[TexasM1A]

The older folks in my family called him “Red” Walter.
My father still does when conversation about the media come up.

[raccoonradio]

Archie: “Edith, what channel is the Cronkite news on?”

Edith: “Channel 2, Archie—the one we don’t watch because you keep saying Walter Cronkite is a Communist.”

[Jolla]

LOL Dad called him Walter Crankcase

[JimRed]

The older folks in my family called him “Red” Walter. My father still does when conversation about the media come up.

He goes wa-wa-wa-wa, waltzing with bears
shaggy bears, craggy bears, baggy bears too,
there's nothing on Earth Uncle Walter won't do
so he can go waltzing, wa-wa-wa waltzing
so he can go waltzing, go waltzing with bears!

[Luke21]

And you can see why “red” was given to us by the media for our states beginning in 2000.