WLFL TV22 Raleigh NC - Commercials from Adventures of Superman - 1982

[@ClunkerSlim]

As someone who grew up in Raleigh, I just want to say, this is amazing. It's like a time machine to my childhood. Thanks for uploading this. It may not get a million views but it's a blast for those of us who lived in the area.

[@jrnyfanraleigh]

I feel the same way. A great way to remember the good ol' days in Raleigh.

[@Attmay]

Glad to see someone has preserved and uploaded the early pre-Fox years of WLFL.

[@bhayes06]

Hear, hear! Keep up the good work!

[@douglasallen9428]

Agreed!!!

[@mamabearmartie]

That’s my Dad’s voice at the end of the first Sha Na Na commercial 💖 He did most of the WLFL voiceovers from approx 1980-1989, along with being the solo news anchor for the short lived news update, “Update 22.” Can’t thank you enough for these!

[@jrnyfanraleigh]

Wow, that's really awesome! His voice is forever ingrained in my brain, since all my cartoons and whatnot came on WLFL. I'm sure his V/Os are in a lot of the old commercials I posted, so check out my other videos. Any interesting stories about how he got the gig or what he did after?

[@mamabearmartie]

@@jrnyfanraleigh thank you! Dad is actually in his last days right now, at home with hospice. I’m with him every day so I’ll be sure to pass on your kind words; it’ll mean so much to him to know he was remembered. Prior to WLFL he wrote/produced/reported the WRAL Action News 5 special reports in the ‘70s. While there he trained other reports & anchors including Bobbi Batista, who later went to CNN. Before WRAL he did radio news with WPTF & DJ’d at other stations as well. He was completely self-taught - didn’t study journalism or broadcast media in college, but rather, earned his degree in art & religious studies. He was just gifted with a naturally good voice. His mother was a big band singer in the 1930s & his father sang in professional barbershop quartet. Long line of family musicians. He stayed with WLFL through the early 90s after the station was bought out by Fox and then decided to leave/semi-retire. He continued working independently doing contract editing & producing, teaching/training students, opened a local film studio which became a training ground for local actors, and he directed/produced a handful of indie films.

[@mamabearmartie]

@@jrnyfanraleigh also just went to subscribe to you and found I’m already a subscriber! Yep - that’s his voice in the Halloween commercial and on most of the movie promos. His voice was also the nightly sign off & station announcer 💖

[@jrnyfanraleigh]

@@mamabearmartie Very interesting background! I'm very sorry to hear that the end may be approaching for him. I teach high school television production here in Raleigh, so those broadcasters from the late 70s and early 80s in our area are forever etched in my mind. Sure seems like he had quite a life! Great respect for his voice that I heard so many times daily for so many years. I expect his voice is quite famous and remembered by us long-time residents, even if we can't put a face to it. I wish there was some big archive of WLFL produced content. My parents owned a furniture store and I starred in the one and only TV commercial my father had made for it. I feel fairly certain it aired on WLFL (my father would have never paid a VHF station rate I'm sure!). Our VHS tape recording was lost long ago, but man I would be tickled to see it again after all this time. Kindest regards to you and your family as you go through such a sad time.

[@bshrader]

@@mamabearmartie Just wanted to say that your dad's voice is ingrained in my childhood memories, too! My brother and I spent many hours with WLFL -- and his voice was always there.

[@douglasallen9428]

Am I the only one here that actually likes their "fast food style" logo?!