After Hurricane Andrew part 1

News coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew from WCIX channel 6 in Miami Florida.
August 24, 1992. The news is anchored by John Hambrick and Barbara Sloan. Ms. Sloan was a fixture at WCIX at the time and Mr. Hambrick formerly anchored at WTVJ in Miami and at stations in New York and Cleveland.


The station was knocked off the air via channel 6 because their channel 6 transmitter was destroyed during the hurricane but WCIX continued broadcasting on cable and on its UHF repeater station in Ft. Lauderdale. At that time, they broadcast to the northern part of the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market via channel 27 because they were required to place their Channel 6 transmitter far south of Miami to avoid interference with the channel 6 based in Orlando.

After the hurricane, WCIX broadcasted over their own Channel 27, via cable and their newscasts were seen on (then) independent station WDZL channel 39 until the transmitter was rebuilt.

(c) 1992 WCIX-TV/CBS Miami- Fort Lauderdale

WCIX was an independent station broadcasting on channels 6 and 33 and later 6 and 27. In 1986 WCIX became a FOX affiliate. It became a CBS Owned and Operated station in 1989. In 1995, WCIX swapped channel positions with NBC owned WTVJ and became WFOR channel 4.


THIS VIDEO IS FOR HISTORICAL and informational PURPOSES ONLY. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED!

(c) 1992 WCIX-TV/CBS Miami- Fort Lauderdale

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[papichu51]

LOL DAVE GAME WAS A STALLION....

[NewmanNewsman]

I had never seen WCIX's coverage from after Andrew. Thanks for posting.

[bigdaddymatty17]

Andrew drove a lot of people out of Dade county for good. Nothing has been the same ever since.

[amerithaiphx]

I miss these reporters and many others like Rick Sanchez.

[cianh68]

hhahaha my bro was born then a hes name is andrew

[zetakev]

two fucking years to have power

[BloodstormGMA]

Yeah, during Hurricane Andrew, me, my girlfriend at the time, my best friend at the time and his g/f were hunkered down in my friend's g/f's house in Westchester not far from 87th ave. We experienced the wrath of Andrew first hand. It got progressively more violent as the night progressed. During the passing of the eye, we went out into the front yard to assess the damage at that point, which is a dangerous and stupid thing to do.

[BloodstormGMA]

The 2nd half of a hurricane is always the worse as the tail end of the storm will slam the brunt of it's force with fury! After the storm had passed we finally emerged from our shelter to see what looked like a damned war zone! We couldn't recognize Miami at that point. We saw a semi-tractor trailer on top of the roof of a strip mall on 87th ave, houses were destroyed. There was chaos, devastation. It was insane!

[StoneCold75]

@fisherprice5600 I remember seing that video when it aired for the first time..but no I dont know where you could get it now

[fisherprice5600]

@StoneCold75 any info on where i can purchase the video that channel 4 had about it? i believe it was called 'the big one' but could be wrong

[fisherprice5600]

@StoneCold75 haha, he who holds the gun has respect.... cant believe its been 18 years! have you commented on miami heralds articles on UM lately?

[StoneCold75]

@JKing3340 Oh sorry..maybey I was thinking of the other 3rd string South Florida beat reporter Al Sunshine...he's dead right?