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Tony Gupton

Tony Gupton “Mr. GPS”

Andrea Osborne
June 8, 2017
News

You might be surprised to find out how some of our long-term employees got their foot in the door at Capitol Broadcasting. Tony Gupton has quite a tale to tell from how he went from digging in the dirt to shooting the stars, all from the WRAL campus on Western Boulevard.

Tony Gupton — The early years.

Tony Gupton & Joe Oliver — Tony Gupton (left) with reporter Joe Oliver 1986.

Tony Gupton & Pete Sockett — Tony Gupton (left) & Pete Sockett.

Tony Gupton — Tony Gupton loves his job!

Chad Flowers, Tony Gupton & Ken Smith — Don’t mess with these guys! Tony Gupton (center) in Afghanistan with photog Chad Flowers (left) and reporter Ken Smith.

Tony Gupton at ACC Tourney — Tony Gupton (2nd from left) in NYC for 2017 ACC Basketball Tournament, with WRAL-TV’s Jamie Munden (left), Jeff Gravley & Kathryn Brown.

Tony, AKA “Guppy,” is best known for sending a satellite signal out from any point on the globe amid challenging conditions. In fact, at WRAL it would be more accurate to refer to GPS as “Gupton Positioning System.” A while back, we caught up with Tony to find out how he got his start at CBC in 1980 and why he did not follow the career path of his college degree.

Standby to roll tape in 3, 2, 1 – roll it. Just click on the link to watch Tony’s interview for the CBC History project:

VIDEO: CBC History: Tony Gupton WRAL broadcast engineer

Thanks to Corp’s Pam Allen for this capcom story & these photos. Pam Parris Allen is a former WRAL newscast producer/director who now works as a researcher and producer on the CBC History Project.

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