BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The 7 News team sends its best wishes to Buffalo broadcasting legend Don Postles, who retires Thursday after an extraordinary 52-year career.
Don’s historic run in front of the viewers of Buffalo began right here at WKBW. He joined the Eyewitness News team in 1976. Within three years, he ascended to the most coveted seat in the Queen City - alongside Irv Weinstein as his co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 6 and 11. It was the golden age of Buffalo broadcasting, and Don was a household name.
"My 11 years at Channel 7 with Irv, Rick and Tom were sensational It was CapCities at its prime, with the best General Manager Phil Beuth. We were the highest-rated ABC affiliate in the entire country," Don told 7 News this week. "Remember, there was no cable news back then and we were absolutely strong with strong and talented reporters and photographers, backed by strong producers and a great assignment desk. We upheld the highest journalistic standards that are hard to find today."
It was during his 11-year run at Channel 7 when Don covered the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981 and the recovery of Ann Odre, a Buffalo woman who was also wounded in the shooting. Don returned to Rome with Odre to meet the Pope three years later.
Don is part of an elite group of broadcasters who has worked at all three major network affiliates in Buffalo. He has spent the past 32 years behind the anchor desk at WIVB, where he was on the air for more than six hours the night Flight 3407 crashed in Clarence Center.
The entire 7 News family wishes Don the very best in his retirement, and thanks him for his years of service on the airwaves to the viewers of Western New York and Southern Ontario.
