WAVY 10 Fan

Noticed WAVY-TV's YouTube page has its own archive section (most of the footage so far has been raw Chopper 10 shots from the first few years that was used); but I did see a couple of specials they did also included.

1992 WAVY Special (Under the Gun: Violence in Hampton Roads)

1994 WAVY Special (Stopping the Violence)

stevations' upload of Hampton Roads coverage of Hurricane Gloria (mostly WAVY footage; with clips from WTKR and the Weather Channel toward the end)

From SkittlesMan's channel; here WTKR's September 12, 1986 News 3 at Noon (I think Glenn {Corillo} Corey and Ann Keffer were noon anchors at some point in their tenure at 'TKR). This might be the earliest clip I've seen their "Discover the Land of the 3" theme used (different, more synth-heavy cut than the version in the 1989 newscast I uploaded a while back)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrASY7XMyr8

Another Hampton Roads reporter leaving the market, as WTKR's Mike Mather departs after his wife took a job at the University of Virginia

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Surprised to see this. WAVY anchor Nicole Livas about to leave the station to relocate to D.C. (no word on whether she got a job at a station there; but it did mention Livas' husband had been working there and she wanted to spend more time with him)

http://www.pilotonline.com/entertainment/tv/wavy-anchor-nicole-livas-set-to-leave-hampton-roads/article_0b4ccb61-643d-53ee-be1d-6a1238322432.html

Seeing as Christmas is this Friday, here's the last local news related item uploaded from a movie airing on December 24, 1991 on WTKR. Here is a Christmas Eve weather update from (by then, semi-retired) WTKR weatherman Andy Roberts

From NewsActive3's channel; here a half-hour segment of CBS' 1952 Election night coverage (quality's not too hot; but from an era with so little footage surviving; I guess you take what you can get)

Willard Scott is finally packing it in

http://www.today.com/news/willard-scott-announces-retirement-plans-after-35-years-today-show-t61026

35 years on Today and 65 years overall with NBC. All I can say to that is Happy Trails, Willard.

Some WTKR promos from a Christmas Eve 1991 syndicated movie airing

1991 WTKR Project A+ PSA (when I started my current channel last year; there was a Project A+ spot with then-anchor Jane Gardner. This time, Ed Hughes got in on the act)

1991 WTKR Food for Families Promo (Jane Gardner)

1991 WTKR Insights on Alcoholism Promo (with a WTKR logo that was a transitional version from the 1986 logo to the one used when WTKR switched to the Eyewitness News branding)

Early 1996 WAVY News 10 Tease (Les Smith)

Haven't done a post with anything I've uploaded in a while.

October 22, 1991 WAVY News 10 Tease (Alveta Ewell promotes a story on sexual harassment):

1995-96 WAVY News 10 Promo (Closed Captioning)

From ntscbuff's channel; here's the February 24, 1986 CBS Evening News (Dan Rather anchored this edition from the studios of KELO in Sioux Falls, SD)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmCpXO3Fwg

Musical chairs in the anchor positions at WVEC starting on September 28. VARTV is reporting that Lucy Bustamante replaces Vanessa Coria (who was stepping aside from the anchor desk to do evening reports) on Daybreak and the noon edition of 13 News Now; Regina Mobley and Janet Roach will anchor at 4:00; Mobley will still anchor with David Alan at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 while Alan anchors the 5:30 newscast with Roach.

And now it looks like Vanessa Coria is on her way out in about two weeks from now per VARTV

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From Crommy5's channel; here's a brief 1985 WCBS tease with current NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt

Until running across this, I was unaware Lester had worked there before jumping to WBBM.

Not the best quality, but here's a clip of WAVY's storm coverage where Andy Fox...isn't quite ready when he gets a live toss from the studio

Former WPMI morning meteorologist Deitra Tate has been named as the Weekend AM meteorologist at WAVY.

http://collectivetalent.com/news/story/110

Seems pretty unusual for a station to have 5 meteorologists on staff (Tate; Don Slater; Jeremy Wheeler; Tiffany Savona and Ashley Baylor). Rather curious to see how the assignment order shakes out.

