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How many years did Jack Chase Anchor the Noon News on WBZ -TV? I have fond memories of Jack, Don Kent, and Shelby Scott reporting....oh , don't forget Jack's coffee cup.....<P ID="signature">______________
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A l-o-n-g time!

Also, the "Morning Daily Almanac" with Jack & Don.

"Thanks, Jack...Good Morning everyone..."

(Those ads for "SaladMaster" cookware were GREAT!)


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> A l-o-n-g time!
>
> Also, the "Morning Daily Almanac" with Jack & Don.
>
> "Thanks, Jack...Good Morning everyone..."
>
> (Those ads for "SaladMaster" cookware were GREAT!)
>
 
> A l-o-n-g time!
>
> Also, the "Morning Daily Almanac" with Jack & Don.
>
> "Thanks, Jack...Good Morning everyone..."
>
> (Those ads for "SaladMaster" cookware were GREAT!)
>
 
And don't forget those Farmer's Market reports during the Daily Almanac. And also, the thank you to Art Amadon as Jack was introduced by him every day. I remember when the Noon newscast was just 15 minutes, followed by Big Brother at 12:15. Jack Chase was on from the 50s to 1981.

Dave

> > A l-o-n-g time!
> >
> > Also, the "Morning Daily Almanac" with Jack & Don.
> >
> > "Thanks, Jack...Good Morning everyone..."
> >
> > (Those ads for "SaladMaster" cookware were GREAT!)
> >
>
 
In 1981, Jack Chase was sidelined by a heart attack, but returned to WBZ-4 and retired the following year.

Although he began at WBZ before I was born, I thought I read at the time of Chase's death (I believe he passed away a couple of years ago) that he started at WBZ in the Spring of 1954. Prior to that, he was a newsman at the old WCOP-1150.

I do know that Don Kent was at WBZ from about 1950 until 1983, although I don't think he was on TV on a regular basis until about 1955. I say "regular basis" because I have heard that when Hurricane Carol struck in 1954 (which would bring down WBZ-4's original tower), Kent was going back-and-forth between radio and TV (until the TV tower came down).

I believe the first person to be paired with Jack Chase at Noon was Betty Adams in the early 60's; by 1965 or so, Shelby Scott had replaced her. They were together at Noon for about fifteen years. I recall that Linda Harris for a time co-anchored in the morning (after the early-morning show had been expanded to an hour around 1980 and soon renamed "4 Today") and at Noon during the last couple of years Chase was at WBZ.

BTW, the full title of the early-morning show was "Daily Almanac", and started as a fifteen-minute show (6:45-7 A.M.) consisting mostly of a farm-and-makret report and the weather forecast, with very little (3-4 minutes) "hard" news. Until 1973, it pretty much had a monopoly on local TV news in Boston prior to 7 A.M.

But in 1973, WCVB-5 launched a full-hour local newscast from 6 to 7 A.M. (the first TV station anywhere to do so), and this hurt "Almanac" badly in the ratings. By the late seventies, "Almanac" was expanded to a half-hour (6:30-7 A.M.) with much more of a hard-news format (although the farm and market report still appeared). By 1980, it went to an hour, gained Ms. Harris, and had a title change.

At the start of each edition of "Daily Almanac", Jack Chase would raise his coffee cup and say "Cheers". When Linda Harris joined him, she, Chase and Kent would all be seen at the anchor desk at 6 A.M., and after Chase and Harris each gave a headline and Kent gave a five-second weather summary, all three would raise their coffee cups and say "Cheers". Then the program would officially get underway.
 
> In 1981, Jack Chase was sidelined by a heart attack, but
> returned to WBZ-4 and retired the following year.
>
> Although he began at WBZ before I was born, I thought I read
> at the time of Chase's death (I believe he passed away a
> couple of years ago) that he started at WBZ in the Spring of
> 1954. Prior to that, he was a newsman at the old WCOP-1150.
>
> I do know that Don Kent was at WBZ from about 1950 until
> 1983, although I don't think he was on TV on a regular basis
> until about 1955. I say "regular basis" because I have
> heard that when Hurricane Carol struck in 1954 (which would
> bring down WBZ-4's original tower), Kent was going
> back-and-forth between radio and TV (until the TV tower came
> down).
>
> I believe the first person to be paired with Jack Chase at
> Noon was Betty Adams in the early 60's; by 1965 or so,
> Shelby Scott had replaced her. They were together at Noon
> for about fifteen years. I recall that Linda Harris for a
> time co-anchored in the morning (after the early-morning
> show had been expanded to an hour around 1980 and soon
> renamed "4 Today") and at Noon during the last couple of
> years Chase was at WBZ.
>
> BTW, the full title of the early-morning show was "Daily
> Almanac", and started as a fifteen-minute show (6:45-7 A.M.)
> consisting mostly of a farm-and-makret report and the
> weather forecast, with very little (3-4 minutes) "hard"
> news. Until 1973, it pretty much had a monopoly on local TV
> news in Boston prior to 7 A.M.
>
> But in 1973, WCVB-5 launched a full-hour local newscast from
> 6 to 7 A.M. (the first TV station anywhere to do so), and
> this hurt "Almanac" badly in the ratings. By the late
> seventies, "Almanac" was expanded to a half-hour (6:30-7
> A.M.) with much more of a hard-news format (although the
> farm and market report still appeared). By 1980, it went to
> an hour, gained Ms. Harris, and had a title change.
>
> At the start of each edition of "Daily Almanac", Jack Chase
> would raise his coffee cup and say "Cheers". When Linda
> Harris joined him, she, Chase and Kent would all be seen at
> the anchor desk at 6 A.M., and after Chase and Harris each
> gave a headline and Kent gave a five-second weather summary,
> all three would raise their coffee cups and say "Cheers".
> Then the program would officially get underway.
>
Talk about a terrific collection of WBZ-4 memories. THANKS SO MUCH, JOE!

argytunes
 
Argytunes wrote:

> Talk about a terrific collection of WBZ-4 memories. THANKS
> SO MUCH, JOE!

You're welcome!
 
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