I said it so many times, and I'll say it again. Baltimore and WJZ are just not the same without Jerry Turner and Al Sanders. May their memory and legacy live on in spirit. RIP Jerry and Al, and Godspeed.
Al Sanders and Jerry Turner was Eyewitnesses news . They made you feel even better in good and made you feel better in bad times . When go to downtown Baltimore be it day or night. I often think of Al and Jerry and their commercial showing the beauty in Baltimore. It made you happy and proud about our Baltimore . And proud of the fact that they were apart of it all. 🤓❤
I cried so hard when Al Sanders Passed! My Parents were quiet taken Back by how hard it hit me but realised how much of a part of our lives WJZ IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE TO US!
Hearing that voice again just gives you goosebumps. Things have never been quite the same since Al passed and it's nice to see the love he still gets so so many years later. Continue to rest well Al.
I remember when Sally Thorner was over at WMAR TV CH.2 with Ken Matz Ken Phillips-weather & Scott Garceau--sports!! I also remember Dick Gelfman when he was an investigator for WBAL TV CH 11 on Eleven On Your Side before going to WJZ TV Ch.13!! I also remember Kai Jackson being at Ch 13 before he went over to WBFF TV FOX 45!!! MEMORIES!!
As a kid I never understood the news in the 70s n 80s. But I always watched with my late grandmother....Jerry Turner n AL Sanders... Every day. I was 24 in 95 when AL passed away 😢.
I,ve been living in Baltimore for 43 years since I was 9 years old.Aside from family stepfamily & other people I,ve 😢 😭 sadly lost most of my life as well as RADIO TV & ENTERTAINMENT family--I,m 52 years old & I still painfully mourn the deaths of Al Sanders Jerry Turner George Bauman Randy Blair & Pat Warren all from WJZ TV CH.13 & FROM WBAL TV CH.11 the deaths of Ron Smith Dave Durian & Vince Bagli & From WMAR TV CH 2 the deaths of Jack & Susan White Bowden & Stu Kerr!! These deaths from all 3 main stations still pains me today!!😢
PICTURE THIS!! TO JERRY TURNER AL SANDERS RANDY BLAIR GEORGE BAUMANN FRANK LUBER & PAT WARREN!! from arriving in Baltimore MD in May of 1981 at age 9 with my parents whom are deceased all the way 43 years(almost 44) at age 52 going on 53 years old(2025)!! STILL LOVE & MISS ALL OF YOU!! 😭 I know I,m still a heartbroken sad old man now.
HARD TO BELIEVE 29 YEARS SINCE HE DIED MAY 5 1995😢!! 😖 😣 PAINFUL & 😢😭 SAD!! Al Sanders died a day before the anniversary of my mother Lois Ann Routhier,s death--at that time it had been 14 years since Mom died on May 6,1984!! My mother died from cervical cancer while Jerry Turner(1929-1987) & Al Sanders (1941-1995) both died from cancer!!My stepbrother Eugene B.Montz Jr.died from pancreatic cancer March 25 1997 at 57(month before his 58th birthday)My stepmom Marie F.Routhier died from lung cancer & respiratory failure on March 24 2001 at age 87.Finally my father Phillip Anthony Routhier died from bladder cancer on August 6,2001 (which I didn't know until 14 years later in 2015 when my step niece from Colorado mailed me a picture of his grave in his home state of Michigan)
RIP!! MY PARENTS LOIS ANN ROUTHIER (10-28-1934-5-6-1984) & PHILLIP ANTHONY ROUTHIER (9-17-1924-8-6-2001)!! MY STEPMOM MARIE F.ROUTHIER(6-14-1913-3-24-2001) & MY S.BROTHER EUGENE BLAINE MONTZ JR AKA GENE/GINO(4-25-1939-3-25-1997) & 😖😣 RIP!! JERRY TURNER(1929-1987) & AL SANDERS(1941-1995)---From Mr Jason Anthony Routhier 43 year Baltimore MD resident!!
JERRY TURNER & AL SANDERS WERE MORE THEN FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES--😢I,m 😭😢😭 crying as I,m texting this--SORRY!! They were brothers who truly loved & cared about each other & their communities.
I said it so many times, and I'll say it again. Baltimore and WJZ are just not the same without Jerry Turner and Al Sanders. May their memory and legacy live on in spirit. RIP Jerry and Al, and Godspeed.
Totally agree
I totally agree the news programs haven't been the same since. I missed them
Al…. It was a pleasure growing up watching Al
Al Sanders and Jerry Turner was Eyewitnesses news . They made you feel even better in good and made you feel better in bad times . When go to downtown Baltimore be it day or night. I often think of Al and Jerry and their commercial showing the beauty in Baltimore. It made you happy and proud about our Baltimore . And proud of the fact that they were apart of it all. 🤓❤
Schewww I’m a grown 51 year old man and in tears…. Al and Jerry
My mom ran into Al Sanders in Cross Street Market. She got his autograph. She told me how friendly and down to earth he was.
I was in high school when he passed. Al Sanders was always a part of my childhood growing up. Even now 27 years later, watching this I teared up.
Thank you so very much for posting this wonderful tribute to Baltimore's most beloved newsman, Only13.
