One For the Coyotes: How I Survived 40 years of my dream job in TV news (and cancer too)
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"One For The Coyotes" chronicles the life of Al Wallace, who grew up in a military family in the 1960s and 70s, living in both the United States and Germany.
During his early years he became fascinated with history, the Civil Rights Movement and early stages of television. At the foundation of his youth was the discipline he learned from his father, and his high school and college years in the football-crazy state of Texas.
Al fashioned his work-ethic from both his family life and football to propel him into a career in television news and sports that transcended five decades and 40 years.
"One for the Coyotes" is a mantra that Al learned from his high school football coach, legendary coach Frank Beavers. Coach Beavers believed that in order to be the best you had to work as hard as the best. It's the mindset Al applied to every aspect of his career and his life.
Of those 40 years, 33 were spent at WDAF, Kansas City's oldest and most trusted television station. His tenure as a sports anchor and reporter in Kansas City gave him unprecedented access to the region's favorite sports teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals as well as establishing working relationships with some of the region's most popular and newsworthy coaches and athletes.
It was these relationships that he cultivated in and around the Kansas City sports community that helped him persevere in one of the most demanding and challenging industries of our time.
Paperback; 178 pages
About the Author:
Al Wallace is a University of Kansas adjunct instructor in journalism, where he shares his four decades of experience with his students.
During his early years he became fascinated with history, the Civil Rights Movement and early stages of television. At the foundation of his youth was the discipline he learned from his father, and his high school and college years in the football-crazy state of Texas.
Al fashioned his work-ethic from both his family life and football to propel him into a career in television news and sports that transcended five decades and 40 years.
"One for the Coyotes" is a mantra that Al learned from his high school football coach, legendary coach Frank Beavers. Coach Beavers believed that in order to be the best you had to work as hard as the best. It's the mindset Al applied to every aspect of his career and his life.
Of those 40 years, 33 were spent at WDAF, Kansas City's oldest and most trusted television station. His tenure as a sports anchor and reporter in Kansas City gave him unprecedented access to the region's favorite sports teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals as well as establishing working relationships with some of the region's most popular and newsworthy coaches and athletes.
It was these relationships that he cultivated in and around the Kansas City sports community that helped him persevere in one of the most demanding and challenging industries of our time.
Paperback; 178 pages
About the Author:
Al Wallace is a University of Kansas adjunct instructor in journalism, where he shares his four decades of experience with his students.