Well, now we know why Deitra Tate was hired. Tiffany Savona's on her way to Louisville, KY and today is her last day

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153692437033993

Musical chairs in the anchor positions at WVEC starting on September 28. VARTV is reporting that Lucy Bustamante replaces Vanessa Coria (who was stepping aside from the anchor desk to do evening reports) on Daybreak and the noon edition of 13 News Now; Regina Mobley and Janet Roach will anchor at 4:00; Mobley will still anchor with David Alan at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 while Alan anchors the 5:30 newscast with Roach.

Former WPMI morning meteorologist Deitra Tate has been named as the Weekend AM meteorologist at WAVY.

http://collectivetalent.com/news/story/110

Seems pretty unusual for a station to have 5 meteorologists on staff (Tate; Don Slater; Jeremy Wheeler; Tiffany Savona and Ashley Baylor). Rather curious to see how the assignment order shakes out.

From pannoni5's channel; the October 29, 1960 WCBS weekend evening newscast anchored by Robert Trout (including an interesting discussion of a possible FIFTH Nixon-Kennedy debate)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBY-pUZ8Ys

VARTV notes that WVEC Daybreak/noon anchor Vanessa Coria will be giving up the anchor desk to do evening reports

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Late rebroadcast of WAVY 11pm Saturday night news from October 1987:

 

Includes a version of the "You're Covered" promo and the station signoff at the conclusion of the rebroadcast. Also, what was up with the abundance of fuel company ads in the late 80s?

 

Looks like there are a couple other 1980s WAVY videos on that channel (literally just ran across that channel about 5 minutes ago)

1986 WAVY Promo (Don Slater; who it looks like had not too long ditched the mustache he had early on):

1986-ish WAVY Daily News Promo (Weekend Team):

Also noticed in the video you linked to that about 30 minutes in; someone accidentally slapped a Proud N peacock just before the sign-off.

 

I'm sure if you grew up in the Buffalo, NY area; you properly remember Van Miller. The legendary voice of the Buffalo Bills and longtime Sports Director at CBS station WIVB

died yesterday evening. Van was the play-by-play voice of the Bills for 37 years and worked at WIVB (then WBEN) for 43 remarkable years before retiring in 1998.

 

Van survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Gloria, daughter Cathy, and son Van Jr. and three grandchildren. TVNewsTalk would like to take this time to offer our sincere

condolences and prayers to Van Miller's family and to our friends and colleagues at WIVB News 4. Van Miller was 87.

 

Van, you're a legend in our hearts and you're a hall of famer in our book. Rest in Peace and Godspeed.

 

Van Miller

(1928-2015)

 

http://wivb.com/2015/07/18/legendary-sportscaster-van-miller-dies-at-87/

 

Obviously, I'm far more familiar with his Buffalo Bills work from NFL Films footage from the early 1990s; and I concur.

WIVB's Jacquie Walker had a touching comment about when she and a few others from the station made their last visit.

 

News 4 anchor Jacquie Walker recalls, “He was not able to speak during the visit. You could tell that he really wanted to, but as we were leaving, we were at the door, he raised his hand. We all turned around and looked at him, and Van said one word: And that world was ‘Fandaemonium. That’s the last word I heard Van say, and I think it means he was really thinking of the fans.”

 

Someone ID'd it to the NMSA as Finish Line by Network Music. WTKR used it on promos in 1991...

 

Added the info to that video. Thanks.

NewsActive3's been on a tear with rare newscast uploads of late; including...

The first newscast of the ill-fated Harry Reasoner/Barbara Walters team on the ABC Evening News (10-4-76):

The first edition of ABC World News Tonight (7-10-78):

July 31, 1968 CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (from Miami; no doubt in preparation for the Republican National Convention the following week):

And from the local side, the December 20, 1981 edition of WPVI's Action News at 11:00:

From NewsActive3's channel:

8-29-1986 KGO NewScene 7 (Van Amburg's final newscast):

July 1985 WESH NewsCenter 2 at 6:00:

Looking for another source, but VARTV's Twitter account reports that WTKR will be producing weeknight newscasts on WGNT (which they did 20 years ago with little success and currently do on weekends); thus competing with WAVY News 10 at 10 on FOX 43.