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Marty Haag/tempH. Martin "Marty" Haag, Jr.(1934-2004)
Marty Haag was the news director at the perennially dominant ABC station, WFAA, in Dallas, TX from 1973 to 1989. During those 16 years, WFAA won 5 Du-Pont Columbia University Awards, more than any other television station during that time, and a Peabody Award in 1988. Under the guidance of Haag at WFAA, many reporters went on to the networks. Those include Scott Pelley, Paula Zahn, Verne Lundquist, Bill Macatee, Andrea Joyce, Peter van Sant, Leeza Gibbons, and Bill O'Reilly . Then, he moved over to WFAA's parent company, Belo, to become the Senior Vice-President of Broadcast News Operations until he retired in 2000. Marty Haag and WFAA reached national prominence status most notably from their coverage of the Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crash at DFW Airport in 1985. CNN carried WFAA's live feed for the entire day. In 2000, Haag received the broadcast industry's highest honor, the George Foster Peabody Award. The organization described Marty Haag as "an industry icon, who`s helped establish high ethical standards and quality reporting at both local and network news levels." External links * Belo mourns passing of a television industry legend, former executive H. Martin Haag, Jr.
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