Eyewitness News -1977

[Fairfaxcat]

When?

[videonut33]

@Fairfaxcat Mid-'77.

[DNSKansas]

Wish someone would have Channel 10's coverage of Hurricane Agnes with Jack and John Facenda. It was on here many moons ago. I remember the commerical for that Chevrolet dealership on Route 1 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania!

[albear972]

I love old news but man, that was an ugly as hell news set.

[videonut33]

@albear972 The set that 3's got now is better than what they had in the '70s.

[RichHartley19671]

When I heard them say: "When is a massage parlor not a massage parlor?" I thought it was a riddle, such as "When is a door not a door?"

[newscaster13]

just like Jerry Turner and Al Sanders at sister station WJZ

[TheYummerz]

Wow does this bring back memories. I actually remember watching this very program and the Hickey tease too! LOL

For the time this format was very advanced and fast paced in everyway. When they started tinkering with it the cohesiveness that was so important went away. The folks at WPVI knew this secret with Action News.

If you knew Philly news you knew that Big Al (sports) dressed like this on purpose as it was part of his "character"! Sure it was a bit corney but folks immediately focused,

[mediamadman747]

This is in Philadelphia. You can just imagine the sea of formica tops and shag carpeting that musta covered the sets of much smaller market news sets

[superbuick]

Totally...poke around on YouTube and see what passed for a nightly newscast in the smaller markets circa 1977. Horrible production values all around, but that's the way it was done back then.

[saturnday]

But they were NOT horrible for the time and technology of the time.

Its so easy to sit in 2009 and say how horrible things were in 1977 but if you lived in 1977 we thought this stuff was cool. Of course things have advanced since then.

Today we are spoiled by the laziness that technology and years of practice from previous generations have left for us.

[Hanssen69]

Old is old. WOW that was the most ugly set I seen.

[ateball1]

i love the theme music too. i also have a small crush on the late Jessica Savitch. sometimes i think about her when im with my girlfriend.........

[MsTexas73]

the set is kinda cool....I like the music....very NEWSEY.

[mattharden1982]

DAMN

[BryhenBea]

I knew Jack in the early 80's when he anchored the news for WLS (ABC affiliate) in Chicago. He was a terrific guy, nice as can be, with a helluva sense of humor and loved to sing with a beautiful voice. We used to have a few while practicing the "art of conversation" and warbling a few standards at a wonderful piano bar called Joann's (also sadly now gone).

Rest in Peace, my old pal.

-Bea

[foxxyloxx]

Lol that guy in the orange looks thoroughly pissed. That music kicked ass. RIP Telesound.

[videonut33]

Big Al (one in the orange) was very pissed off at the end of that newscast.

[dandiacal]

Well he realizes he's stuck in the 70s wearing an orange sweater and in an entirely brown studio for life! The music is good though.

[saturnday]

Excuse me, he was IN the 70's when this was recorded? How could he have been "stuck" in a time when they were in the current moment? BTW they did get to see the 80's and some got to see the 90's too. They did see change.

[mrmoore1970]

Classic news clips with Jack Jones, Vince Leonard, and Al Meltzer. I had the pleasure of Meeting Jack Jones in Person before he passed in '90s, he was such a nice guy, RIP Jack Jones.

[typicalaussiebloke]

Lol if that reporter with the pink shirt n red striped tie grew a stache he'd look very much like Ron Burgundy 'Anchorman'

[snowden67]

The news is serious business to these guys. Don't anyone dare crack a smile or you will have to answer to Nurse Diesel.

[dandiacal]

1970s decade of brown

[tvnetdude]

That is about what color cameras back then could do.

[LiberalDemocrat83]

Hey fellas, awkward much? :) LOL

[elvirasnotnose]

So true!!! bahahhahahaha!

[WhatsAYak]

Jack looked like he was in a rush to get somewhere, seeing how he was already rising from the desk and undoing his mike only seconds before the fade-out...LOL

[tkaye2]

As much as I like Telesound's "Streets of Philadelphia," I wouldn't want to have to wait for the whole thing to play out every night either!

[WhatsAYak]

Yeah, I suppose he was prolly eager to get home after being cooped up in the studio all day...I also work in broadcasting and as much as I love my job, it doesn't stop me from, when it gets close to quitting time, counting down the secs until it arrives. :-)

[treffynnon19]

Mind you, Jim Hickey said he'll be back at 11pm.

[WhatsAYak]

Oh, right...I'm sure he was probably eager to have some dinner, then! LOL

[amnewsboy]

Wouldn't you be too if you had to sit with 2 other folks who looked completely disinterested to be there?

[WhatsAYak]

Yeah, probably...I wonder what put Big Al in such a foul mood, anyway.

[phillyroxx]

He new he was movin' on to CBS 10 news!!!

[mrmoore1970]

I never knew Al Meltzer was on Eyewitness News on KYW-3 before moving to WCAU Channel 10 (CBS) News.

[CoffySarai]

Jack jones was so cute. RIP.

[nagaflas]

I wonder why Big Al looks so damned peeved?

[stephanie1977]

Is that the guy in the orange jacket? Cause that guy looks totally bored out of his mind, or else like hes about to SNAP

[WhatsAYak]

It is indeed...and yeah, he def looks pissed about something!

[WhatsAYak]

Mort Crim...sorry, got him confused w/a former big winner on $ale of the Century...LOL

[WhatsAYak]

Hell, Mort Kamins even said in a 1995 interview that he wasn't thrilled w/the then-groundbreaking addition of a woman to the EN team, following the 1977 hiring of Jessica Savitch.

[shawn748793]

how about big al meltzer

[mooncrystle]

"When is a massage parlor NOT a massage parlor?" lol, I love that!

[brosent]

The one dude looks like he is about to meltdown.

[americancitizen76]

Wow, these guys didn't even fake getting along.

[tmq800]

Here they didn't show the copyright date and the Group W ownership copyright too.

[videonut33]

they might've did that a year later after this aired.

[JohnLeslieFedUp]

hey do you by chance have or know how to get hold of the KYW eyewitness news promo from around late 1979/1980? its been drivin me nuts for years to see this again. it had real trippy like graphics and pictures and some awsome electro disco music..if you have this or can get hold of this pleaseeeeee let me know!