Indiana Broadcast History Archive

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Howard Caldwell's 1994 Retirement Special, celebrating 35 years with Channel 6.
Producers: Augusta Brennan, Judy Carbone, Shiree Woody
Executive Producer: Jim Bowden
Director: Don Baker

Howard Caldwell Retirement Special: 35 years of making a difference 
50:19 minutes and 36:11 minutes 
(Notes by Ayan Saklani, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021 )
35 Years of Making a Difference  

Video (50:20)  

First Video
00:08 video starts, black and white of man (Caldwell?) at news desk 

00:18 narrator talks about this special program about Caldwell on his retirement 

1:38 Dana talks about the guests who will be in the program 

2:05 A clip of Howard Caldwell dancing 

2:25 Howard explaining why he started his own newspaper 

5:00 His first job 

7:15 Someone said Howard will never make it in a big market like Indy 

7:25 A clip of Howard’s audition 

7:40 Says his job position and how he moved up 

8:20 Talks about Howard’s news in India 

10:45 Mike Ahern saying he’s going to miss Howard. 

11:40 Talks about how he got the meeting with India’s prime minister 

12:30-13:17 People wishing him a happy retirement 

15:00 A story with his grandchildren 

16:20 Story with his wife 

21:25 Talks about how he wrote 2 books on his typewriter 

24:00 People who he worked with talk about him 

25:30 Howard talk about the people he worked with 

28:32 Howard produced and anchored channel 6 

35:00 Says Herman B Well’s was his favorite interview 

40:30 Talks about the important people he has interviewed 

43:00 Final interview with Howard 

46:37 Howard’s tribute video 
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Second Video 

5:30 It seems to me that Howard Caldwell is narrating this story over Bobby Knight 

6:07 A shot of Howard and Bobby walking together 

8:00-end People congratulating him on his retirement 

So, this link was a little different than the first link. In this link, it had the same 50-minute video as the first link but it also had a second video that talked about Bobby Knight, basketball, and with videos of people congratulating him on his retirement.  

35 Years of Making a Difference  

Video (50:20)  
(Notes by Ayan Saklani, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021 )

00:08 video starts, black and white of man (Caldwell?) at news desk 

00:18 narrator talks about this special program about Caldwell on his retirement 

1:38 Dana talks about the guests who will be in the program 

2:05 A clip of Howard Caldwell dancing 

2:25 Howard explaining why he started his own newspaper 

5:00 His first job 

7:15 Someone said Howard will never make it in a big market like Indy 

7:25 A clip of Howard’s audition 

7:40 Says his job position and how he moved up 

8:20 Talks about Howard’s news in India 

10:45 Mike Ahern saying he’s going to miss Howard. 

11:40 Talks about how he got the meeting with India’s prime minister 

12:30-13:17 People wishing him a happy retirement 

15:00 A story with his grandchildren 

16:20 Story with his wife 

21:25 Talks about how he wrote 2 books on his typewriter 

24:00 People who he worked with talk about him 

25:30 Howard talk about the people he worked with 

28:32 Howard produced and anchored channel 6 

35:00 Says Herman B Well’s was his favorite interview 

40:30 Talks about the important people he has interviewed 

43:00 Final interview with Howard 

46:37 Howard’s tribute video