Albert T. (Al) Primo (b. 1938-) is a television news executive who was credited with creating the "Eyewitness News" format. He began in the business in 1953 as a copy boy at WDTV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, moving up the ranks over 12 years as the station switched dial positions (from channel 3 to channel 2), owners (from the DuMont Television Network to Westinghouse Broadcasting) and call letters (to KDKA-TV), working as news writer, cameraman, reporter, … Wikipedia
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