From May 27th, 1969, news of Apollo Ten astronauts returning and Apollo 11 Crew prepping for July trip to the moon. WUFT-TV Gainesville, Florida, was the only local TV station in Gainesville at the time. Anchor is Bob Mayer, who went on to become a news anchor for WTVJ in Miami (still is).
Bob Mayer at UF....way cool.....
guyinfl99 10 months ago
Unbelievable! I got my first experience in news production at WUFT. And I'm still lucky enough to say that I'm still working in television. Good ol' channel 5.....
tvgator1 2 years ago
amazing!!!
pontiac51 4 years ago
Um somebody cut the clip off, how about posting all of it? JEEZ
falconlem 4 years ago
Bob Mayer has been at 'TVJ in Miami since either the Fall of 1969 or sometime in 1970.
dgendvil 4 years ago
Unbelievable. Thank you for postng this.
cdchmura 4 years ago
i guess there weren't teleprompters back then... haha. this is awesome.
therachel84 4 years ago
And to think that 35 years later, your future Newsnet producer, was producing at WUFT!
curly0921 4 years ago