Longtime local television news anchor in Buffalo dies at 87
Irv Weinstein
BUFFALO  N.Y. (AP) â A longtime local television news anchor in Buffalo  New York  known for his "rapid-fire delivery and famous alliteration" has died.  Irv Weinstein  was 87.
WKBW-TV  where  Weinstein  had worked for 34 years  says he died Tuesday in Costa Mesa  California  after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's disease  also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  or ALS.
The television station says  Weinstein  was hired by WKBW-Radio as a newscaster and news director in 1958. Six years later   he  became an anchor and news director at WKBW-TV.  He  retired on Dec. 31  1998  a day that was proclaimed "Irv Weinstein Day" in Erie County.
 Weinstein  was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1998  and the New York State Broadcasters Association in 2006.
 He  moved to California after  his  retirement.
BUFFALO  N.Y. (AP) â A longtime local television news anchor in Buffalo  New York  known for his "rapid-fire delivery and famous alliteration" has died.   [TGT] was 87.
WKBW-TV  where   [TGT] had worked for 34 years  says he died Tuesday in Costa Mesa  California  after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's disease  also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  or ALS.
The television station says   [TGT] was hired by WKBW-Radio as a newscaster and news director in 1958. Six years later   he  became an anchor and news director at WKBW-TV.  He  retired on Dec. 31  1998  a day that was proclaimed "Irv Weinstein Day" in Erie County.
  [TGT] was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1998  and the New York State Broadcasters Association in 2006.
  [TGT]   moved to California after   [TGT]   retirement.