I left Baltimore in 1985 and AL Sanders and Jerry Turner were the best. I even remember when Oprah arrived.
I cried so hard when Al Sanders Passed! My Parents were quiet taken Back by how hard it hit me but realised how much of a part of our lives WJZ IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE TO US!
Hearing that voice again just gives you goosebumps. Things have never been quite the same since Al passed and it's nice to see the love he still gets so so many years later. Continue to rest well Al.
I loved Al Sanders. Peace.
Brings me back to my childhood. WJZ has never been the same. Really going to miss Bob Turk in his retirement.
omg love seeing the old wjz family
jerry and al certainly gave us the best news,
37 years since Jerry Turner died-1987 & 29 years since Al Sanders died-1995!!---WOW!! STILL SAD 😢😭 & 😖😣 PAINFUL!! I KNOW I,M AN OLD MAN NOW!!
I remember when Sally Thorner was over at WMAR TV CH.2 with Ken Matz Ken Phillips-weather & Scott Garceau--sports!! I also remember Dick Gelfman when he was an investigator for WBAL TV CH 11 on Eleven On Your Side before going to WJZ TV Ch.13!! I also remember Kai Jackson being at Ch 13 before he went over to WBFF TV FOX 45!!! MEMORIES!!
As a kid I never understood the news in the 70s n 80s. But I always watched with my late grandmother....Jerry Turner n AL Sanders... Every day. I was 24 in 95 when AL passed away 😢.
I,ve been living in Baltimore for 43 years since I was 9 years old.Aside from family stepfamily & other people I,ve 😢 😭 sadly lost most of my life as well as RADIO TV & ENTERTAINMENT family--I,m 52 years old & I still painfully mourn the deaths of Al Sanders Jerry Turner George Bauman Randy Blair & Pat Warren all from WJZ TV CH.13 & FROM WBAL TV CH.11 the deaths of Ron Smith Dave Durian & Vince Bagli & From WMAR TV CH 2 the deaths of Jack & Susan White Bowden & Stu Kerr!! These deaths from all 3 main stations still pains me today!!😢
"LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS ⌛ SO WERE THE DAYS OF THEIR LIVES!"
Somewhere up above Al Sanders and Jerry Turner were covering the Key Bridge collapse today
I remember when jerry tuner , al,sanders, and Randy Blair all ll
If Al Sanders and Jerry Turner ain’t Bawmer hon, nothing is…. loved growing up and watching them
I,m still sadly 🤕 hurt about Pat Warren,s sudden death!! 😢
I don't know how Denise got through her final eulogy on air. Gut wrenching and so incredibly sad.
Now Richard Sher is over or still over at WMAR TV CH.2 on Saturday nights doing his show "SQUARE OFF!"
Jerry Turner and Al Sanders are the ORIGINAL Dynamic Duo.
PICTURE THIS!! TO JERRY TURNER AL SANDERS RANDY BLAIR GEORGE BAUMANN FRANK LUBER & PAT WARREN!! from arriving in Baltimore MD in May of 1981 at age 9 with my parents whom are deceased all the way 43 years(almost 44) at age 52 going on 53 years old(2025)!! STILL LOVE & MISS ALL OF YOU!! 😭 I know I,m still a heartbroken sad old man now.
Al was there for the switch from ABC to CBS. Then out of nowhere, he was gone a few months later
He was buried in the same cemetery as my grand mother.
Damn ..i never knew he passed...may he RIP
HARD TO BELIEVE 29 YEARS SINCE HE DIED MAY 5 1995😢!! 😖 😣 PAINFUL & 😢😭 SAD!! Al Sanders died a day before the anniversary of my mother Lois Ann Routhier,s death--at that time it had been 14 years since Mom died on May 6,1984!! My mother died from cervical cancer while Jerry Turner(1929-1987) & Al Sanders (1941-1995) both died from cancer!!My stepbrother Eugene B.Montz Jr.died from pancreatic cancer March 25 1997 at 57(month before his 58th birthday)My stepmom Marie F.Routhier died from lung cancer & respiratory failure on March 24 2001 at age 87.Finally my father Phillip Anthony Routhier died from bladder cancer on August 6,2001 (which I didn't know until 14 years later in 2015 when my step niece from Colorado mailed me a picture of his grave in his home state of Michigan)
RIP!! MY PARENTS LOIS ANN ROUTHIER (10-28-1934-5-6-1984) & PHILLIP ANTHONY ROUTHIER (9-17-1924-8-6-2001)!! MY STEPMOM MARIE F.ROUTHIER(6-14-1913-3-24-2001) & MY S.BROTHER EUGENE BLAINE MONTZ JR AKA GENE/GINO(4-25-1939-3-25-1997) & 😖😣 RIP!! JERRY TURNER(1929-1987) & AL SANDERS(1941-1995)---From Mr Jason Anthony Routhier 43 year Baltimore MD resident!!
RIP
JERRY TURNER & AL SANDERS WERE MORE THEN FRIENDS & COLLEAGUES--😢I,m 😭😢😭 crying as I,m texting this--SORRY!! They were brothers who truly loved & cared about each other & their communities.
First wjz is now CBS 13 now Denise Koch loss of her co-anchor.