News

When the music stops on WQAM That’s News...

WQAM presented five minutes of news and weather every hour at :55 titled “The WQAM Intelligence Report”. In the sixties, during the day, Robert Kaye was the primary newsman and news director.

The following text, pictures and newscast are courtesy of Charlie Perez, formerly of WQAM’s news department:

I WAS 12 YEARS OLD……wow, can’t believe it! I wrote a letter to Jack Sandler…I should have been a salesman, and convinced him to buy me a scanner.  I would listen to the fire department dispatches and go to the scene of fires and report back. They bought it.  That was the start of me working for WQAM.  Six months later, at 13, I was in the newsroom writing news. At that time, you could never read the same story twice, so each hour, the story had to be rewritten…I did that for many years. - Charlie Perez

Paul Rusk (News Director, Jack Sandler (General manager) and Charlie Perez (1958)

Jack Sandler (General manager), Paul Rusk (News Director and Charlie Perez (1958)

Listen to Charlie Perez’ first newscast March 24, 1963

Robert Kaye, WQAM’s News Announcer during the Sixties
He is now a judge in Miami.

Feb. 21, 1970, Bill Hampton is featured as the newsman at :55.

Listen to
Robert Kaye news sign off - Top of the hour (Later 60s)

Feb. 21, 1970:
 “WQAM News for four years has been the recipient of the National Award by the Associated Press.”

12/09/1972 “Hear WQAM News at :55”

Mornings

Afternoons

John Joyce

Paul Roberts

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News Studio - Miami Beach - 1967
Courtesy of Johnny Knox