WAVY 10 Fan

Doug McKelway, late of FOX News, has resurfaced anchoring a show named CenterPoint on a network not normally associated with news, namely TBN (though he wouldn't be the only FOX News expatriate working for the religious network, as Mike Huckabee's opinion/variety show had moved there a few years ago)

 https://www.axios.com/trinity-broadcasting-network-centerpoint-fox-news-f006379d-6f4f-4416-8c98-3766e10a593a.html

Part of a Super Bowl XVII post-game report (from a tape I got from eBay)

Part of ESPNews coverage following the 1997 Evander Holyfield v. Michael Moorer fight

Had a bunch of uploads as part of a birthday upload batch yesterday. This is the only news-themed upload of the group.

On 2/25/2022 at 9:57 AM, Spring Rubber said:

https://www.robertfeder.com/2022/02/24/robservations-fox-32-hires-anita-blanton-morning-anchor-courtney-cronin-cover-bears-espn-len-kaspers-sonic45-releases-video/

 

Fox 32 brings aboard Anita Blanton to co-anchor Good Day Chicago, but wait, Feder's saying just as part of a rotation and not as a permanent co-anchor?

 

So just to get this right because I don't watch them on a regular basis, they haven't had a permanent co-anchor pairing to date? And they still won't even after hiring Anita?

Strange but I think as good an anchor as Anita's been at WAVY I doubt that it will be very long before she gets a more stable role at FOX 32. My congratulations to her on moving on up in a big way 

Oh, this is going to be very interesting to see how things end up once the dust settles (which sounds like it's going to take some time to do)

Looks like February 2022 will go down as the end of an era at WAVY, as in addition to Don Slater stepping aside to become chief meteorologist emeritus; sports director Bruce Rader, the longest on-air person ever in the Tidewater region, is retiring at the end of this month. 

https://www.wavy.com/sports/local-sports/a-letter-from-bruce-rader-to-hampton-roads/

Big change at WAVY. Jeff Edmonson becomes the new chief meteorologist as Don Slater becomes chief emeritus (presumably easing into retirement)

https://youtu.be/rFgV32hxmYI

Congratulations to Jeff on a well-earned promotion and to Don on a fantastic career

Gary DeLaune, a longtime reporter for KENS in San Antonio who was covering sports in the San Antonio area as late as a few months ago, died yesterday at 88 (DeLaune had been diagnosed with COVID before contracting pneumonia as well)

https://www.kens5.com/article/entertainment/television/iconic-kens-5-journalist-gary-delaune-dies/273-53c5761e-c51a-4efc-8ff4-a78665946479

In addition to his work with KENS; DeLaune is probably best known for his work at what was then KLIF-AM 1190 (now KFXR) in Dallas as one of the first reporters covering the assassination of President Kennedy as well as being on site when Lee Harvey Oswald was gunned down by Jack Ruby

From NewsActive3; a January 1988 WTLV newscast in Jacksonville, with Harmon Wages on sports (Wages, a former Atlanta Falcons running back during the team's early years, had come back home to Jacksonville after his sportscasting career in Atlanta imploded following a 1985 cocaine bust) and a post-WCKT, pre-700 Club Lee Webb anchoring solo

In 2020; WVEC's YouTube account uploaded a clip from 1993 looking back at their "Bungles the Clown" children's show as a tribute following the death of Bungles' actor, Jerry Sandford; in which among those featured included a brief remark from Bob Saget (who had spent a good-sized amount of his childhood in Norfolk) on the set of "Full House"; with Saget demonstrating the "Bungles" wave.

Figured since I didn't see it here when I did a search, in light of Bob having just passed away himself I figured this would be fitting to put here.

December 5, 1996 CBS Morning News broadcast (taped from WNCT in Greenville, NC)

From 1958, an edition of what was then WCKT in Miami's political discussion show "First Federal Presents" (sponsored by First Federal Bank{?}) with then-Florida Democratic Senator George Smathers as the guest.

On 11/4/2021 at 7:18 PM, hmaxhanson said:

By October, the blue chroma key wall seen in the promo had been salvaged from the remains and transplanted over to the temporary conference room set while repairs were made on the burnt section of the building and a new set was being built:

 

Interesting. I had watched that clip assuming that WTVD had rebuilt the set by then as opposed to still using the conferences room as their temporary set.

A little over an hour and a half of overnight FOX News 2000 election coverage (approx. 2:30-4:00 a.m.)

On 10/10/2021 at 2:51 AM, H-Town TV Fan said:

WTVD "11 Together" Sign-off from February 24, 1979.

 

 

And just barely over a week before the fire at WTVD that gutted their recently-introduced news set.

Couple of WVEC clips I just ran across 

From 1978, a story by Kathy Barnstorff on the Phoebus section of Hampton 

From 1987, local restaurant owner Nelson Fuller (interviewed in the 1978 piece) being interviewed by WVEC's Sherri Brennan 

Got a short WRC promo from 1991 promoting their postgame report after Washington's November 3, 1991 victory over the Houston Oilers

December 2000 edition of "Crossfire" tackling the Supreme Court hearings on the Florida recount chaos 

A few uploads from early 1996

A partial February 19, 1996 airing of ABC World News Now

November 3, 1991 NFL Today pregame show, since football season is almost here 

RIP Willard Scott. A lot could be said about just his tenure on TODAY, let alone his other roles (co-hosting Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, his work in Washington prior to getting called up to the network, being the original Ronald McDonald when the character was created for the D.C. area)

Loved Al Roker's tribute to Willard describing him as being like a second father. 

On 8/31/2021 at 2:40 PM, TexasTVNews said:

Vintage KDFW 10pm News from 1979!

 

And an unexpected sighting with one of the sports reports filed by a young Brad Sham (better known as the longtime radio voice of the Dallas Cowboys)

Found this August 1984 newscast from WBNS in Columbus 

Also found it interesting that the newscast included a story on the Columbus-based Cranston Csuri effects firm handling the CGI intro at the start of the film for the Republican National Convention prior to President Reagan's acceptance speech at that convention in Dallas (and the anchor struggling to mask disappointment that CBS didn't show the film or at least the beginning)

And with football season almost here and with Marv Albert having recently retired; I had an NBC intro recently acquired from 1991

And just a few days after what would have been original WTVJ anchor and news director Ralph Renick's 93rd birthday; we get this 1954 edition of the Ralph Renick Report