Magic Tom News Today

Champions of Magic, featuring mentalist Alex McAleer and other performs, returns to Cleveland's Playhouse Square for Shows Jan. 5 to 7 at the Mimi Ohio Theatre

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of CTV Montreal (CFCF Channel 12), I wrote a nostalgic blog about the station with references to Magic Tom, Johnny Jellybean and others. One story I shared had to do with former reporter Howard Schwartz and how nice he was when I was sent to shadow him one day as a young journalism student. He emailed me last week and we ended up having a nice telephone conversation to catch up. Howard worked for the then Pulse News from 1982 to 1995. He left to pursue s...