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Oprah’s Visit to Hartford and Other “O” Moments

Dennis House

ā€œHi, is Gayle there?ā€ the caller to the Eyewitness newsroom asked me.Ā Ā Ā Ā  ā€œI’m sorry, ma’am, could you please take me off speaker, it is difficult to hear you,ā€ I responded.

Truth is, I could understand the caller, but it wasn’t very clear, and I found speakerphone calls annoying, especially when a viewer would call in to complain about something on ā€œThe Guiding Light,ā€ which I figured was the subject of this call.. Ā  ā€œI’m sorry,ā€ the caller politely said.Ā  ā€œThank you. Who’s calling?ā€ I asked, feeling somewhat powerful at that moment.Ā Ā That power trip wasĀ short-lived, and as soonĀ as the caller identified herself, I feltĀ awful about the way I’d spoken to one of the most admired women in the world.Ā  ā€œOprah Winfrey,ā€ the caller declared.

That was my first dealing with Oprah Winfrey, and I still feel terrible about it.Ā Ā Ā  She would call Broadcast House countless times after that, looking for her…

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