CHANNEL 8 NEWSCAST, 1984 or 1985

[jeff560]

Here are the last 6 minutes of a channel 8 (then WXFL) newscast from 1984 or 1985:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upgSO_Zlgfs

It includes a report done at WGUL, so you see their studios for a few seconds.

Video clip includes Bob Hite, Dick Crippen, Gayle Sierens, Bill Ratliff....

 

[jeff560]

I think I am running out of stuff, but I added two more old video clips to YouTube:

Channel 8 live coverage of a Magic 96 promotion, grabbing money totaling $96,000 from a bank vault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUQ60YpGiqM

WFTS News Check with Andrea McDaniel - This must be when ch. 28 first went on the air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6-1XgDnWw

 

[dwtpa97]

Very enjoyable. Thanks, Jeff, for these clips.

 

[frankberry]

Thanks for the clips, Jeff.
It's pretty obvious that WFTS didn't have a TelePrompTer at that time.
Andrea was obviously reading from a paper script.