News men Jack McCoy & Sam Jones
Jack McCoy with WSA-eye in the
sky plane and mobile units
1960'S
THE ERA OF
CIVIL RIGHTS
Sam Jones reporting from a civil
rights march
NEWS DIRECTOR
ROD WILLIAMS
BREAKS THE BARRIER!
HIREING
Cincinnati's first afro american
newscaster in a non ethnic radio station.
TOM HENREY OF SPRINGFIELD OHIO
(no photos available)
Mr. Henrey was a man of integrity
and uncommon courage.
and WSAI radio
was enriched by his professionalism
Reporting
at
120 mph
Rod Williams
&
WSAI engineer Fred Williams
sky dive at Cincinnati's lunken
air field during "Armed Forces Day"
(with a live free fall commentary
by Rod)
news men Jack Stahl and Paul Rogers
newsman Walt Turner with Cincinnati
Reds manager Dave Bristol
Sam Jones, U.C. professor Sam Wilson,
news director Williams & Jack McCoy
NEWS DIRECTOR ROD WILLIAMS
WITH
Ohio Govenor John J. Gilligan &
Congressman
Robert Taft Jr.
Williams & Bobby Kennedy
With Dr. Sam Shepard
Rod Williams with President Reagan
and President Nixon
WSAI
IN
VIETNAM
News Director Williams
in Saigon
Robert Taft Jr., Williams and wounded
Marine
On the ground
or
In the Air
THE STORY OF VIETNAM WAS
REPORTED TO THE MID WEST
W S A I RADIO WAS CITED FOR
"EXCELLENCE"
IN
JOURNALISM
CINCINNATI CITY COUNCIL
A RESOLUTION
Commending radio station WSAI and
Mr. Rod Williams, The station's News director, for
exceptional public service to the
citizens of the greater Cincinnati area.
WHEREAS,
in July of 1966, Mr. Rod Williams,
news director of WSAI made a tour to the combat
zone of Vietnam, obtaining taped
interviews with u.s. servicemen from the greater
Cincinnati area,and
WHEREAS,
during the aforesaid tour, Mr.
Williams filmed a documentary featuring local servicemen
and said film has been shown through
out the midwest, now therefored
BE IT RESOLVED
by the council of the city
of Cincinnati, state of Ohio:
that the members of council hereby
commend radio station WSAI and News Director
Rod Williams for exceptional public
service to the citizens of the greater Cincinnati
area by reason of Mr. Williams
filmed and taped interviews of local servicemen serving
with the U.S. military om the combat
zone of Vietnam.
attest Dale Schmidt clerk passed
December 14 a.d., 1966
107TH OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
A resolution
by
Messrs. Maloney-Aronoff
To commend radio station WSAI of
Cincinnati and Rod Williams ,News Director for their
contribution of exceptional public
service to the citizens of Cincinnati and the state of Ohio.
WHEREAS,
The members of the senate
of the 107th Ohio Gneral Aassembly are keenly award that the
armed conflict in vietnam is formost
in the minds of most Americans; and
WHEREAS.
The american people desire to keep
abreast of her valiant sons and daughters who are
sacrificing their lives in the
act of fighting for. and defending the cause of freedom and
democracy; and
WHEREAS.
the risking of one's life to bring
"home' the true story of the conflict is in keeping with the
spirit and tradition of what is
well recognized as the best in American news reporting; and
WHEREAS,
Mr. Rod Williams, News Director
of WSAI radio station, in upholding this tradition
of on the spot reporting has traveld
to the very scene of the action and brought back to
the greater Cincinnati area and
the state, memorable news and taped interviews with the
loyal sons and daughters of Ohio
who are courageously serving our nation in the Vietnam
theater; therefore be it
RESOLVED.
that the members of the 107th Ohio
General assembly, by adopting this resolution and causing a
copy therof to be spread upon the pages of this journal, hereby pay
tribute and commend radio station WSAI and Mr. Rod Williams for their outstanding
public contribution in bringing to the citizens of Ohio, and in particular
to the citizens of the
greater Cincinnati area, un excelled
news coverage and reporting through this out
standing and unselfish efforts
expended by Mr. Williams in Vietnam ; and be it
further
RESOLVED,
That the clerk of the Senate transmit
a duly authorized copy of this resolution to
radio station WSAI and Mr. Rod
Williams
I Thos.E. Bateman, hereby certify
that the above is a true and correct copy of the
senate Resolution number 6, adopted
by the Ohio Senate, Jan. 10th 1967.
A salute to Newsman Sam Jones
who produced the sound tracks
for all broadcast and filmed segments
of the
VIETNAM STORY
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