Lester Holt in 1985 WCBS-TV Complete Newscast

New Year's Eve 1985, 11 pm newscast on WCBS-TV, New York. Michele Marsh, Lester Holt, Dr. Frank Field, Fred Wymore, Jane Mitchell and Morry Alter. The video quality is not up to my standards but some material is just too good to pass on. Complete vintage newscasts are hard to find.

[@DLA75]

RIP Michelle Marsh 1954-2017

[@SeamusMcGillicuddy0]

R.I.P. Michelle Marsh. You are missed ❤️

[@deirdre581]

Lester moved to Chicago the next year (1986) where his son Stefan was born (1987). Stefan now anchors at NYC affiliate WNBC and he's older than Lester was here.....

[@ridzz]

darn it.. why am I watching 30-year old news..?

[@arrow1414]

Oh, my God, that Golden Nuggets commercial with Steve Winn! He would be canceled under the floor!

[@catherinedarcy9760]

How the time flies. It's depressing watching this old clip because it only reminds you of how old you are.

[@Crommy5]

Catherine Darcy, better than the only alternative! 😉

[@Supertron1]

Ah, Lester with his iconic mustache. Takes me back to childhood, with parents watching him in the news back in the 90's. Glad i can still see him in the news though, because he's an awesome anchor.

[@66KIMBLE]

Wow never realize how long Lester been around. RIP Michelle

[@roberthurley6457]

Lester Holt was a local CBS news anchor in NYC & Chicago in the 1980s & 1990s. Now he's at NBC anchoring NBC Nightly News weeknights & host of Dateline NBC every week.

[@samuelgriffin9364]

1985 ends in a bang we're moving forward to 1986 how time really flies

[@NYDEM-tt9vh]

The only newscast I have seen of Lester Holt while he was on WCBS.

[@1thetvzone]

+NYDEM2014 didn't know he work at WCBS/Channel 2. I knew he worked at WBBM/Channel 2 in Chicago. WOW

[@NYDEM-tt9vh]

+thetvzone Holt worked at WCBS from 1981 to 1982, KCBS from 1982 to 1983, again at WCBS from 1983 to 1986, at WBBM from 1986 to 2000, MSNBC from 2000 to 2003 and NBC News from 2003 to the present date.

[@1thetvzone]

+NYDEM2014 He did two stints at WCBS.. He had a good 19 year run with CBS

[@roseakarosiehweinstein3216]

Let's go to the video tape guys

[@johnnysama]

Lester Holt w/a mustache? Wow, that was the day. :D

[@kuahmelallah]

Also his hairline not halfway back!

[@bribay]

Wftv 9 in Orlando used the same theme well into the 90's probably later.

[@kuahmelallah]

I didn't catch that this was WCBS and NOT WBBM until I heard the Toyota commercial mention New Jersey. Didn't know Lester Holt worked in the NYC market first.

[@optimusgotslimed3175]

his voice sounds the same. oh such a sweet voice.

[@deathtoll5000x]

Okay, Lester needs to bring back the Moustache!

[@14ls98]

RIP Michelle Marsh, Dr Frank Field.

[@aliceitty]

11:15 I didn't know there was as crash at Hoboken Terminal in 1985. I just knew of the one that happened in 2016.

[@hamburg1306]

Brian Williams also anchor for WCBS early 90's.

[@hollypietrzak5214]

When Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw did nightly news did you ever see them with a co anchor?

[@rtcp2020]

I’m speechless. Lester holt....

[@chriswright8464]

I remember Michelle Marsh with Jim Jensen in the 70's.

[@eddyeroyal6024]

I saw where Ricky Nelson plane went down, it was from my family’s hometown, Dekalb Texas.

[@veenus93]

Lester Holt is only 26 years old in this newscast 😮😀

[@bmasters1981]

Same age as Jim Nantz was when he started at CBS Sports w/The Prudential College Football Report on Saturdays in '85!

[@slsteam6912]

The news open looks very serious, but looks a lot like the CBS network Campaign "Turn Us On" from the late 1970s.

[@toddgalagan3376]

@2:06 I remember when McDonald's introduced the styrofoam containers also back then.

[@joshuaturnage5243]

0:20 CBS Promo Cotton Bowl 50th Anniversary Game Auburn vs Texas A&M

[@wildcatkelly1966]

You look cool with that mustache, Lester. Please grow it back. I think NBC would go for it.

[@justus4038]

Thats The mighty Auburn Tigers!!! War Eagle Hey!!!! And the one at the New Years eve ball drop is Jane Velez Mitchell.... This is very interesting!!!

[@kuahmelallah]

Jane Velez Mitchell blew my mind being on this clip too. I've only ever known her to be on KCAL 9 (LA)

[@icysaracen3054]

1985 - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs working to dominate the world while Mark Zuckerberg was shitting in diapers.

[@robroy6374]

haha!

[@alexyamach3635]

This also includes a news report on the death of 1950's rock n roll star Ricky Nelson in a plane crash at the 9:30 mark.

[@waremblem3405]

Lester Holt, The Human Fog Horn.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

That's the same Lester Holt that was (maybe still is) on NBC, isn't it?

[@crb4059]

No the other one

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@crb4059 OK, thanks.

[@kuahmelallah]

@@TheBrooklynbodine the guy was messing with you, lol. You probably picked up on that by now though.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@kuahmelallah Yeah, I can see and hear the resemblance to today. After all, this was almost 40 years ago at this point (3-25-21).

[@monilaninetynine3811]

Lester Holt reminds me of that Eddie Murphy character, Mr. White.

[@Fortaz107]

The Apple drop was superior to the ball drop

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Is this the Lester holt in here that anchors the nightly news every night?

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Naomi Lundy how old do you think he is in here anyway?

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Naomi Lundy how old is he now anyway?

[@Dafranchise1104]

He's an old 25. He looks 35.

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Cabalen Games and Hobbies was this his twin brother in here?

[@kascnef]

holt is now nbc

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Justin Fencsak is this his twin brother in here?

[@chuckdixon1446]

Wow. So back then Lester Holt was a black guy.

[@ianbrown9400]

Chuck Dixon he still is

[@chuckdixon1446]

Ian Brown It used to be more apparent.

[@kuahmelallah]

Lol, cold blooded.

[@monilaninetynine3811]

@@ianbrown9400 Is he? He's very white washed. Might as well be white.

[@arrow1414]

@@monilaninetynine3811 Or maybe being black comes in all shades, attitudes and mannerisms.

[@RafaelYudhanto24]

1:00

[@RafaelYudhanto24]

3:05

[@wmbrown6]

This was a few months before the One Times Square zipper was turned back on, operated by New York Newsday with early Daktronics Venus controls.