It was an encounter that would never be forgotten by those who heard it, one broadcasting titan interviewing another, immersed in mutual respect and awash in tenderness.
The year was 2014, the occasion was the dedication of Keith M. Jackson Hall at Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
Bob Robertson, the immortal (and eternal) Bob-Rob, voice of WSU for decades, was interviewing Jackson, who honed and nurtured his own legendary announcing career as an undergraduate in Pullman. They were a mere four months apart in age — 86 at that time — and to Robertson, it felt in some ways like a valedictory.