WJZ Jerry and Al 6PM News Open mid 80s

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

While I like the current music for WJZ I must admit I like this as well!

[Tazzer88]

That's one heck of an opening, from start to finish.

[sickandtiredofmorons]

two of the best news anchors in history

[Hanssen69]

I just love to see a full news broadcast from the past.

[chillwil2]

I love the old news theme music.

[sinbadthekat]

After Jerry and Al left us, WJZ evening news soon suffered what all the other local Baltimore channels suffer from....Smarmy mediocrity.

[dodgerdodgerbubodger]

Jerry Turner and Al Sanders: better than Ron Burgundy!

We will never forget you guys!

[Ian16545]

Who are the other personalities besides Jerry and Al at 0:30? I think chief meterologist Bob Turk must be one of them...

[pooka5472]

It is Bob Turk, and the guy on the right is sports director Nick Charles.

[nattyboh84]

@pooka5472 That is incorrect. Nick Charles left WJZ in 1976. Since the WJZ EW intro was in the mid-late 80s, it is Sports Director John Buren.

[Hanssen69]

Al and Jerry were the best they did. may they Rest In Peace.

[TServo2049]

The Calico Creations animation + the JAM Creative Productions "It's a Good Feeling to Know" = one of the best news opens on a Group W station.

[bittyrock]

Damn this Brings back Memories. I remember when Jerry died and I remember when Al died. Those were two Sad days in the Baltimore Metro Area.

[WordUp4Life]

Has WJZ-TV been broadcast in their current studios in Television Hill, Baltimore since 1948?

[mdduckman]

Thank you for posting this! Awesome!!!

[southerngentleman82]

The first commercial looks like it was taken in the late 70's

[torgman]

It was done in 1977, when they were paired.

[cbsfm101]

Love the music and animation. The animation does scream Calico.

[csworldwide101]

Yep. The music is called "The News Leader". And it was composed by JAM Creative Productions of Dallas. One of the finest radio jingle companies in the nation!

[TexasTV]

Baltimore and WJZ are just not the same without Jerry Turner and Al Sanders, RIP.

[lifesaver72]

You are so right. It isn't the same without them. Those were the good old days.

[davehutchinson67]

@TexasTV Amen Amen and Amen...I used to imitate him when I was a kid...and I was a white kid..lol...just shows you how we all really are the same deep down...I miss those guys...