, Bandstand, into the national icon American Bandstand,” and will share highlights about the many television stars of today who had their start in the Philadelphia TV scene of the ‘50s and ‘60s, such as Ed McMahon, Ernie Kovacs, David Brenner, Kelly Ripa, Tom Snyder, and Brian Williams.
Shull will appear at the Rehoboth Museum on Thursday, July 14th at 7 p.m. Reservations are required and a $5 donation is suggested. For more information and save your seat, call 302-227-7310
The Rehoboth Museum is located at 511 Rehoboth Avenue, next to the Visitors Center.
Shull is the author of the book, Philadelphia Television, which chronicles with 200 vintage images the growth of television from its earliest days in Philadelphia. The book is part of Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series. A long-time Philadelphia TV news producer, Shull is currently a freelance producer, television consultant, and owner of BillShullPhotography.com. He lives in Lewes, DE.
Picture Caption (WCAU) – John Facenda, later famous as NFL Film and Highlights narrator “The Voice of God,” is pictured (Center right in dark suit) at iconic Philadelphia TV station WCAU in the early 1950’s.
