Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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A Special Tribute
to Baltimore TV Pioneer Jim McKay
 Jim McKay died recently of natural causes at the age of 86. Mr. McKay started in print journalism at the Evening Sun and moved into television at WMAR. He was the legendary Host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports for 40 years. His "...thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat" introduction for that program has passed into American pop culture. He is best known his television coverage of twelve Olympic Games, and for his reporting on the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
On December 31, 2003, ArtWorks This Week interviewed Mr. McKay about his career and life here in Baltimore. In tribute, we are re-broadcasting the interview in its entirety.
(Above photo by Sun Photographer Karl Merton Ferron / May 12, 1995)
Baltimore Sun article
ArtWorks This Week is made possible by the members of MPT. Thank you for your generous support!
Production Funders:
• The Henry & Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation
• SunTrust Mid-Atlantic Foundation
• James G. Robinson Foundation
• The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
• The Baltimore Community Foundation
• The Cordish Family Fund
• Marjorie Wyman Charitable Annuity Trust
• The Harry L. Gladding Foundation, Inc.
• Witt/Hoey Foundation
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