Ron Weiner, Three-Time Emmy-Winning TV Director for ‘Donahue,’ Dies at 93
variety.comLexi Carson Ron Weiner, a television director at WGN Chicago for 25 years and three-time Daytime Emmy-winning director for talkshow “Donahue,” died on March 18 in Baltimore, Md.
He was 93. Weiner directed shows including “Donahue,” “An Evening With B.B. King,” “Garfield Goose and Friends” and produced “Bozo’s Circus.” He was nominated for four Emmys and won three for “Donahue.” Weiner’s began his career in television in 1956 when he landed a job as a prop man at the Chicago Tribune-owned WGN Television.
He joined the technical staff and worked his way up to WGN staff director by 1960. Weiner then directed several programs in WGN’s schedule, from the sign-on routine to news, children’s programs, interview shows, and broadcasts of Cubs games and other sports events.
After the success of “Donahue,” Weiner worked on talk shows and pilot productions for Tribune Broadcasting. There, he directed “How to Be a No-Limit Person” with Wayne Dyer and “The World of Anne Frank,” an hourlong docudrama.
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