WJZ-TV Baltimore - 1983 News Brief

[springloadedchicken]

boy did turner have 'that face' for the news... i miss that.. there's nothing like that now.... and his friend, al... i'm glad i recorded their tributes.. i miss their humor.. god, never had i laughed soo much nor have i laughed since.. during the hard hitting times of top stories. :(

[raratunga]

@Mydickitches1 you've proved yourself to be the f'ing moron you set out to be. Mom and Dad (oh that's right Dad left you and your fat ass mother years ago) would be proud.

[AdamsInc71]

I loved jerry turner...al sanders,and the sports caster randy blair who died in a pick up game...2 all of them rest in peace and thinks for the fond memories.

[erikinhawaii]

I'm that substitute teacher. I've been out of prison for a while and run a successful daycare center here in Hawaii...

[badgersean]

Oh by the way the  Colts have just left town.

[dinofor3]

The Colts were still in Baltimore in '83.

The Colts left Baltimore the following march

[BetamaxBabe]

Jerry Turner!

[erikinhawaii]

Hey I bagged this guy's groceries in Towson !

[retawdee]

Any one remember Wiley Daniels?

[N8iveNik]

Al Saunders and Jerry Turner. I loved those guys when I was a kid. Now every news anchor is so uptight. What a team.

[kingbmore73]

Reminds me of my childhood seeing this... Classic Baltimore miss those days.

[SlapDickInYourMouth]

@N8iveNik they were both queer and died from Aids.

[Squirrel3D]

Do you have the intro of eyewitness news from this era?

[springloadedchicken]

ah old school.. i miss you jerry!

[angelapleasant2009]

Jerry Turner Died On October or Any Month

[lifesaver72]

I remember when Jerry Turner died. He died on New Year's Eve 1987. It was a couple of hours before 1988 came in. I still have the VHS tape when Al Sanders made the announcement about Jerry's passing. I also have the tribute that WJZ did on Jerry. I have to buy a VHS/DVD recorder, so I can transfer it. Once I do that, then I'm going to post it on here.

[angelapleasant2009]

It means December 31

[tonioh5]

This brought tears to my eyes. So many memories when I hear and see this dude. Its a step back in time

[reetawdee]

wow! jerry turner. the voice of b'more's tv news back in the day. where did you find this?

[Squirrel3D]

I was one year old in 1983!! I love watching old school footage of my TV channels. This is the same year the Orioles won the world series too.

[Kuahmel]

Seems that a lot of Westinghouse atations branded their new Eyewitness News (KPIX and KYW did as well, for examples)

[wmbrown6]

In fact, KYW - back when it was in Cleveland, in 1959 - was the first of the Westinghouse properties to brand its newscasts "Eyewitness News" - six years before Al Primo created the format associated with it in Philly.

[nagaflas]

The incident about the substitute school teacher is described in brief in the movie "Six Degrees of Separation".