Ron Bacon, Liberace, and Wayne Newton
Original Airdates: Jan. 28-30, 2022
TVC 566.1: Part 2 of our final conversation with Ron Bacon, the Emmy Award-winning associate director whose four-decade career in network TV production spanned more than 12,500 broadcasts and covered just about every type of programming available. Topics this segment include the live country western music program that Ron hosted every week on WMAN radio (Mansfield, Ohio) before he entered television, and the night that a young Wayne Newton performed on his show. Ron Bacon passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21 at age ninety-one.
Ron Bacon, Shindig!, and The Super
Original Airdates: Jan. 28-30, 2022
TVC 566.2: Emmy Award-winning associate director Ron Bacon talks to Ed about the origins of the popular music variety series Shindig! (ABC, 1964-1966), as well as some of the scripted programs on which he worked, including The Super (ABC, 1972), the short-lived sitcom co-created by Rob Reiner and starring Richard Castellano. Ron Bacon passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21 at age ninety-one.
Ron Bacon, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis
Original Airdates: Jan. 28-30, 2022
TVC 566.7: Emmy Award-winning associate director Ron Bacon talks to Ed about some of the music legends that he met throughout his career, including Little Richard. Ron Bacon passed away Tuesday, Dec. 21 at age ninety-one.
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