Fred Broski RULES
 

This guy was one of my favorites growing up. He was one of two weather guys on KC television for YEARS -the other being Dan Henry on WDAF 4. Broski did Bowling for Dollars too.

Gary Lezak sits down for a visit with Fred, now retired from KC television for 16 years.

Cheryl Jones was another popular weather anchor on KMBC 9 back in the 1980s, because she was a stone cold fox with a profile that would make you want to chew through your TV set.

Story is here:

http://www.kshb.com/weather/weather-...in-kansas-city

Wait, so his real name is Broski. For real?

Bob Dole had completely forgotten about Bowling for Dollars.

Meh, he was ok....Dan Henry was better.

Loved Dan. He really made the weather interesting.

His Daughter was on KCMO for a bit doing weather. She was terrible with a capitol T. Figure they threw her a bone because Fred for so many years.

If I remember right Fred Broski's Dad owned Broski Brothers Fence in KC.

I vaguely can remember Bowling for Dollars.

Anyone else remember that horse racing thing tied in with Milgrims? I must have been 7 or 8 but I can still remember that.
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He used to be the host for an amateur bowling tournament that benefitted Muscular Dystrophy every year. That was so much fun.....you could win everything from 2 liters of soda, boxes of Twinkies, grocery certificates and other prizes for striking in certain frames. Plus if you got a Turkey (3 strikes in a row) you got a special prize.

Each round the top certain number of bowlers would advance to the next round. The top 5 would appear appear on the Finals Show. In the finals Bowler #5 would face #4 and the winner would advance to play #3. The winner of that would face #2 and the winner there would face off with #1 to take home the prize, which if I remember was $2500.

In the tourney in 1984 I entered the final round in the #3 spot but, because I worked for King Louie at the time (who was a sponsor of the event too) I couldn't participate in the Finals. Instead I got to take home the 5th place prize....which I used to go on a nice vacation that summer with my wife.

Don Woods in Tulsa was pretty great back in the day, too.

Yeah, she did the weather up in Kirksville for a while before getting the job on 5. She was brutal.

All I remember was Janie from Milgrims.

Fred-the-breadman-Broski

Yes...I've met him. I knew one of his nephew's when I was in college (he was a teacher there at the time).

Pin Busters anyone
 

And also on Channel 9 was a kids version of Bowling for Dollars called 'Pin Busters'. I don't remember who hosted that show but I believe it was a second rate sportscaster from Channel 9.