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Anyone recall...

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TimInHouston

The name and host of the locally produced Farm and Market report that aired on WTVW-7-Evansville, IN (then ABC, now Fox) up until the early-to-mid-80s?

I just recall the midday news anchor (at the time, Beth Anne Patmethas) would read about 15-minutes of news, then walk over to "farm and market" set and hand it off to the old guy in overalls standing in front of old wooden barrels filled with corn and other grains.

Anyone else have something similar in their markets?
 
> The name and host of the locally produced Farm and Market
> report that aired on WTVW-7-Evansville, IN (then ABC, now
> Fox) up until the early-to-mid-80s?
>
> I just recall the midday news anchor (at the time, Beth Anne
> Patmethas) would read about 15-minutes of news, then walk
> over to "farm and market" set and hand it off to the old guy
> in overalls standing in front of old wooden barrels filled
> with corn and other grains.
>
> Anyone else have something similar in their markets?
>
Channel 33 in Fort Wayne had a daily farm report that aired at 6:30 AM
called "The Wayne Rothgeb Show" (had to be his real name...who could make that up?) He didn't wear bib overalls, though, nor did he give the grain prices while standing in front of feed barrels. Since it only takes about 3 or 4 minutes to read all the prices from the Board Of Trade and the Merc, I think he filled the rest of the half hour with probing one-on-one interviews with county extension agents and 4H members talking about their sheep. He signed off by telling you to join him tomorrow "out on the farm, where life is real".
Question...The guy in Evansville didn't talk about stuff that blowed up real good, did he?
 
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> Can you explain what a "farm and market report" is to those
> of us in single digit DMAs.
>

A farm and market report is simply news geared toward farmers, usually including at minimum a rundown of prices they can expect to get for grain or livestock. If a farm show is an entire half hour, there are stories about anything from technological advances to government regulation to weather to global events that could affect farmers in the U.S. The broadcasts often conclude with the lead anchor and the cute weather babe engaging in a tobacco spitting contest. I made that last part up...probably.
 
> Question...The guy in Evansville didn't talk about stuff
> that blowed up real good, did he?
>

HAHA. I don't honestly remember, seeing as the last time I recall watching it was when I was 5 or 6 years old. It probably wasn't to long after (circa 1982 or 83) that it was cancelled and the grain prices were incorperated into a half-hour midday newscast on the station.
 
In Philadelphia there used to be a show called "Farm Home and Garden" or something like that. It was on KYW at like 4AM.
 
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