1986 WTOC-TV Newscast

[lianlaspinas]

The "Energy" news theme used on CBS affliate WTOC in Savannah, GA and NBC affliates KING Seattle and KHON Honolulu in the 1980s and in the Philippines, it was used on "Saksi" on GMA Network from 1995 to 1999

[sctvhound]

Now, Prokop has been at WTOC for 30 years. Amazing.

[BladeGT]

@sctvhound He's the brother in law of Doug Weathers who retired in 2006.

[southwest881]

Wow, Pat Prokop is still at channel 11, hard to believe.  I am more with WSAV though

[channel5guy]

This brings back so many memories! I grew up in Metter, GA in a family faithful to WTOC. These guys are part of the reason I now work in TV news

[southeast411]

Wow that brings back lots of memories. Good job thanks for sharing.

[symbolicXpixel]

Woah! I was originally born within Claxton which was not far from Savannah. I was a child watching these guys! Now for me, it's all about 13 WMAZ in Macon which doesn't seem too bad. I miss Savannah. =/

[chubwright]

What was the theme music used in the closing of wtoc news.

[OTownNews]

This is a production music piece called Energy. A year later, they would start using Gari's Newschannel up to this very day.

[jasoncinema]

Wow, WTOC actually used the CBS logo in their imaging once.

And maybe one day - once/if ever that clueless General Manager Bill Cathcart is no longer at the station - they can again, will change their imaging, and actually resemble a news station and not a middle school morning news announcement.

[thedecider1984]

there #1 so nothing going 2 change

[jasoncinema]

Well, Bill Cathcart won't be General Manager there forever. Maybe one day, in the future, WTOC will have a decent budget, imaging, and news stories and will finally stop resembling a middle school morning news announcement.

[YourSkankyMom]

WTF dude, Cathcart rocks.

[nightflight83]

Savannah's own Ted Baxter.

[wing667]

you dont have more

[gshowguy]

Do you have a custom version of "We've Got the Touch '85" for WTOC?

[dgendvil]

Marc Middleton later worked at WESH in Orlando. He is featured in the credits.

[gsnman]

WOW, awesome! So, now I know that channel 11 aired "The New Newlywed Game" and "The Price is Right" with Tom Kennedy (the nighttime version).

[ASKconard]

You've got to add this to the NMSA. I believe this is a Tuesday package. I also think this may have been used on WTVT in the early '80s.

[capsgm2002]

It's similar to Tuesday8, but it's actually "Energy", a production piece from Network Music... which I believe is related to Tuesday somehow.

[csworldwide101]

I believe I read somewhere that the founder of Tuesday Production started the Network Production Music Library. Craig Palmer was the leading guy in composing production themes for Network Music including this Energy piece.

[keirra69]

I remember this like it was yesterday! I grew up in Hardeeville. Doug Weathers actually changed my tire in 1998