WTAE-TV Channel 4 News Intro 1983

This news opening is from Christmas of 1983.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• wtae-tv
• news
• intro
• 1983
• christmas
• x-mas
• old
• retro

[vhm14u2c]

The ceiling at 00:24 is not a ceiling. Its a tiny prop in front of the camera to hide undone overhead that was not part of the set. It was cool the way it was done.

[FirstFactionFilms]

Oh the 80's...

[ZybezOfficial]

sally wiggin looks better now than she did before.

[BreakingGlass77]

Damn Sally Wiggin must be OOOOLD

[tokyofreaky]

I was eight when this aired. Sally wiggin looks so young.

[CP359]

This is too cool! I lived in Pgh 1980-85 while an undergrad at Pitt. I always liked the morph of the Golden Triangle into the WTAE logo. And the strings and the tempo of the music always sounded "urgent"... like the city itself always seemed. I listened to WTAE-AM in the mornings with O'Brien and Garry too... great way to start the day. I remember how cold it was that Christmas too. Thanks for the great flashback!

[bigfinewoman]

Dang..i didn't know that Sally Wiggin had been on since I was in college...damn I am now 46.

[appstaterebel]

I remember 11 Alive in Atlanta,GA (WXIA) and WTVK-TV 26 (now WVLT-TV 8) in Knoxville, TN had the same exact news open music that played at the beginning of the newscast.

[dwhite1970]

There were and still are Hearst stations. They mostly had the same music and similar sets more than once I'm sure.

[ctmajka]

Holy Cow! WBAL's and WTAEs sets looked SO much alike at this time!