From Andy Fisher
The many talented people of WNEW have many reasons to remember and honor Nat Asch. Always ready with a witticism, an idea for improving a station that was already the best, or a word of encouragement just when somebody needed it. But I have a very special reason. My long and enjoyable association with WNEW began when Nat gave me a job. It was below entry level, if that’s possible; the news department had never had a copy boy before I showed up on that December day in 1962. And Nat even promoted me sight unseen, moving me from three mornings a week to five afternoons. The job paid for meals, books, and incidentals as I stumbled through college. It wasn’t until the end of 1981 that WNEW was finally able to get rid of me, and by then, I had held just about every job in the news department short of management. And it all began with Nat, someone I am privileged to call my friend, my mentor, my treasured colleague.
Mr. Nat Asch: I remember you and Elaine so well as if it was yesterday. Your brilliant smile that took up your whole face! Thank you for your thoughts on Dad. Can’t believe I’m lucky enough to have seen this.
With warmest regards
Mandy Sullivan
Dear Nat,
Thanks for this wonderful tribute to JVBS (a/k/a Himself.)
Just FYI…. he loved you, too, very much. So did Dills and all the Sullivan kids. Your name still comes up whenever we reminisce about Dad and his love of WNEW… both AM and FM.
Warmest congrats on your 93rd year,
Sheila Lady (“Didi”) Sullivan
From Andy Fisher
The many talented people of WNEW have many reasons to remember and honor Nat Asch. Always ready with a witticism, an idea for improving a station that was already the best, or a word of encouragement just when somebody needed it. But I have a very special reason. My long and enjoyable association with WNEW began when Nat gave me a job. It was below entry level, if that’s possible; the news department had never had a copy boy before I showed up on that December day in 1962. And Nat even promoted me sight unseen, moving me from three mornings a week to five afternoons. The job paid for meals, books, and incidentals as I stumbled through college. It wasn’t until the end of 1981 that WNEW was finally able to get rid of me, and by then, I had held just about every job in the news department short of management. And it all began with Nat, someone I am privileged to call my friend, my mentor, my treasured colleague.
Mr. Nat Asch: I remember you and Elaine so well as if it was yesterday. Your brilliant smile that took up your whole face! Thank you for your thoughts on Dad. Can’t believe I’m lucky enough to have seen this.
With warmest regards
Mandy Sullivan
Dear Nat,
Thanks for this wonderful tribute to JVBS (a/k/a Himself.)
Just FYI…. he loved you, too, very much. So did Dills and all the Sullivan kids. Your name still comes up whenever we reminisce about Dad and his love of WNEW… both AM and FM.
Warmest congrats on your 93rd year,
Sheila Lady (“Didi”) Sullivan
Dear Nat,
In a comment only you will understand, “Clancy! Lower the boom!”
Miss you.
Gil Gross