A journalist is charged with producing the first draft of history - generally on deadline and under pressure-packed circumstances found in no other business. For most consumers of TV news in the Albany region for decades, Ed Dague was the face and the voice of the news. He was calm, unflappable and unfailingly affable in presenting the day's events, and the inherent turmoil surrounding that task never showed in his presentation of stories that alternately horrified and amused his audience. 

Dague's book offers a sage and penetrating look at the news business in the Albany metro area, at the people and personalities who both made and reported that news and at how the news business has changed and continues to change. This book also offers insight into the personality and character of a man who was part of the daily routine of hundreds of thousands of Capital District residents who depended on him for a fair and balanced recitation of the events that affected their lives in myriad ways. Twice a day for decades, Ed Dague painted a picture for his audience of the world in which they lived. Now, he tells you what that world was like from his perspective.

Ed Dague started broadcasting in 1961 as a Freshman electrical engineering major at RPI (WRPI-FM) then hired by RPI to run WHAZ-AM during my senior year. 1967-68 Engineering staff at WTEN and all night disc-jock at WPTR. 1968 – News Director at Radio station WOKO in Albany. 1969 Radio news anchor at WGY/WGFM. 1970-72 assignment editor & six o’clock newscast producer at WRGB. 1973-1976 Weekend News anchor/reporter WRGB. 1976-1984 six and eleven weekday anchor at WRGB. 1984-2003 six and eleven news anchor/managing editor at WNYT. 2003 – retirement (disability due to Anyklosing Spondylitis)