A very Happy Birthday Mike (June 28)
Mike Eisgrau
WNEW 1967-1991
Mike Eisgrau is no stranger to the media or to public relations. For over ten years, Mike was the director of public affairs for the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York. He was responsible for all public relations and print and broadcast media contact, including acting as the spokesman for the premier, world-class convention facility and as the PR contact with major government, trade show management and convention center officials from around the world.From the other side of the news desk, Mike has a career’s worth of experience as a reporter, editor and news director in both radio and television. As broadcast news editor for WWOR-TV in New Jersey, Mike was responsible for “Magazine” or “Enterprise” news stories produced by a staff of more than a dozen reporters. As news and copy editor for “Good Day New York” for WNYW-TV, Mike was responsible for writing and editing hourly and half-hourly newscasts on Fox TV’s New York morning show. For over twenty years, Mike served as a reporter, editor and news director for WNEW Radio News in New York, one of the nation’s premier local broadcast newsrooms of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. He covered major local and national stories, including the funerals of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; the Democratic and Republican conventions; state gubernatorial and presidential candidates on the campaign trail; and the 1969 Woodstock music festival. Mike holds a BA in Literature and Speech and Drama from Cornell University and an MSJ in broadcast news from the Medill from Northwestern University.
..Bio from the WNEW1130.com archives.
Mike…I’m almost 2 months late, and no…I DON’T expect you to remember me, but Happy Belated from Don Paul, a copyboy at WNEW 71-72. I can still hear your voice, and those of the other greats I was privileged to learn from…Bruce, Gash, Jim Donnelly, Ray Rice, Wasser, Stein, Lyons, Jones, Ruderman, Cipolla, Ed Brown, Marty Glickman and our/your wonderful slate of personalities from Gene to Willy to Julie to Ted. Hope you are well, even if you have no clue who I am.
Happy birthday Mike! Hope you are doing well. Look forward to talking soon. Doug
I’ve been a fan of Mike’s for a long time—-in fact for 84 years.
Wait a minute—-that’s me!
Thank you Marianne for thinking of me.
The Grau is still kick in’—-with homes and offices in Manhattan and Englewood (Sarasota) Florida.
Many Happy returns, ‘Grau. Hope all is well.