[BC] Frank Stanton is dead

[Glen Kippel]

I had heard that Arthur Godfrey kept getting memos on which was printed at
the top, "From the Desk of Frank Stanton."  Godfrey just kept throwing them
in the wastebasket.  Finally a coworker said, "Aren't you going to answer
those memos?"  Godfrey replied, "No.  I never correspond with furniture."

On 12/25/06, Scott Fybush <scott at fybush.com> wrote:
>
> Probably one of the very last of the top management people from the
> Golden Age of Radio, Frank Stanton did a little of everything along the
> way, starting in research but playing a key role in the political
> battles over color TV standards and freedom of the press - not to
> mention being responsible for CBS' incredibly high graphic standards
> over the years.
>
> The NYT obit (which has probably been sitting in the can since the early
> 70s) is quite comprehensive...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ynz6vl
>
> Of course, the publicity today will be all about James Brown, instead.
> Hopefully there's someone working at the Broadcast Center today who
> still remembers the Stanton era and can remind Katie (or whoever's
> filling in for her tonight) to at least mention his passing on the
> Evening News.
>
> s
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