KFSN-TV - Action News opening - October 1978

KFSN-TV in Fresno, Ca., opens an "Action News" broadcast during October of 1978 with the launch of Fresno's first public radio station, KVPR-FM -- or, more accurately, the problems the station encountered as it prepared to sign-on for the first time. Robin Fern (later Garrison) is the anchor.

At the time this was recorded, KFSN was a CBS affiliate owned by Capital Cities Communications. The "Action News" opening seen here is similar to one used by then-sister stations WTVD in Durham, N.C., and WKBW-TV in Buffalo, N.Y., on their respective "Eyewitness News" programs. In 1985 KFSN and WTVD became ABC owned-and-operated stations after CapCities purchased ABC.

Copyright 1978 KFSN-TV/ABC, Inc.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• KFSN-TV
• KVPR
• Fresno
• California
• Action
• News
• October
• 1978

[nakamichiguy]

Can you hear the director's voice leaking through the audio right before the theme starts? I think that's what the voice is.

Old new clips are so cool. I can waste hours on YouTube looking at these. They're really great time capsules and were fleeting since most weren't preserved.

[rksncu]

John Wallace. He been in Fresno television for decades.

[vigaroux]

notice guy picking his nose in the shadows?

[Clay3613]

WHY CAN'T NEWS BE THIS AWESOME ANYMORE?!

[DartsRme312]

@gibby100 wow....robin garrison used to do weekedays on wpvi with Harry Martin...didn't know her hame was robin fern garrison thanks for posting!!

[OldsVistaCruiser]

@benwmayes - Not only that, WPVI offers "Move Closer To Your World" as a free cell phone ringtone - in its full glory! Google "6abc ringtone". The second result you find will take you directly to that ringtone.

[gibby100]

Robin Fern Garrison actually went on to WPVI 6 after this.

[RkivUnderground]

The forefathers of the iPod advertising silhouettes!

[benwmayes]

WPVI channel 6 in Philadelphia still uses the exact same music and "action news" tagline.  Interesting.

[vegas787]

The Central Valley has always leaned to the right ,as evident recently by their huge support of Prop 8, (the gay marriage prop) evangelical christians pull alot of weight in those small farming towns the dot the regions.

[MattieCooper]

This is cool. My father has living in Fresno since 1982, and I'm always looking for 70's and 80's TV/ Video/photos from the past for Fresno and the SF bay area.