Don Tillman
Don Tillman began his broadcast career in 1955 at WMRI-FM in Marion, Indiana. He attended Indiana University but transferred to Northwestern University and earned a degree in Radio and TV. He later worked at WTAF-TV in Marion and WQAD-TV in Moline, Illinois, prior to becoming vice president and station manager of WTTV-TV in Indianapolis. He moved to KTTV-TV in 1983 in Los Angeles as vice president of programming and production until 1993. His awards include four Emmys and a Gold Medal from the International Film Festival. Tillman died June 27, 2021, in Los Angeles following a short illness.
Tillman was inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2010.
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