WJKS 11pm News, September 13, 1977

Weeknight newscast from the then-ABC affiliate in Jacksonville, FL. Commercials are included.
The station ceased news production in 1996, shortly before it lost the ABC affiliation (again). Today it is WCWJ, a CW affiliate. A fuller history of the station can be found at Wikipedia.
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[@der22672]

As I'm nearing 60, I find myself watching anything from the late '70s. It was the best time being a teen. 😊😊

[@DaMusicMane1]

Terry Lynn Guy (abducted woman in first segment) escaped her kidnapper eight days later in Atlanta and was found alive and well.

[@der22672]

Wow. Really? Thats amazing. Do you know anything about her now? She's got to be at least 65. I hope she went on to have somewhat of a normal life. 🤔🤔

[@goldcanyon340.]

I have only known about this channel for less than 10 min & have already subscribed. These preserved news videos are treasures. Please keep doing what you are doing.

[@eblgraphics]

If you ever wonder what time travel is like here it is...

[@tranurse]

i like the old Acosta bridge in the background.

[@joebradio]

This track also used on an ABC evening news promo at the time

[@tvgator1]

Not bad for a small market 70s newscast. I thought giving an intern a report in an actual newscast was interesting. Steve Zager was obviously a workhorse as was Mike Lyons (who just retired recently). Both did multiple stories. Another thing I noticed was the KEN AMARO credit on audio. I'm assuming its the same Ken Amaro that would later report in J-ville for forever.

[@NewsActive3]

tvgator1 It's indeed the same Ken Amaro.

[@tvgator1]

NewsActive3 Cool. That's why I love looking at old air checks like this.

[@hrtvfan2870]

And the college football ranking piece was read by longtime ABC News staff announcer Bill Rice. Definitely a lot of unique pieces of trivia to note here.

[@jsb1980]

16:42 The late Bill Rice, the longtime voice of ABC News in very rare form delivering a sports report. Something that rarely ever happened.

[@NewsActive3]

[@imKazahkstan]

8:36 the Heart of America trailer park (a couple miles from Arrowhead Stadium) was sold in 2021 and is being cleared to make room for the new county jail

[@gabrielaparedes3845]

At 0:01, 28:08 And 28:32, The 1970's News Theme Was Classic. At 28:20, Poor Audio Tape.😂

[@jrodlange8099]

So how did the Randy Hedberg experience pan out for the Bucs? Nothing to see here folks.

[@CaptchaNeon]

I wasn’t even born and here I am daily watching newscasts that were before I was born and intentionally ignorant about what’s going on in current news. I can tell you about floods in 1977 but can’t tell you news from 2020 and yes I like it that way. Hearing news from intelligent reporters is far more interesting to me.

[@bryanburnap4537]

So funny !! Me too !! I watch old newscasts all the time. Many stories kinda give u a preview of what are future would hold.

[@peterpaul231]

Who's the Roman Meal cutie?

[@Gary_Jaffe]

right?!!

[@alienigena4976]

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