WOR-TV A.M. NEWS 9-11-81

A TAP RE-POST

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Entertainment

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• WOR
• TV
• NEW
• YORK
• NEWS
• 1981

[MSTS1]

One of my fav. NY clips from tap> almost all slides..

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Turns out also, it was 20 yrs preceding 9-11.

[tapthatt2012]

i'm so behind in re-posting old clips

[EarlSnohomish]

"People spoke so eloquently back then... don't you think?"

I always liked that type of announcing myself, since I grew up on it.

[thetwentyteens]

20 years later...

[reike]

You think those economic decisions can be used today?

[wmbrown6]

A complete newscast from Russ Dunbar (the voice heard on the last slides-only newscast of this clip) from 1967 on WOR Radio (almost a year before the split of the announcing pool that followed WOR-TV's move to 1481 Broadway) can be found here:

watch?v=-8h9MIVX48g

And unlike on here, he identifies himself.

[wmbrown6]

@altfactor - This appears to have been true with the other NY stations in terms of their sign-on and -off newscasts, as well.

[Matt324324]

what was the station airing in-between these news updates?

[Channelhahaha]

Wow. The VW Rabbit Diesel got 45 miles per gallon... back in 1981. Imagine that. A pickup truck which gets more than double the mileage of today's pickup trucks.

[altfactor]

By having an announcer read wire copy while viewers saw a slide, WOR was able to save money by not having to run on studio cameras and lights nior hire a studio/control-room crew.

[Tenor5274]

wow! to think that this was taped 20 years before to the date of the worst tragedy we have ever experienced as a nation.

[TRKoneAD2]

This was like 5 AM...