birth_place name birth_date article_title education birth_name occupation yearsacive
the bronx , new york , u.s. dick bertel 6 january 1931 dick bertel
 new -rrb- york university , b.a. , 1952 -lrb- broadcasting richard bertelmann tv newscaster , presenter , radio & tv personality 1948-2006
dick bertel

dick bertel , born richard bertelmann -lrb- january 6 , 1931 -rrb- , is an american televinson newscaster and radio and tv personality who was active from 1948 through 2006 and who was also an executive producer for the voice of america .
cynthia lang profiled bertel for the `` wethersfield post '' , writing about his early years before arriving at wtic in hartford , connecticut : `` bertelmann -- the name is just too cumbersome to use on the air .
it just does n't come across . ''
the speaker was dick bertel and he was recalling the day when he was hired by wtic-am-fm-tv channel 3 : '' `` i had to use dick richards as my air name . ''
when i joined the staff at wtic they said , ` you have to change your name .
we have floyd richards on the staff . '
fred wade , then producer-manager for radio , said , ` how about bertel ? '
i was delighted to be hired .
he could have come up with anything ... '' ''
