Don Sanchez is in his 38th year at KGO-TV/ABC7. We take him for granted. He just keeps going and going.
Sanchez can tell you stories about Van Amburg, the late Jerry Jensen, John O'Reilly, Pete Giddings and yes, Rigo Chacon. That's how long he's been at the venerable ABC SF TV station. Remember the Patty Hearst story? The Zebra killings? Sanchez covered both as "NewsScene" crime reporter in the 70's, (with the added "circle 7" lapel on his jacket.)
In 2000, Sanchez was inducted into the TV Academy's Silver Circle for recognition of more than 25 years on the air in the Bay Area. He's won numerous Emmys. You may have forgot he did sports too.
Here's a quick salute to the Bay Area TV's Energizer bunny.
Radnich a few months ago told a story of a very well known local reporter who was turned down for jobs back in the late 60's or early 70's so decided to change his name from "Bob Jones" ( I forgot the real name-but something non latin sounding) to...well,all the other parts of the story made listeners think he was talking about Don Sanchez.
ReplyDeleteAnd come to think of it,Don Sanchez has never done any Latino storys that I remember. Must be him.
Behold the power of the 'stache!
ReplyDeleteI’m a Latino who’s been watching Sanchez since 1983. I never heard him utter a Spanish word, unlike Rico Chacon who was a real Latino hombre. I’ve never been able to take Sanchez seriously due to his use of pancake make-up and blush. The guy wears as much if not more make up than most female anchors!
ReplyDeleteI remember when Don Sanchez was the weather-man at KGO ch.7...Now that was Really a long time ago!
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't speak spanish, but not because he changed his name. His grandfather originally came from Spain. I guess he would not be considered of latino descent, but of hispanic descent.
ReplyDeleteTaken from an article:
Latin? Hispanic? What's the difference? Actually Latino and Hispanic are not synonymous.
The word "Latin" comes to us from a tribe in early Italy called the Latins. The Latins lived in Latium whose capital city was Rome. Their language was called Latin. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, as Rome's Empire grew their language, Latin, spread throughout the Roman Empire later evolving into several "Romance" languages; Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. People from these countries are referred to as Latin, their language is derived from "Latin". These languages are very similar as explained by Dr. Lorenzo LaFarelle, a Chicano Studies professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, the word for cave in Spanish is "cueva", in Portuguese is "cova", in Italian is "cava".
When the Romans invaded the Iberian peninsula they found a city already there called Hispalis (Seville). The name Hispalis appears to be derived from Greek since Hispalus is a mythical Greek hero. Later on the Romans annexed the Iberian peninsula making it a province named Hispania. The Romans spent seven centuries in Hispania leaving a legacy not only of language but of social and cultural characteristics such as family, language, and religion which tied Hispania to the rest of the "Latin" world forever. Sometime later the name evolved from Hispania to España. The word Hispania thus refers to the people and culture of the Iberian peninsula, Spain in particular. The term Hispano (Hispanic) later was used in referring to Spain and its subsequent New World - New Spain, conquered territories which covers most of Latino America. Hispanic thus refers to people whose culture and heritage have ties to Spain and, in the case of second and third generation Hispanic-Americans, who may or may not speak Spanish.