Hunting & Fishing News
July 9, 1953 - July 1954 +/-

Former radio sports announcer Rudy Lachenmeier hosted this weekly report on hunting and fishing activities in the Northwest.


Fishing and Hunting Show Popular on KPTV Thursday

Rudy Lachenmeier, the "Man with a thousand reporters," is featured each Thursday evening on KPTV at 6:00p.m. with his own "live" show, "Hunting and Fishing News."  The program is currently being sponsored by Crosley-Bendix dealers and has been on continuously since July of 1953.

The "fish reporter" pictured on the cover was an average salmon--20 pounds, 2 ounces--caught by Jerry Atherton of Portland.

Rudy, publisher of the Weekly Fishing and Hunting News, highlights the "best fishing spots" for the weekend angler along with instructive and educational slants on outdoor sports.  His KPTV "Salmon Roundup" which offers prizes for every size of salmon and an outboard motor each week for the average size fish of the week, has been the leading mail puller in recent weeks with thousands signing up for the sports event.

Rudy was a nightly sports broadcaster on radio for 11 years and his fishing and hunting newspaper is an outgrowth of that sportsman service which now offers exclusive coverage in the northwest.

As trout season opens, the paper and the TV program will offer last minute tips compiled by long distance telephone from up to 200 of the major Oregon and Washington streams and lakes.

Article in TV Life Magazine, April 20, 1954

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