Terry is a native Daytonian whose interest in broadcasting started in elementary school when a teacher had classmates read a couple of sentences into a tape recorder. Although intrigued by hearing his voice, Terry was fascinated with the electronics and by high school thought he might go into broadcast engineering.
While at Chaminade High School in the early 60s, Terry came across an article on how to build an FM wireless microphone. He built it and it worked. Not content with just a microphone, Terry put together a make-shift mixer to feed the little transmitter and occasionally broadcast to friends in the neighborhood. He even called the station WDTN-FM (at the time Channel 2 was still WLW-D). Was Terry to become an announcer or an engineer? Only time would tell.
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But it was in Piqua where Terry would get his first break, when the owner had Terry audition by reading discarded AP wire copy. That owner was Oscar Baker, father of Newscenter 7s Steve Baker. Oscar was so impressed with Terry’s talent that he hired him for the Sunday afternoon and evening shift.
While a student at the University of Dayton, Terry also worked at the university’s WVUD-FM and several evenings each week served as a camera operator and announcer at WKEF-TV.
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As a graduating senior at the University of Dayton, Terry won the James O. Shouse Award from AVCO Broadcasting Corporation, named for a pioneering broadcasting executive at AVCO. It was awarded for over eight years to outstanding seniors for academic and co-curricular achievements in the broadcasting arts.
After graduation, Terry worked at WKEF-TV as a Master Control Operator and for an additional $35.00 a week, announcing duties. Terry was also the first director of the children’s program “Clubhouse 22” with Malcolm McCloud.
Terry eventually got a job at WING Radio. It was always his dream to work at the radio station he listened to as a teenager. And Terry had the honor of hosting a weekly requests show for members of the military and their families.
In 1970, Terry joined the WING News department, which at the time was Dayton’ largest all radio news organization. Terry and Kathy O’Connor Bow became WING’s first airborne traffic reporters with their “Skywatch” trafic reports.
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But WING would not be the only place for Terry, he was lured to WHIO radio in 1980 to work for Winston Hoehner. During his time at WHIO, Terry was the first news anchor at WHKO in 1989 when WHIO-FM changed to modern country. Terry also became an experienced video editor for Newscenter 7.
In 2004, Terry took his anchoring duties to WLW in Cincinnati. Known as “The Nation’s Station” in the 30s, that moniker was true again during Terry’s tenure as WLW was simulcast on XM Satellite Radio. But the commute became too much and Terry decided to retire at 47 years in the business.
But in December of 2012, the new owner of Piqua’s WPTW invited alumni of the station to celebrate its 65th anniversary and somehow was talked into coming back. Thanks to the internet, Terry can provide newscasts for the Piqua station from the comfort of his home studio.
During all those years in broadcasting, Terry has served the community well with “Habitat for Humanity,” and and is a reader for Goodwill Easter Seals Radio Reading Service for the visually impaired. He is also a volunteer audio technician for his church choir and webmaster for a couple of local non-profit organizations.
Thanks to his desire, perseverance and hard work, Terry joins a select few who have been in broadcasting for over 50 years.
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