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By Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal popular culture writer
Published on Saturday, Nov 29, 2008
Yes, That's the Same One. If you're watching Fox Business Network and get a twinge of familiarity from anchor Liz Claman, the trouble is not in your receiver. That's the same Liz Claman who was at WEWS (Channel 5) from 1991 to 1994, including as a co-host on the old Morning Exchange show.
Claman left town to take a news job at a Boston TV station. At the time, she said she had been offered a permanent gig with Morning Exchange but ''my heart is with news.''
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Moving Around. In a recent telephone interview, Claman also admitted to some professional restlessness, which saw her spending about three years in Columbus before coming to Cleveland, then three years in Boston after that.
''I had to kick, scratch and bite for every opportunity,'' she said. But she was inspired by her father, the late Morris Claman, a world-renowned Beverly Hills urologist who worked at Cleveland's Mount Sinai Hospital earlier in his career. Morris was willing to take career risks in search of great adventures, and Liz thought of him when she joined FBN.
For Liz, a great adventure awaited in either New York, ''the pinnacle of broadcasting,'' in her view, or Los Angeles, where she grew up.
She learned a lot along the way, including from longtime local broadcaster Fred Griffith, who ''taught me how to be a natural and curious interviewer.'' And from Boston, she finally got to New York, where she worked for CNBC for nine years before moving to the brand-new FBN a year ago.
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Learning Business. When she went to CNBC, Claman said, her experience with business coverage had consisted of doing a single story about the demise of New Coke.
''But a good story is a good story,'' she said. ''I started studying every day, every night. I would find out what stories were planned for the next day and submerge myself in the subjects.''
She also took pains not to be overly studied. When NBC brought her to its cable-business channel, she said, ''they were looking for someone who could talk to the average Joe. . . . I didn't have to know everything. I just had to know what to ask. An interview doesn't have to be 'let's see what Liz Claman knows.' ''
She found that the approach worked with a lot of business executives, including Warren Buffett. In addition to being interviewed by Claman before, the ''Oracle of Omaha'' let Claman and a camera crew into his recent meetings with business students for a special to air on FBN at 7 and 10 p.m. Thursday. •
Still Moving. Overall, Claman said she has been charged up by working for FBN and its parent company, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. ''They play to win,'' she said, ''They are gutsy. . . . They never say 'why?' They say 'why not?' ''
The relative newness of FBN is also exciting, she said. ''We're never settled in. That's when you run into trouble. We're shuckin' and jivin' and moving and zigging and zagging. I don't sleep. I lie in bed thinking about the next thing we can do.''
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal and in the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com. He can be reached at 330-996-3582 and rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
Yes, That's the Same One. If you're watching Fox Business Network and get a twinge of familiarity from anchor Liz Claman, the trouble is not in your receiver. That's the same Liz Claman who was at WEWS (Channel 5) from 1991 to 1994, including as a co-host on the old Morning Exchange show.
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Posted 04:34 PM, 11/29/2008
Each year around Thanksgiving a listing of Christmas TV movies is published. Did I miss it, or will it be published in the paper soon?
