Right before "Black Sunday" when UNC & Duke both lost to Penn & St. John's (respectively) at Reynolds. The Iona team which lost to Penn was coached by one Jim Valvano...
Wow...imagine if this happened to a TV studion now since they have tens of millions of dollars worth equipment. That is...it'd been devistating espcially for smaller station chains like New Vision.
@AuburnTowers I'm curious what they were using for cameras in the makeshift studio. Were they ENG cameras or did they manage to round up some studio cameras somewhere that weren't damaged? I'm very impressed how they managed to deliver a comprehensive newscast so quickly... of course, they were lucky in that a lot of their facilities were unscathed.
@bhayes06 I don't know about question 1. The earliest WTVD newscast is the one from 1963 I posted a few years ago. This is the next earliest. I'm told most of the older tapes were lost in the fire. The earliest WRAL newscast I have is the 1977 one that I have posted.
@popweaverhdtv It's true. He had come to WTVD from WRAL as a main anchor in '76, but was soon replaced by Bob Hughes and reassigned to the Raleigh bureau. He later returned around late '82 or early '83, succeeding Steve Leeolou.
Wow, Bob Hughes. I used to watch him on WSBT in South Bend in the 70s.
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Right before "Black Sunday" when UNC & Duke both lost to Penn & St. John's (respectively) at Reynolds. The Iona team which lost to Penn was coached by one Jim Valvano...
stirlwm 3 months ago
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stirlwm 3 months ago
Wow...imagine if this happened to a TV studion now since they have tens of millions of dollars worth equipment. That is...it'd been devistating espcially for smaller station chains like New Vision.
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worm082 9 months ago
@worm082 Yes, they had to move into the station's conference room. I'm not sure how long they were there before they rebuilt. Anybody?
AuburnTowers 9 months ago
@AuburnTowers I'm curious what they were using for cameras in the makeshift studio. Were they ENG cameras or did they manage to round up some studio cameras somewhere that weren't damaged? I'm very impressed how they managed to deliver a comprehensive newscast so quickly... of course, they were lucky in that a lot of their facilities were unscathed.
tkaye2 4 months ago
@AuburnTowers According to Wikipedia, the WTVD newsroom was rebuilt by April of that year (1979).
tyrese3745 1 month ago
I guess if this happened today they would just do everything from the downtown Raleigh studio -- and not bother rebuilding in Durham...
joebradio 9 months ago
1. Was Cheryl Toney substituting for Skip Carpenter? He was the main weatherman for WTVD until 1982 shortly before he died.
2. What are the earliest newscast for WRAL and WTVD that you have?
bhayes06 9 months ago
@bhayes06 I don't know about question 1. The earliest WTVD newscast is the one from 1963 I posted a few years ago. This is the next earliest. I'm told most of the older tapes were lost in the fire. The earliest WRAL newscast I have is the 1977 one that I have posted.
AuburnTowers 9 months ago
Interesting to see Larry Stogner as a reporter and not a news anchor for the evening newscast.
popweaverhdtv 9 months ago
@popweaverhdtv It's true. He had come to WTVD from WRAL as a main anchor in '76, but was soon replaced by Bob Hughes and reassigned to the Raleigh bureau. He later returned around late '82 or early '83, succeeding Steve Leeolou.
bhayes06 9 months ago