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William Marcus is the quiet giant of Montana media, and it is ironic that he will begin his long planned retirement this month, within two weeks of the surprising and greatly unfortunate departures of two other Montana luminaries in the profession of journalism, veteran state Capitol reporters Chuck Johnson and Mike Dennison.

When the career of Marcus began 40 years ago, public television didn’t exist in Montana.

Soon after he took the reins at the University of Montana Broadcast Media Center 20 years ago, public television was well on the way to becoming a statewide reality. University of Montana and Montana State University public television productions can now be picked up by Montana viewers in over 400 communities in every corner of our state.

Marcus was instrumental in the collaboration between the two universities that made this happen.

With roots in the small eastern Montana town of