George Dunham remembers the man who, after nearly 50 years, will say goodbye to the North Texas airwaves.
Thursday afternoon. “We wondered how it would work because we were so different, but I don’t really remember much tension because Norm made it so easy. He was just himself, Norm. Whatever feelings we had of ‘Oh, we gotta work with this guy now,’ were gone almost immediately because Norm is so personable.
, but said on Thursday his retirement is not related to his health. For his part, Dunham is unable to imagine not seeing Hitzges every day in the studio when Dunham hands the microphone over to him as his show ends and Hitzges’ begins at 10 a.m. “I didn’t know that Norm couldn’t or wouldn’t stay on the air until he was 100,” Dunham said. “It did catch me off-guard. I never thought he would leave. I remember when Craig [Miller, Dunham’s co-host] and I were in college, we listened to Norm’s show and we couldn't believe he was going to talk about sports every day. And now here we are doing it, and I don't think we would’ve gotten the chance to do it without Norm doing it first.
Hitzges’ last day on the air will be Friday, June 23, but Dunham is sure his soon-to-be former colleague will still talk sports. Dunahm said with a knowing laugh, “I think his wife, Mary, is going to have to listen to his rants about the Cowboys’ secondary now.”, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism.
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