From 1974 - 1977, I was Executive Producer of the Scripps-Howard station in Cincinnati, Ohio, WCPO-TV. Our anchorman, Al Schottlekotte was also Vice President of TV News for Scripps-Howard and UPI. When Ron Nessen, the then White House Press Secretary, called to grant Al a 30 minute interview with President Ford in the Oval Office, Al divided the time equally between himself and two other Scripps anchors – one from Cleveland and the other from Tennessee. Schottlekotte asked me to produce and direct the three anchor interview, to be taped in the Oval Office using our equipment.
In writing about this interview with President Ford in 1976 for my new book, “TV Stories,” I went to the Ford Presidential Library Website to see if I could view the presidential schedule for that day, May 13, 1976. Sure enough, it was there. See page two below, 11:00am – 11:35.
Digitization of archival material has made it possible to look at Presidential Schedules and many other things and has revolutionized all kinds of research. I thought you might be interested in the President’s exhausting schedule for that day. It begins at 1:08 am and ends when the President retires after a 10:00pm swim.
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