Vagabond Broadcaster Gypsy TV Guy

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Recalling a turbulent career in television broadcasting, questioning fate, chance, and coincidence; little did G L Rockey know when he switched majors at Michigan State University from Restaurant Management to Communication that it would be the beginning (1963) of a career in television broadcasting that would last some thirty plus years.

Working in various television positions from Cameraman to Studio Supervisor to Producer/Director to Program Manager at eleven television stations (thirteen if you count scab work) in various size markets from Terre Haute to San Antonio to Phoenix and many in between; he ended up as manager of Cleveland Ohio’s iconic Jim’s Steak House.

He concludes (predestination aside) that you can’t blame the decisions you make on Fate. The instances that Fate presents may be unplanned, but you choose what you will do with the pop-ups that occur willy-nilly in your garden of life.

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