WRAL-TV 5 News FINAL CHARLIE GADDY NEWSCAST (July 1, 1994)

[powerlockit]

pams gone now too

[SASSYme73]

I loved Charlie when I was a little girl. I remember seeing him at a restaurant @ Mission Valley near the station when I was in kindergarten. He had on a black fur coat I think. I thought he was a god! I couldn't believe that he actually ate food. Good times!

[techguyjames]

Was that really that far back? Wow! I was in middle school (summer of 6th grade) when this broadcast aired. Amazing how just two years later they were the first station to broadcast an entire newscaste in HD! WRAL is North Carolina's news leader for a reason--they are great!

[mikenjennifer]

greg fishel with no gray hair lol ..... nuext

[cameltrophy3]

I remember watching this. I grew up in North Carolina and Charlie Gaddy was the voice of news for NC. Our family went to Raleigh one holiday season and saw the play Scrooge. It was a funny take on the story, but at one point, Charlie Gaddy came out on the stage as himself and spoke with Scrooge. Has it really been 16 years?

[chadleigh]

that was just has good has I always remembered it....I saw that with my beloved Memaw....

[jlm1973]

Wow, I'm getting homesick...*sigh*

[anoceanbetween]

I was very little, probably about 6 or 7, when Charlie was on WRAL, but I still remember him to this day. He must have made some kind of impression for me to remember him. Just seeing this reminds me why. He was very talented and great at what he did.

[jlm1973]

Same here. :-)

[RaleighNC306]

Why does WRAL now need THREE anchors?  Geez!

[Lboy926]

yeah, Pam Saulsby, Debra Morgan, and Gerald Owens do not ALL need to be on the 11:00

[BIKENCLIMB]

Now Tom Suiter is gone. Maybe he will still do Football Friday's in the fall.

[xmentosx]

I thought TV5 was French?

[scott9050]

I remember that newscast.

[BartmanMC]

Pam Saulsby, Greg Fishel, & Tom Suiter are still on WRAL today.

[GBS1043]

Does anyone know why Mark Roberts was blown out of WRAL? He must have done something to piss off Goodmon...

[linkmand]

he wasnt fired from what I was told. he wanted to do other things like his own marketing co. he does alot of commericals for car dealers. and look at how hot Pam was then and still is now. I met her in person tv doesnt do her justice. one fine looking blackwoman

[anoceanbetween]

I miss him so much. He was the only traffic guy I'd watch.

[veluz330]

I Know they're alive but Gaddy Retired and Dan Rather got Fired

[veluz330]

I think Gaddy is Born in October 1931 along with Dan Rather

[nickgreen07]

Tom Suiter had hair!!

[veluz330]

Both Gaddy and Rather died?

[TexasTV]

NO! There BOTH alive!

[davidnc76]

My grandmother would always have WRAL on during the 80s and 90s. Charlie was like a television father. So much news was reported from his anchor chair... He and Dan Rather will always be my favorite news anchors. RIP Charlie.

[north5880]

I didn't know what day that Charlie Gaddy left WRAL. They didn't make some bombastic announcement about it back then like this "Breaking News" trend that's so common now. Maybe he decided to walk away quietly. He was a great anchor and I enjoyed watching him for some 15-16 years (I'm from NC).

[popweaverhdtv]

They did promote his last newscast for about a month before he left on 7/1/1994. They even ran stories during their newscasts looking back at his career at WRAL.

[bigguy6100]

I remember this broadcast, when he left. I remember when Channel 5 looked like that, and I remember the old Sky 5 Hughes 500. Mr. Gaddy was an excellent anchor, Channel 5 wasn't the same without him.

[rayssonation]

Charlie Gaddy is a legend here in the Triangle,who has held the news anchor position at WRAL for more than 30 years ending in 1994. Out of all the news people that had been there only two remained...Greg Fishel,who has been the weatherman since 1981, and Tom Suiter,who has been the sports director at TV-5 for since 1969. Imagine Football Friday without Tom Suiter at the helm?

[randygupton2]

Thanks for the comment. As a former news anchor and reporter, it is important to clarify a few things: Charlie held the news anchor position from 1970-1994. Also, Tom isn't the sports director. He's simply the lead Sports Anchor. He's held that spot since 1981.

[bhayes06]

I think Gaddy first took the anchor chair in 1974. He started at 'RAL hosting "Good Morning Charlie" in 1970 after many years on WPTF radio as host of "Ask Your Neighbor."

