Welcome back, Chris Lincoln

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http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0507/421101.html

Chris Lincoln Returns To KTUL After 25 Years  
Monday May 07, 2007 10:27pm   Reporter: Charles Ely   Posted By: Kevin King  

Tulsa - NewsChannel 8 is proud to welcome back a new sports anchor. Chris Lincoln is re-joining NewsChannel 8 after 25 years. He brings us more than 40-years of sports experience and enthusiasm.

Chris was on the air when 8 was the place from 1974 to 1981. They were the good old days with Bob Hower and Don Woods... and horseback promos. That promo may be one the most lasting images of Channel 8 in the minds of many long-time viewers. It's part of the reason that many people still identify Chris with NewsChannel 8.

People on the streets ask us and him all the time where he's been.

"Guy comes up to me and says 'love your show watch you all the time on Channel 8, but I haven't seen you in a while. You been sick?'"
"I said sir, I haven't been on the air locally in 25 years."
He says 'wow, what did you have?'

What he had was another very big job in the TV business. He left Channel 8 in 1981 to become a partner in a new venture call Winner Communications. Winnercom is now the largest independent producer of sports programing in the United States, delivering three-thousand hours every year to fifteen different networks. Part of the confusion about what he's been doing comes from the fact that's been on TV here all along, doing play by play of 20 sports on a variety of channels.

After visiting four continents covering sports, he sold most of his interest in Winnercom. That leaves him with some time to come full circle. He's rejoining our news team and making a real commitment to local sports.

"We're not at 8 going to compete with ESPN, no question about that," he says. "So, let's do what they can't or don't want to to -- that's cover our local, cover our regional, cover our state. That's what Oklahomans want to see and especially they want this to be a Tulsa show. They're not interested in Oklahoma City. They want a Tulsa show."

Chris promises a return to in-depth sports and real conversations with the people who make things happen.

"We're gonna make it fun, were gonna get people involved and that's my mantra. 8's The Place for sports again and were gonna make it happen."
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[AngieB]

That's cool.

In 1976, my dad and I won our division of the state Father/Daughter bowling championship and Chris interviewed us down on one of the lanes at Crystal Bowl.

I remember when Chris asked my dad about bowling with his young daughter, he replied "Chris, there's no generation gap in bowling." HAHA generation gap -- a buzzword in those days. If only we had VCRs back then!

I haven't thought about that in years. []

[Conan71]

Talk about doing something for the love of it.  I don't think Chris is really in need of a paycheck.  Welcome back!

[Porky]

Great news for Tulsa, Welcome back Chris!

[cannon_fodder]

Lets hope it means decent coverage of ORU and U Tulsa.

[NellieBly]

They fired Jack Bunn or whatever his name is.

[Breadburner]

He was not fired...They did not renew his contract...I liked him....Much better than Zigenhorn....

[Conan71]

"Didn't renew his contract."  More or less the same as being fired in the news business.

[In_Tulsa]

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

He was not fired...They did not renew his contract...I liked him....Much better than Zigenhorn....

Same Thing

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by In_Tulsa

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

He was not fired...They did not renew his contract...I liked him....Much better than Zigenhorn....

Same Thing

Bad deal IT, Chris will have to drive through all the rats in Red Fork to get to work... [xx(]

[marc]

It's great to see Chris back.

[patric]

He's going to discover 8's not The same Place as when he left, and I give it 6 months.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by patric

He's going to discover 8's not The same Place as when he left, and I give it 6 months.

Clever.  You remember the old 8's The Place advertising too.