Donald
Hemgren Weston
(1927 - 1976) |
Donald was
a true pioneer of radio news broadcasting, respected
and revered by both colleagues and competitors.
His three-times-a-day broadcasts on KGVO earned
him the reputation as possibly the most powerful
man in Missoula in the early 1960s. Weston's reporting
was aggressive but fair, always focused toward the
human side of the news. His coverage of the 1959
Yellowstone earthquake won him the prestigious Sigma
Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism.
Weston fought a lifelong battle with diabetes which
impaired his eyesight and eventually claimed his
life just weeks after his election to the Montana
Senate. As one colleague recalls, "Don Weston
committed himself to the to the project or the story
completely." |
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HALL OF FAME - Donald Hemgren Weston (1927 - 1976)