Veteran TV and radio broadcaster Stan Turner believed that preparation was the key to any successful interview, TV broadcast or radio show.

In 1983, for example, Turner spent days preparing for an interview with President Ronald Reagan. He assembled a thick file on the president that included clippings, facts and questions to ask, said longtime friend Tom Oszman.

“Stan always wanted to do quality work,” said Oszman, who runs TC Media Now, a nonprofit dedicated to digitizing local TV broadcasts. “He would prepare for his show all morning, probably even before he came in with lots of papers. He knew about his guests. He knew about their history. He was very factually correct. He was very prepared. He didn’t just come in and turn the microphone on.”

Turner died Sunday at Our Lady of Peace

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