DICK KERNEN 1938-2020
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In memory of Dick Kernen’s passing, we will feature a statement, here, from Specs Howard. December 18, 2020
SPECS HOWARD STATEMENT — DICK KERNEN’S PASSING
— Specs Howard
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(Posted by Holly Kraus on Fr., December 18, 2020. Specs Howard School of media Arts; official blog page)
REMEMBERING DICK KERNEN
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Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media noted, “Joining the Specs Howard School of Broadcasting (as it was known at the time) was the wisest — and ONLY — career move Dick ever made. He really loved helping young people get into radio. And I know of no one who has personally started more radio careers in Michigan — and maybe all over the country.”
The RAMP RADIO and MUSIC PROS page remembers the broadcasting legacy of Dick Kernen. You can view their page, HERE.
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A FINAL WORD
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He was one of a kind. Loved by his students, he was respected by his peers throughout the broadcasting medium, not only here, everywhere around the country.
With a desire to get into the radio trade at a young age, I was blessed in having him as my class instructor a long time ago. When I was just but a handful of students who attended the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts (as it was called then) in 1980-1981.
Sometime shortly after completion of my courses there, the phone rings. Dick Kernen was calling. My first stop, WJLB.
A tutor, a mentor, that he was. But Dick Kernen was more than that. For he single-handedly impacted the many lives in the profession he so loved, having served so well. For a phenomenal six decades of his life.
He was the gift that kept on giving.
Truly, a gift.
— Jim Feliciano
Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts
Graduate; SHSBA semester 1980-1981
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