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From his wild days at Channel 17, Bill Tush has held a unique (and often funny) place in Atlanta media Bill Tush is still just damn funny. If that doesn’t immediately bring up a file in your memory banks, remember the 1970s, when Ted Turner owned Channel 17 in Atlanta, which later he branded The Superstation. Tush is the guy whose daft approach to the news earned him a cult following on “Channel 17 news early in the morning” in the 70s and 80s. That led eventually to a long-term gig as CNN Senior Entertainment Correspondent, from which he retired in 2002. He now views movies from a different perspective — as manager of a Sandy Springs movie theater. He sat down recently with
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Atlanta Senior Life contributor Mark Woolsey for an interview that produced a wealth of information about his life and times-along with a few laughs. Q. How did you wind up at the then-nascent Turner broadcast empire? A. I came down here from Pittsburgh where I’d worked in radio. I wanted to see what Atlanta was doing because I heard it was a happening town. I went in with a tape [to WGST radio] and they said they could use somebody to do the afternoon oldies shift. One Sunday afternoon I saw this TV station running old movies and realized I passed it everyday on the way to work.
MARCH 2022 | AtlantaSeniorLife.com
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