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Video bio of Ed Spray, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2019;
Seymour, Indiana, native Ed Spray earned his bachelor’s degree in radio-television with a minor in journalism from Indiana University. He worked as a producer-director for IU Radio and Television Services and then became a film editor and cameraman at WISH-TV in Indianapolis. In 1966, Spray became producer-director for WMAQ-TV in Chicago and won five Emmy Awards. In 1974, he moved across town to WBBM-TV, the CBS-owned station, where as program director he led one of commercial television’s most honored programming operations, winning nearly all of television’s best-known awards, including National Emmys, two Peabody Awards, and more than 75 local Emmys. Spray transferred to CBS-owned KCBS-TV in Los Angeles in 1986 and served as station manager before being promoted to vice president of programming and development for all CBS-owned stations. In 1994, he joined the E.W. Scripps Company where he was a co-founder of the Home and Garden Cable Television Network, HGTV. The company later acquired the Food Network and under Spray’s leadership launched two more cable networks: DIY and Fine Living. Spray retired as president of Scripps Networks in 2005.
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Ed Spray’s legacy in the world of television includes dozens of industry awards, the programming of five CBS television stations and the creation of three cable networks. It culminates in his tenure as president of Scripps Networks, home of HGTV and the Food Network. But it begins in IU’s Radio-Television Building.
Spray left his hometown of Seymour, Indiana, to major in radio and television with a minor in journalism at IU. He served as president of Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Society, vice president of his fraternity Kappa Delta Rho and member of the IU Student Foundation. He also earned spare change by shooting film of campus activities for Indianapolis TV stations. Upon graduating in 1963, he married Donna Cornwell, a fellow IU student pursuing a bachelor’s and master’s degree in elementary education.
As he worked toward his master’s degree in communications at IU, Spray served as a part-time producer/director for IU Radio and Television Services. He graduated in 1969 and landed his first job as a film editor at WISH-TV Indianapolis, eventually moving on to WMAQ-TV Chicago, an NBC-owned television station. There, Spray gradually rose to producer/director and won five Chicago Emmy Awards during his next nine years of work.
Spray left WMAQ but stayed in Chicago, taking a job as director of broadcasting at CBS-owned station WBBM-TV. There, he led one of the most prolific and celebrated programming operations in commercial television, earning nearly all of the industry’s most iconic and coveted awards, including two national Emmys, two Peabodys, several DuPont Columbia Awards, Edward R. Murrow documentary awards and more than 75 local Emmys.
In 1986, Spray transferred to Los Angeles CBS-owned station KCBS, where he served as station manager. He was eventually promoted to a CBS corporate vice president position, which put him in charge of developing national programming for the CBS Television Stations group.
Spray left Los Angeles six years later, in 1992, opting to transition to higher education full-time. He taught as an associate professor at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Communications.
In 1994, he was hired by the E.W. Scripps Company to launch a home and garden cable television network, better known now as HGTV. He co-founded the network and was initially responsible for producing, scheduling and promoting HGTV content. Two years later, the company acquired the Food Network and assigned Spray to lead the relaunch of the network with the new highly successful format it uses today. In 1999, the company started its third network — DIY — and established Scripps Networks, naming Spray president. In his time as president, the company launched a fourth network — now called the Cooking Channel, launched HGTV Canada and acquired two more existing cable networks.
Spray retired in 2005 and was named a distinguished professor of journalism and communications at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where he taught for four years. He was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2012, the Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored him with membership in the Chicago Silver Circle, an award that recognized his outstanding contributions to Chicago television.
Jerry Springer recounts his involvement with the youth-led effort to lower the voting age in Ohio, his testimony before Congress, and youth political attitudes then and now.
An advertisement for Sprite featuring two stop-motion animated mannequin heads on a beach who talk about the appeals of the product. A female vocalist sings a jingle about the crispness of Sprite over shots of the product being poured into a glass. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which two statue heads in a park discuss how bells go off each time someone opens a bottle of Sprite. A female voice sings a jingle over images of Sprite bottles in a cooler of ice. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which two head bust statues in a museum try to talk to a bottle of Sprite sitting on display next to them. A female voice sings a jingle over images of Sprite being poured into a glass of ice. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which offscreen narration and a jingle about the tart and crackly qualities of the product play over winter scenes of young people skiing, tobogganing, and sledding. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
An advertisement for Sprite in which a jingle plays over close-ups of the product being poured into and served from a party punch bowl. An offscreen male narrator describes the tart and tingling qualities of new Sprite & Spice flavor varieties. Submitted for the Clio Awards.
"Safer Together 2023" made by Srikar Devulapalli, was selected as runner up winning video in "Safety Together: An Archival Remix Contest" organized by Indiana University Libraries.
In Spring 2023, IU Libraries launched its first ever archival remix contest with support from the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Collections. In response to the alarming number of bike and pedestrian accidents and deaths, participants were invited to create a short, compelling video using archival footage to raise awareness about street safety.
All videos were judged by a Review Board in categories of originality, quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of raising awareness around street safety.
As a runner-up, Srikar received a prize of $500!
Full website: https://libraries.indiana.edu/safer-together
An advertisement for St. John's packaged bread in which a narrator traces the history of schwarzbrot to the brand's product. Submitted for Clio Awards category Baked Goods.
Video bio of Terri Stacey inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2020;
Terri Lynn Stacy was born in the small town of Knightstown in Henry County, Indiana. In 1985, Stacy was hired as the receptionist for WIBC-FM in Indianapolis. After winning “Employee of the Year” in 1989, Stacy was rewarded with a guest stint on the morning show on WIBC-FM, hosted by Jeff Pigeon. Stacy was such an instant hit that station managers decided to continue having her co-host the morning show, even though she was still working her full-time job as the station’s receptionist. In less than a year, the station made her a full-time on-air personality and morning show co-host. She would continue in that role, despite the ever-changing radio landscape, for more than 20 years. In 2010, Stacy finally stepped down from the morning drive and began a new direction as the traffic reporter for WIBC-FM. Since 2005, Stacy has hosted “The First Day Sunday Magazine Show” and she continues as host of the “Caregiver Crossing” show on WIBC-FM. In both 2007 and 2008, Stacy was acknowledged by Indianapolis Woman magazine as the “Local Female Radio Personality of the Year.”
--Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers
Home movies shot from 1957-1959. Films document Stahr family gatherings and activity, including Elvis J. Stahr, his wife Dorothy Howland Berkfield Stahr, and his children Stephanie, Stuart, and Bradford.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Elvis J. Stahr, who served as President of Indiana University 1962-1968, recorded forty-four tapes about his life, with plans to write an autobiography. This is the first of these tapes, in which Stahr recalls his early life in Hickman, Kentucky; his parents' lives and careers; and his Grade-school education.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Elvis J. Stahr, who served as President of Indiana University 1962-1968, recorded forty-four tapes about his life, with plans to write an autobiography. This is the tenth of these tapes, in which Stahr recounts more about his time at the University of Kentucky, including President McVey, faculty, and classes. He also discusses more about the Rhodes scholarship process, college romances, and keeping up with professional sports.