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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
NBC10's Mike Strug to retire Friday after 43 years on Philly TV

NBC10 reporter Mike Strug, who has worked on Philadelphia television for more than 40 years, is retiring Friday.

“I accepted a buyout that I’m very happy with,” Strug told us earlier tonight. “I’m in a position where I would have retired at the end of my contract anyway, in about a year-and-a-half. I couldn’t have planned it any better,” he said.

Strug, 66, who grew up in Logan, and attended Olney High before Temple University, says he “was fortunate to have worked in my hometown all along.”

He started his career at Channel 6 from 1966-1978, worked at Channel 3 from ‘78 to ‘89 and has been with NBC10 since 1990.

“I’m not gonna sit around fishing, but I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do,” says Strug about his future. He says his friend 6ABC’s John Rawlins once told him, “You stumbled into a career that exactly fits your attention span,” because he got to do a different story every day.

Strug’s girlfriend Andrea Leerman told him not to say he’s retiring, but “exploring other options.” He’s known her since they were teens. She was a friend of his late wife Carole, the mother of his two children.

Posted by Dan Gross @ 10:33 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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Posted 05:49 AM, 06/03/2009
FJG JR
Hey Mike, sorry to see you go. I hope you quit the smoking. Live a long life Mike. Signed, Old Acquaintence
Posted 10:05 AM, 06/03/2009
vrb1955
Congrats Mike I am pea green with envy. I hope that "exploring other options" brings you great joy. Be safe
Posted 10:12 AM, 06/03/2009
Criz2020
Mike- you always seemed like a guy I would want to sit down and have a beer with. Cheers!
Posted 01:15 PM, 06/03/2009
iamnotTHATking
Dan; Based on ONLY 3 comments and ALL 3 being positive, this guy must be 1 of the good ones. I hate stories that don't allow my comrades to chime in w/ their creativity and sophmoric hijinks. Curses Dan Gross! KING~out
Posted 02:24 PM, 06/03/2009
Dutch of N
OK. I'll try, king. You can't spell Strug without r-u-g.
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