WJW Newscenter 8 newsbrief and opening 10/1991

[john66674]

mark koontz was a fuckin pimp!!!!

[coolpup6]

I remember that news set. Do you have any closing news clips from 1991?

[veluz330]

Someone thinks that Dave Buckel is good in selling real Estate

[BigVideoFan88]

Mark Koontz is now the chief meteorlogist for WFMJ 21 News in Youngstown.

[dgendvil]

At 1:00, WJW GM & former news anchor Virgil Dominic was shown in a mini PSA.

[angelapleasant2009]

Do anyone know that Virgil Dominic Still Continued?

[myronfalwell]

@ angelapleasant2009:

Are you asking if Virgil Dominic is still there? No. He left in late 1995 - one year after WJW affiliated with Fox, with the name change to "ei8ht is NEWS" (he refused to have the station be called "Fox 8" as long as he stayed there - which fell by the wayside when Fox bought the station anyway).

Last I checked, he was doing some side consulting for WKYC.

[applesauce2100]

Eleanor Hayes is now on ONN cable channel

[guspolly]

WHoa, that's weird -- I have a distant memory of being at the Ringling etc. Circus at the Coliseum when I was about 4ish, which would've been 1991 --- Depending on how many other times they were at the Coliseum in the early 90s, I mighta been at that show.

[BigVideoFan88]

Sandy Lesko used to be in Eleanor Hayes's spot as the co-anchor for the 11:00 weekend show back in the '80s. Sandy now works for the Ohio Lottery.

[veluz330]

Did Dave Buckel Retire on 1999 or 2001?

[acastudent]

He actually retired in 1993 from Channel 8. He might be in Florida selling real estate.

[barnumbaileycircus]

great anymor clips of ringling

[acastudent]

I think the woman could be Julie Hanahan, who worked at Channel 8 in the early 1990's before moving to Channel 19 following their switch to CBS in 1994.

[steve44070]

No I don't

[steve44070]

I think Sally Bernier was at Channel 43 at the time.

[bms1117]

The Browns beating the Steelers? Man, this IS old =(