"Wolfe, I can't understand why you would do this. I trusted you so much. I entrusted you with everything when BT Television was just starting from scratch. You built it up with your own hands, only to lead people to SBG in the end. Why?"
Forty-two years old, Wolfe Tuck, the former vice president of CBS's KCVB channel in Los Angeles, had graduated from the University of Southern California. Working his way up from a production assistant to executive producer, and finally to vice president, he had personally created a hit business talk show, "The Ned Show," which had even won an Emmy Award.
He was considered one of California's top television producers and furthermore, he was a Black man.
Recruiting him for BT Television was not a matter of offering more money or shares; the man had ideals. Tommy's vision of a Black television network was the reason he was willing to switch companies and bring his old crew over, helping Tommy construct the entire television network framework.
