WNYS-TV 9 Syracuse 1974

[SeahawksFan96]

I remember Solon here in Seattle too as well, he was on KIRO TV (CBS) in the late 70's and early 80's.

[thatmuse76]

The weatherman reminds me of Fred Willard for some reason.

[theRealCrazyOne]

LMAO... :) Its amazing to see how technology has changed in my parent's adult lifetimes

[68cub]

....29 degrees if you live on a farm somewhere ... LOL!!

[paulf0403]

My sister was Solon Gray's babysitter in Syracuse!

[EdMahoney19]

My parents used to watch this back in the 70s.

[GVike]

Love the magnetic numbers...

[formeraa]

Solon Gray came to KIRO-7 in Seattle after his stint in Syracuse. Solon anchored the noon news in Seattle from the late 70's through the late 80's/early 90's. He also anchored the weekend news for a period of time as well as the brand new KIRO Morning News in the 80's.

[fanotv]

Now Channel 9 has WSTMs old calls, WSYR. Their newscasts were known as Eyewitness News for years after this clip aired, but it has been known as NewsChannel 9 since about the early 90s.

[mikeszewil]

They've been NC9 since '93.

I liked their Eyewitness news set, which was a table. The newsroom was the backdrop, with a detailed wall.

I like their current set just as much. This is a dedicated set, and therefor much more flexible (it even has a kitchen!)

[casey1027]

Did Steve go right from WLS to WNYS?

[earthweek]

No, Steve briefly went back to WXLT in Sarasota to lick his wounds from a failed attempt at the 3rd largest TV market.

[gm1990ss]

this has to be the worlds most depressing news intro...suprisingly

[FoxReality]

Back then Syracuse was a big TV market. You can clearly see the difference between then and now. Much more professional local news back then.

[jynx200120022002]

I agree with you!! I miss my Syracuse!!!

[columbusmediatalk]

It's interesting to see the similarities in stations owned by the same group. A video from WCMH-TV from about the same time uses the same font and a similar news desk. Both stations were owned by Outlet. Check out the video at

youtube /watch?v=YtZVmDQni1k

[ytrewq1994]

What happened to Solon?

[earthweek]

Solon is now retired with his lovely wife Fran in Coral Gables, Florida.

[manhizzy]

Solon Gray anchored on KXTV 10 in Sacramento in the 1960s

[Fokker1918]

2 years before Roddy became head anchor in 76, super cool!

[ProductionX]

Of course nowadays there are those of us that might care to know what's going on in Europe anyway!  In those pre-Weather Channel/Internet days, the best you could ever find out about that would be in the newspaper the next day.

[saunooke]

It is sooo cool to see you in these old weather forecasts!

[wmbrown6]

Must've been after Mr. Gray's stint co-anchoring with Doug Ramsey at WPIX in New York (which he did from 1971-c.'73)