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Oldest Local/National Newscast You Have On Tape/Beta

For a couple of months now I have been trying to go through the dozens and dozens of tapes that I have from the early and late 80s. The earliest that I did are some movies I taped in 83 on WSBK TV-38. Yaz day in 83, and the Celtics game 5 and 7 of the 84 finals. Also a bunch of news reports from that series.
After I got out of the service in the late 80s I began to tape Boston Bruins games from early 88 to about 93. It is interesting watching these old tapes. I have some stuff from the mid 70s that I've traded for. I'm always looking for Boston area stuff from the 60s-early 80s.
 
Currently the oldest newscast I have on VHS is a WJW Newscenter 8 6:00 newscast from October 4, 1988. However, the A and B blocks got taped over, but the rest is on the tape along with the first two minutes or so of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.

At that time, Tim Taylor (now retired) and Robin Swoboda (now with WKYC Channel 3) anchored the newscast. Dick Goddard was the meteorologist (and still is on WJW), and Casey Coleman was the sports anchor (passed on in 2006). What I have of the newscast includes a package from Gary Stromberg, a Money Matters segment with Mike O'Mara (now with WOIO 19 Action News, I think), a live report from a Reverend Jesse Jackson speech with Sandy Lesko (now with the Ohio Lottery, I think), a "Hey Marty!" segment with then Browns head coach Marty Schottenheimer, and an editorial with then WJW president and general manager David Whitaker.

I shop at flea markets and garage sales for used self-made VHS tapes of TV content all the time, so if I find any older newscasts, I'll make sure to post about it.
 
I've got a incompete newscast from WYFF-TV 4 (NBC) in Greenville, SC from January 6, 1991. It has the gold "Arrow 4" logo. It has longtime WYFF News 4 personalities Michael Cogdill and Dale Gilbert, plus former personalities Lizz Walker (now at Charter Cable in Greenville, SC) and Fred Steppe (now at an NBC affiliate in Columbus, GA). It has commercials.

Unfotunately, it cuts off during the first seconds of the sports segment.
 
Somewhere I have part of a weekend newscast by then WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Richmond from 1987. I also have multiple tapes with recordings from the 1991 Gulf War.....
 
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