RIP Rod Wood

[MSOrange]

Legendary news anchor Rod Wood dies

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood died on Sunday, December 12th, after a brief illness. Rod was surrounded by his five children. Rod, who retired in Novem…

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[Eric15]

I feel like I'm unusual amongst my generation in that I really enjoy local news broadcasts. You can probably count on one hand the number of faces that are more familiar to Central New Yorkers than him. RIP to a news legend.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Pour one out for an absolute legend

 

[Ozone!]

Rod,
You are one of a kind and will be missed!
Thank you for your tireless dedication to the Syracuse community!

 

[Conrad13]

I haven't lived in the area for over 25 years and I still remember his presence on the air.

 

[OttoMets]

Haven't watched local news in ages, but that still photo captures a scene that was on the TV in our house before dinner 5 nights a week, 50-ish weeks a year, for a long time when I was a kid. Those people were fixtures.

Also sounds like Rod Wood (whose adopted name was hilarious, obv) was a really decent guy, and I learned yesterday that he grew up a couple blocks from where I later did and also was a Nottingham grad.

 

[MSOrange]

I haven't lived in the area for over 25 years and I still remember his presence on the air.

I moved away when I was 11 in 1987 and still remember seeing him on tv when I was growing up. What a career.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Haven't watched local news in ages, but that still photo captures a scene that was on the TV in our house before dinner 5 nights a week, 50-ish weeks a year, for a long time when I was a kid. Those people were fixtures.

Also sounds like Rod Wood (whose adopted name was hilarious, obv) was a really decent guy, and I learned yesterday that he grew up a couple blocks from where I later did and also was a Nottingham grad.

The photo is instantly recognizable. Just burned into my memory and will be for the rest of my life.

 

[sutomcat]

Legendary news anchor Rod Wood dies

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Longtime NewsChannel 9 anchor Rod Wood died on Sunday, December 12th, after a brief illness. Rod was surrounded by his five children. Rod, who retired in Novem…

www.localsyr.com

He and Ron Curtis are absolute legends in CNY.

I know people who worked with Rod and they all loved him.

It isn't often when an on air legend is just as good off the air. Rod was apparently one of those people.

He will be missed. Condolences to his friends and family.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Hopefully wherever he goes theres no no bees amirite

 

[CousCuse]

Rod was all world class.

 

[SWC75]

Sounds like a fine person.

I confess I found him a rather dull broadcaster. I prefer Mulcahy and Benny, who seem to wear their heart on their sleeves and to think along with the viewer, and have tended to watch the NBC affiliate in the evening because I preferred their national news show and recently the CBS affiliate at night because I am a Colbert loyalist. But you have to have respect for someone who delivered the news to this community since 1963 and was loyal enough to stay here and sink his roots into it.

And it was the tendency of his generation to avoid opinions and emotions to maintain professionalism and that can come off as rather dull. But it's admirable in the modern culture of strident advocacy and editing the news to fit a point of view. It builds that rate quality these days of trust.

 

[DoubleDee]

This clip is gold. My wife said last night, "his poor family will probably be seeing that video all over social media."

 

[SUFaninNJ]

The two things I'll remember most about Rod are the video above regarding the infamous bee incident. Also, the time he walked in on me in a Kaufmann's dressing room. The lock was broken and I didn't even get a courtesy knock. Not cool, Rod. Rest in Peace.