Former WISN 12 entertainment reporter Bobby Rivers dies

WEBVTT HAPPY 60TH TO OUR WISN 12 FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS! THANK YOU! WISN 12 IS CELEBRATING OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH YOU WILL SEE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE. JOYCE GARBACIAK JOINS US WITH THE UNIQUE WAY WITH WISN 12 HAS COME INTO OUR LIVES. A YOU HAVE SET YOUR DVR IS FOR 12 NEWS UPFRONT AND POLITICAL DEBATES AND BIG 12 SPORTS SATURDAY AND OUR COVERAGE OF LIVE EVENTS. TONIGHT, WE LOOK AT SOME OLD FAVORITES THAT HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE SPECIALS OF TODAY. FROM P.M. MAGAZINE, FROM THE MORE SHOW, TO MILWAUKEE IS TALKING. WISN'S PROGRAMMING HAS MADE ITS MARK, NONE MORE SO THAN WHAT SOME DESCRIBE AS A HYBRID GAME SHOW TALKSHOW. LIE FROM CHANNEL 12 -- DIVING FOR DOLLARS. I THINK WE HAD A GREAT RAPPORT. OVER THE YEARS, SHE HAS REFLECTED ON THE SHOW AND ITS PLACE IN MILWAUKEE HISTORY. MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED AND PEOPLE ARE STILL STUCK IN THE STREET AND IT IS GREAT. YOU FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THEIR FAMILY. FROM 1967 TO 1982, IT WOULD RANDOMLY CALL VIEWERS AND ASK IF THEY KNEW THE AMOUNT IN THE KITTY. IF THEY DID, THEY WON. ONE R LOSE, -- WIN OR LOSE, IT BECAME A STANDARD FOR MORNING PROGRAMS. THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN MORNING TELEVISION. PEOPLE LOVED THEM. MARK SIEGRIST FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS STOP AS WE LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, HE SEES HIS SHOW. MILWAUKEE'S TALKING, WHICH AIRED FROM 1989 UNTIL 1993. HOW MUCH IF YOU WANTED TO THROW THAT SHARE BECAUSE YOU WERE TAKING SOME OF THE STATEMENTS PERSONALLY? IT FEATURED ONE TOPIC EACH WEEKDAY WITH TESTS INTERACTING WITH THE AUDIENCE. FOR A PERSON THAT DOESN'T CARE, THEY SHOULDN'T BE IN OFFICE. VOTE ME OUT, THEN! I REALLY ENJOY THE COMMUNITY GETTING INVOLVED AND HAVING ITS ACCESS IN THE STUDIO TO LEADERSHIP AND ENTERTAINERS. IT BUILDS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. I THINK -- IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A TOWN FOR THEM EVERY DAY. HE SEES ANOTHER FAVORITE. DO YOU REMEMBER? BOBBY RIVERS. BOBBY WAS JUST HILARIOUS. AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER 4:00 P.M. MAGAZINE -- FOR P.M. MAGAZINE. HIS PERSONALITY AND HSI IS CHARM, AND HE WAS OFF TO NEW YORK SHORTLY AFTER IT ENDED ITS RUN IN 1984. HE TELLS ME HE REGARDS HIS TIME HERE AS GROUNDBREAKING. THE FIRST SHOW THAT ADDED GOOD RACIAL DIVERSITY TO TV AND AT THAT TIME IT WAS REALLY UNUSUAL TO SEE AN INTERRACIAL COHOST. HE SAYS HIS SEGMENT FOR THE NATIONALLY SYNDICATED PM MAGAZINE HELPED MILWAUKEE GO BEYOND STEREOTYPES. WE GOT NATIONAL EXPOSURE AND IT SHOWED MILWAUKEE WAS NOT JUST -- WE HAD CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER 29. NEITHER DO I. YOU REMEMBER BOBBY. GUESTS ALWAYS LOVED HIM. THIS IS A. -- LOVED HIM. HOW IT GOES VERY SET THE STAGE FOR THEIR SHOW. THE COOKING SAKE OF TODAY. THEY ARE PLANNING A PROTEIN DEFICIENT IN THEIR PLANS FOR THAT WHITE.