Bill Beutel, born William Charles Beutel, Jr.¹ (December 12, 1930 – March 18, 2006) was an American journalist. He was best known for working over four decades with the American Broadcasting Company, spending much of that time anchoring newscasts for WABC-TV in New York City. is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Progress & Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1814 (village)   1836 (city) Government  - Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area [1]  - City  82. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Early Life and Career

The son of a dentist, Beutel had a lifelong dream of becoming a reporter. His boyhood idol was the legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow. Beutel graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire after a stint in the Army and studied law at the University of Michigan Law School, though he left Michigan without obtaining his law degree. While Beutel was in law school, he wrote Murrow a letter saying, "I very much wanted to be a radio journalist." Beutel received a letter back advising him to go to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... April 8, 1956: CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow talking to reporters during a stop in Wiesbaden, Germany. ... Dartmouth College is a private, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... Hanover is a town located on the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... It has been suggested that Student Funded Fellowships be merged into this article or section. ... The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is the only journalism school in the Ivy League; it awards the Pulitzer Prize and duPont-Columbia Award; co-sponsors the National Magazine Award and publishes the Columbia Journalism Review. ...

His first radio job was in Cleveland before moving to CBS Radio in New York City in 1957. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...

Television career

Beutel moved to ABC on October 22, 1962 as a reporter with ABC News and as anchor at the network's New York flagship, WABC-TV. The station had just opened up its first newsroom and created a one-hour 6:00 p.m. newscast called The Big News. WABC-TV was considered late to the game behind WNBC-TV and WCBS-TV. Beutel was doing both local and network news at a mere $20,000 a year. Among the hundreds of famous personages who were interviewed by Beutel was the African American Muslim and black nationalist leader Malcolm X. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... WNBC-TV, NBC4 is the flagship TV station of the NBC television network, with studios located in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. ... WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... Black nationalism is a political and social movement prominent in the 1960s and early 70s among African Americans in the United States. ... Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ...

Beutel left his WABC duties for two years in April 1968 to join ABC News full time as their London bureau chief. In 1970, he got a call from Al Primo, who had taken over as news director at WABC after Beutel left. Primo had brought the Eyewitness News format, in which the reporters directly presented their stories, along with him from KYW-TV in Philadelphia. He wanted Beutel to return to New York as co-anchor alongside Roger Grimsby, who had succeeded Beutel as WABC-TV's main anchor. Primo remembered Beutel's solo anchor run in the early '60s. Since Grimsby had already established a powerful presence after just two years in New York, Primo wanted a co-anchor "who could be his own man." Beutel assured Primo he could be. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... ABC News Special Report ident, circa 2006 ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... THIS PAGE INCORRECTLY REPORTS THE DEATH OF AL PRIMO. PRIMO HIMSELF TELLS THE NEWSBLUES WEB SITE ON 04/18/07 THAT HE IS VERY MUCH ALIVE, BUT THAT HIS SON, ALBERT CHRISTIAN GREG PRIMO DIED MARCH 31ST AT THE AGE OF 44 FROM AN ACCIDENTAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSE. Al Primo... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... KYW-TV, channel 3, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, owned by the CBS Corporation and affiliated with the CBS Television Network. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love endure Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country Commonwealth County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... Roger Grimsby (September 23, 1928 – June 23, 1995) was an American news anchor and actor. ...

Beutel rejoined WABC-TV on September 28, 1970 as Grimsby's co-anchor on Eyewitness News. Within three months, Beutel and Grimsby became two of the most influential personalities in television news history. Together they made Eyewitness News the most talked about news program in the country. The two worked together for 16 years, most of which was spent going back and forth with WCBS-TV for first place in the New York ratings. is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On January 6, 1975, Beutel was reassigned by ABC News and became the co-host (along with Stephanie Edwards) of a new morning show called AM America. This show, ABC's first attempt at a morning news program to compete with NBC's Today and CBS's combination of network news and Captain Kangaroo, lasted only eleven months on the air. AM America was replaced on November 3, 1975 by Good Morning America, originally anchored by David Hartman and Nancy Dussault. Beutel then returned to WABC-TV and Eyewitness News, though he maintained a presence on the network as the anchor of its 15-minute late newscasts on Saturday and Sunday nights through the late 1970s. is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Am America was a morning news program that started in 1975 with Bill Beutel and Stephanie Edwards as co-hosts. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Today, commonly referred to as The Today Show to avoid ambiguity, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... Captain Kangaroo was a childrens television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS from 1955 until 1984, then moved to the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) to air syndicated reruns of past episodes in 1992. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. ... David Hartman (born May 19, 1935, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a well-known American television personality, half brother to comedian/actor/director/telethon host Jerry Lewis, and is presently anchoring and hosting documentary programs on cable TVs History Channel and on PBS. Hartman is most known as the... Nancy Dussault (born June 30, 1936 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American singer and actress. ...

