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Our local traffic reports were given by a Radio announcer as he rode the sky in a helicopter observing the flow of traffic.
In our day that reporter was Lou Hurley, and Jim Dunbar referred to the copter as "The Hurley Bird"
TV was still fairly new but
the traffic guy needed more work for KGO radio and KCBS Television.
Lou was selected to be Master
of Ceremonies for the day time movies.
The station had decided to use Lou’s home instead of a studio which
freed Lou from traveling to San Francisco
Lou’s cute small dog Myrtle
sat on the sofa with him as he introduced the next movie and Lou would give a
run down about the stars and the story behind the movie. Myrtle became almost more popular than Lou.
One day KGO cooperated in a
fund raiser against cancer and it was announced on the traffic program that
those who would call in and pledge a certain amount would enjoy a ride in the
helicopter while Lou gave the morning traffic report.
My husband Robert thought
that would be a fun thing for our daughter Becky and me, so he asked Becky to
call in and pledge for us in our roofing company’s name.
Becky and I arrived on time at the
heliport and the pilot instructed us how to enter and exit the plane and to
keep our heads down.
Lou greeted us warmly, and shook our
hands as he introduced himself and welcomed us aboard.
Everything looked so small
from the air, and Lou gave a dashing traffic report and included that he had
two beautiful ladies flying with him this morning who had responded to the fund
raiser. Then he gave an appeal for more
pledges along with a telephone number to call.
We were not as high as some
airplanes in the sky, but my daughter and I were flying high on that day!
