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WFLA-AM Newsman Succumbs To Cancer
Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio, but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. ...more
June 7, 2008
WFLA Broadcaster Don Richards Dies At 65
TAMPA -- Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. News critics lambasted Richards, saying he had crossed the line of journalistic ethics. But his supervisor said Richards simply got caught in a situation he couldn't get out of when he unknowingly dialed the very business where Carr was holed up almost exactly 10 years ago. ...more
June 6, 2008
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