[mrplanecrash]

Will Charlie Gaddy Become The CBS Evening News Anchor when Katie Couric Leaves?

[ozfest43]

Greg Fishel = Weather God!

[huggyface]

I like Greg, but actually Bob Debardeladen was the KING of Triangle weather. Also, Bill Reh is cool; he's worked at probably every area station EXCEPT WRAL!

[plastastic]

This video confirms two things: Greg Fishel has always had the same horrible haircut and television screens used to be made out of glass.

[southdude89]

Isn't Mark Roberts on Speed or something?

[tonyt55]

i think he's on linda loveland lol

[Wht4BlkNC]

No, he's just gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Jnelson09Returns]

Is he really, or are you just prejudiced?

[huggyface]

Don't know about Mr. Roberts' sexuality..but I used to jokingly call Charlie Gaddy "Charlie Gay." But I really liked him on WRAL in the day. Adele the same. At least Tom Suiter's still there, among the originals.

[GBS1043]

Funny, almost every decent person who has worked there says the same thing. Even Eddie Harrel said that he was so happy to be out of there. Nothing will change at Curtis as long as the "Everly Brothers", (Don and Phil) are there

[GBS1043]

Randy, do you miss being at Curtis?

[randygupton2]

Not at all! I occassionally miss being on the air. But .... it's rare. I certainly don't miss the shallowness of some of the people. It surprised me how much I became at ease not being there. Looking back, however, I cringe when I think about working there. Lowe's really treats its employees with such respect.

[huggyface]

Is it me or does Curtis have a virtual monopoly on commercial broadcasting in the Triangle? Heck he's even trying to infiltrate the Triad, with the recent purchase of WSJS and WMFR..and of course "FM Talk" WZTK is his baby that seems to reach both heavily-populated markets. What's next, he'll get his own satellite in space?

[JeffDeWitt]

It's you, Curtis is big in radio but hardly a monopoly, Capitol Broadcasting owns WRAL (both TV and FM), plus Clear Channel owns a bunch of stations.

Greg Fishel has wonderfully bad puns and is no doubt a better meteorologist but Bob Debardeladen was a REAL weatherman.

[huggyface]

I'm not disputing the veracity of Bob's meteorological credentials; heck I even made a past post on here saying Bob was the MAN. Greg's pretty good too though. But I was just saying before that Curtis just seems to have a lot of stations under his wing. And certainly not just WPTF. Clear Channel is ruining a LOT of formerly good stations; firing local talent and making their properties sound all cookie-cutterish and that's why I don't usually tune to comm. radio nowadays. NPR and the 'Net for me

[canesfan29]

do you have the broadcast from last november that Gaddy and Battista did?

[randygupton2]

Yep. In fact -- I was there! And I have "behind the scenes" footage I recorded. Just haven't had time to uploaded it yet.

[Buckethead66]

True story - Gaddy was offered the job as lead anchor on CNN when it first started in the early 80s. The manager of WRAL told him he shouldn't take it because a 24 hour news channel wouldn't last 6 months.

[jwgreek8606]

that was pretty sad not only with Gaddy retiring but with the death of a mayor.

[popweaverhdtv]

It was mentioned that the previous version of WRAL's graphics and intros were the worst ever. I will agree that those were a bad version compared to the ones shown here. This began a period of great graphics and intros for WRAL that continues to this day. I wish that I had this version of graphics on DVD or VHS....

[popweaverhdtv]

When I meant previous version of WRAL's graphics, I meant the graphics from 1991-93 that did use the same Stephen Arnold Finale Music Package. Apologies for confusion......

[jerseyman4]

Whatever happend to Tom Lawrence? He was a damn good tech reporter in the late 90s/early 00s

[popweaverhdtv]

Isn't he a spokesperson for Time Warner Cable in the Triangle?

[randygupton2]

You are correct. Lawrence left in either late 2002 or early 2003 for TWC. He is a fine man. Always was nice to me when I was covering news for WPTF. You do know who his daughter is ... don't you?

[popweaverhdtv]

It could be no one other than Sharon Lawrence of "NYPD Blue" fame. I remember that WRAL called her during their coverage of the Northridge Earthquake that happened during the mid 90's.

[bhayes06]

Thank you! It has been 13 years since I watched that. We still miss Charlie Gaddy's presence on the news.