Vintage WLBW / WPLG News Clips

Clip 1: News Director Ken Taylor tags the documentary, Escape To Hell
Clip2: Footage from the 1972 newsroom including shots of Ann Bishop, Bill "Bunky" Byer, Anchors Dean Miller, Gordon Stevens, Joe Croghan/Sports and Walter Cronise/Weather

courtesy: Chuck Stewart archival collection. For historical purposes only. All rights courtesy PNS.

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[conkyjoe]

Pretty amazing that these editors cranked/crashed every day. Notice they wore no gloves. The NLE editors need to see a real "bin". I remember rolling 3 telecine simul rolls w/magnetic stop tabs and dissolving & cutting in and out of sound bites and b-roll before the white leader during these live newscasts. I enjoyed the pressure directing live news twice a day.

[36028]

Who was the weather girl on WLBW back in the 60's? I remember her first name was Virginia.

Any info appreciated.

[0814ma]

Great clip. Thanks for posting.

WLBW changed its call letters to WPLG on Monday, March 16, 1970, so the Escape to Hell portion must be from before that date.

[GFI888]

Wow, this predates me. I moved to S. Fla in 1975, but I do remember many of these names. Thanks for posting.

[local4news]

Chuck-what a treasure trove of Miami tv history. Thanks for posting it.

Steve Wasserman

[Jeffers67]

That's priceless, Chuck. It's just the way I remember Gordon Stevens. And of course I remember having to splice film, too!