The reformed Grimsby-Beutel team kept Eyewitness News on top of the ratings through the middle 1980s, when it briefly fell to last place. Though the ratings drop was mostly associated with ABC-TV's poor primetime performance during that time, it led to Grimsby's firing in 1986. However, within a year, WABC-TV had shot back to first place and has been the ratings leader in New York ever since. After Grimsby's firing, Beutel was joined at 6 p.m. by Kaity Tong and later John Johnson, followed by a lengthy stint anchoring alone before being paired with Diana Williams in 1998. When Ernie Anastos left Eyewitness News in 1989, Beutel returned to the 11 p.m. newscast and worked with several co-anchors, including Kaity Tong, Susan Roesgen, Roz Abrams (periodically), and finally Diana Williams. Beutel was replaced at 11:00 and 6:00 in 1999 and 2001, respectively, by ABC News correspondent Bill Ritter. He spent the final two years of his career serving as a senior correspondent and occasional commentator. Beutel retired from television and ABC after 41 years on February 2003, having served as an anchor at WABC-TV for a total of 35 years, the last 31 of those continuously -- the longest run in New York television history. Bill's trademark sign off was "Good luck, and be well." Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Kaity Tong on WPIX in 1995. ... The news reporter John Johnson was a fixture in New York City news for many years. ... Diana Williams (born October 13, 1958) is currently a lead news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City, where she co-anchors the 5 p. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Ernie Anastos anchoring on WNYW in July of 2006. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Kaity Tong on WPIX in 1995. ... Roz Abrams is an African-American television journalist. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Bill Ritter (b. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for February, 2003. ...

Personal life

Beutel was married four times, first to Gail Wilder (now Gail Beutel) for twenty years, who gave birth to all of his four children. His second wife was Guiding Light soap actress, Lynn Deerfield, in 1975, followed by a brief four month marriage to Cassie in 1977. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television history. ... Lynn Deerfield was an ex-wife of former WABC-TV anchorman Bill Beutel. ...

In 1980, Beutel married Adair Atwell, a former lobbyist for the tobacco industry. He has four children (all from Gail Beutel) and eight grandchildren.

He has one sister, Marylou Henley, of Iowa City, Iowa. His son, Peter, is the president of oil industry analysis firm Cameron Hanover. His daughter, Robin Gamble, works at Kraft Foods and is married to Scot Vee Gamble who works at The Progressive magazine, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin with their five children, Skye, Kier, Antigone, Montserrat and Atticus Gamble. Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, USA. It is the principal city of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of both Johnson and Washington counties. ... The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced left-of-center perspective. ... Nickname: Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Coordinates: , Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Government  - Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area  - City 219. ...

His other daughter, Colby Beutel-Burns, lives in Chicago with her two children, and is married to Michael Burns, who works at the Chicago Field Museum, while his last daughter, Heather Fortinberry, lives in California with her son. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago The Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex called known as the Museum Campus which includes Soldier Field, the football stadium that is the home of the Chicago...

Beutel died on the afternoon of March 18, 2006, in his home in Pinehurst, North Carolina from complications of Alzheimer's disease. is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pinehurst is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. ...

References

• ^1  Ritter, Bill. "Remembering Bill Beutel", WABC-TV, March 19, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-03-19.  When Beutel was hired at WABC-TV, the news director did not like the sound of his last name. He asked him to change it to Beutel (pronounced /bjuˈtɛl/.)
• ^2  Haley, Alex (1965). The Autobiography of Malcolm X. New York: Grove, 414–415. ISBN 0-345-37671-4. 

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External link

• Bill Beutel at the Internet Movie Database