[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                              ROLLIN POST

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 27, 1998

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my friend and veteran 
political reporter Rollin Post, who recently retired as an analyst for 
KRON-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  Since entering journalism in 1952 as a copy boy with CBS Radio in 
Hollywood, Rollin Post has become well known for his passion for 
politics, for his sound reporting, and for his insights into the issues 
confronting our nation and the world. From 1961 to 1973, he 
concentrated on political and general assignment reporting for KPIX-TV 
in San Francisco and became the Bay Area's first full time political 
reporter toward the end of that time. Mr. Post spent the next six years 
at San Francisco public television station KQED, where he worked on 
news programs A Closer Look and Newsroom. In September 1979, Mr. Post 
joined KRON-TV as a political editor. He provided election night 
commentary for the station and became best known as co-host of KRON's 
Sunday morning public affairs program, California This Week, which has 
given Bay Area viewers political insight on local, state, and national 
issues from newsmakers around the world.
  There have been many special moments in Mr. Post's career. He covered 
fourteen national political conventions, spent a week in Cuba reporting 
on trade, tourism, and American hijackers in 1978, and covered the 
Philippine elections in 1986. As a result of his outstanding work, he 
was given the prestigious Broadcast Preceptor Award from the 32nd 
Annual San Francisco State University Broadcast Industry Conference for 
his Outstanding Contributions to the Industry. A year later, he was one 
of three media figures honored by the Coro Foundation for influential 
participation in the public arena. In 1991, Mr. Post received the 
Outstanding Journalism Award from Sigma Delta Chi, the professional 
journalism fraternity.
  Although Mr. Post has retired from KRON-TV and California This Week, 
the people of the Bay Area are fortunate that he has decided to 
continue hosting Our World This Week, an international news show 
produced by Bay TV in cooperation with the World Affairs Council of 
Northern California.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Rollin Post 
for his exceptionally distinguished career in journalism and wish him 
our congressional best as he continues providing the San Francisco Bay 
Area with his superb insights on the great issues of our times.

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