WTCN Newscast (1979) | From the KARE 11 Archives

[@jchow5966]

It is amazing to see rhis piece of history!!!! Please post more if you have them!!!!!

[@jchow5966]

Thank you for the memories.

[@frankstackowitz9234]

This was a rehearsal, one of our last before the Affiliation change. After this 20-30 minute rehearsal we spent a few HOURS going over the problems. Every show, for at least a year, received a post-show critique, sometimes lasting twice the length of the show. We had a group of young, energetic folks who were committed to doing things differently. And we did, then the station was sold to Gannett (now TEGNA) and they re-invented things again. The 80s were a great time in local broadcasting...

[@kenj9298]

Wait you worked with KARE?

[@frankstackowitz9234]

@@kenj9298 yupper

[@JJONNYREPP]

WTCN Newscast (1979) | From the KARE 11 Archives 1054am 12.10.24 jeeez.............rehearsals could be used to spread misinformation or present dubiousness newscasts. i dont think that's wise to film rehearsals for news presentations...

[@frankstackowitz9234]

@@JJONNYREPP SERIOUSLY?? Ummmmm.... I'll remember that next time I'm back in 1979.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@frankstackowitz9234 Comments on ‘WTCN Newscast (1979) | From the KARE 11 Archives’ 16.10.24 0220am if they did it then they're doing it now. i mean, great for the news casters to hone their craft but a bit much if we're subject to cruddy rehearsal broadcasts and missing the genuine news of the day...........

[@JChow-e1c]

Amazing!!!!

[@StudioZ7]

Prototype newscast that presumably never aired, days before WTCN became an NBC affiliate on March 5, 1979 after 18 years as an independent. It looks pretty much how the NewsCenter 11 program appeared on the air, except for a much different intro here. Image at 0:47 indicates much of that footage came from the School of Communication Arts rather than WTCN's studios. Anchor Jim Dyer was bumped to weekends by August 1979 in favor of Stan Bohrman. Reports still on film rather than videotape look quite primitive. Announcer at the beginning is Twin Cities broadcast legend Barry Siewert.

[@frankstackowitz9234]

Jeff, You're correct....as I say above, this was probably one of our final rehearsals before the change. The Show Open was a mock up as the final hadn't been completed. I see lots of errors that we ended up discussing for hours post-show. Those meetings were brutal....every decision made during the live show was questioned and dissected. It appears that Sports was edited out of the recording, hence that weird shot going into Sally's report on divorce. Check out the credits! Who does that anymore?? BTW, Jane Mitchell is now Jane Velez Mitchell, recently of CNN evenings. We're all getting older.

[@JJONNYREPP]

all the dudes of the late 70's looked like robert ulrich...

[@ericsamuelson5656]

Jim Dyer will move to Miami by 1982 where he anchored WTVJ Ch 4 and later WCIX Ch 6

[@saxongreen78]

Fire seems to have been a major killer in the 1970s...so many of these old broadcasts have stories about residential infernoes.

[@walterfox4761]

Is that Jane Mitchell as in Jane Velez-Mitchell?

[@douglassandstrom6314]

Yep

[@ericsamuelson5656]

She will head to New York City to join WCBS Ch 2 by 1981

[@JJONNYREPP]

WTCN Newscast (1979) | From the KARE 11 Archives 1052am 12.10.24 that's the news....

[@joshuaturnage5243]

14:19 Star Treks Leonard Nimoy as Vincent Van Gogh

[@Frost-gf7wq]

They reported the news. Now KARE reports an agenda.

[@leakyjeep5.9]

Brought to you by Pfizer

[@StudioZ7]

What more can you expect from a station that calls itself "KARE"?

[@jacobtoadstool492]

Agreed. KARE 11 News has been losing a log of viewers by messing up their programming schedule.

[@yellowtents]

just because trump lost ?

[@chrisl3336]

I’m surprised they are celebrating their history. I thought everyone one was bigoted in the past?