WNEW-TV 10pm News Segment, May 25, 1977

Roughly the first half of an originally hour-long newscast from the then-independent station (now Fox O&O WNYW) in New York. Some commercials are included. One story which featured a portion of a Frost/Nixon interview was edited out due to a copyright claim.
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[@hcombs0104]

Brings back memories. "It's ten PM. Do you know where your children are?"

[@TimBoyd2012]

I told you last night, no! Where is Bart anyway, his dinner is getting cold and eaten.

[@a.b.s_productions]

It’s amazing how long this first package is, and all the details about the background on the owner, none of that would be said today. This is real news story telling.

[@JohnSmith-wp2yu]

Back when news was serious. No joking, no commentary, just the news.

[@mikedemenchuk7717]

But was that little sci-fi movie any good?

[@jameswillett7186]

Exactly-No Happy Talk yet.

[@AndrewVOdom]

What an incredible flashback...! I was 8 but remember so much of this...WNEW did a quality local new show and had some great reporters.. As a son of the FDNY, love that footage!

[@sambradley2975]

I remember watching this news segment.It came after Merv Griffin & before "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman". I couldn't stay up to see "Mary" because it was a school night.

[@JMFabiano]

Oooh! Was the TAT Communications Company logo at the end of it?

[@sambradley1968]

@@JMFabiano yeah. 🙂

[@ep7975]

All the reporters were serious, deep-voiced dudes in suits!

[@americangiant1003]

Yup. Back then Reporters (Both for Mostly Men back in 1977)would always wear suits even in 90-degree plus or near zero weather conditions. Ditto even for the Cameraman/Digital Photographer as well. Now almost 50 years later they would be wearing in some cases for outdoor shots especially in extreme weather a t-shirt(summer)or heavy jacket with the station's logo. Which in 2023 would be the "Fox News" logo.

[@JOSEPHFOBBS]

Too bad the second half of the program is missing. I was hoping to catch Stewart Klein's review of the now iconic Star Wars.

[@SheilaKaneDecoy]

Me too!

[@alexanderarce3341]

WNYW started an 10pm News tradition that is still alive to this day.

[@KiCreativeStudioJP]

I wish the news was this innocent today. Even the Nixon story was tame by comparison with 2023's social/ political scandals.

[@wmbrown6]

From what I could gather, on this aircheck the "Do You Know Where Your Children Are?" V/O just before the start of the newscast was Fred Scott. (Hence, I've heard that notice from all of the station's major announcers except for Lou Steele definitely, and Chuck Caron probably; I vividly remember Ed Ladd handling it, as well as Tom Gregory and Peter Lucas.)

[@MarcusPearl]

May 25, 1977, the day movies changed forever

[@ajg2558]

Excellent quality, thank you for posting this,

[@paulmarkel6233]

My god. The fire is such a tragic story.

[@puplover7991]

And AIDS hadn't reared its ugly head yet. Fascinating.

[@discobean54]

Yes- it was. So sad. I took a shot earlier to see if I could find out if this story had been on the evening news that day- not sure how it couldn't have been and was amazed to find this. The fire was indeed very tragic. I would love to talk with any of the survivors who had been there, but honestly not sure how many are even still alive today. This is just one of many things that speak to me for some reason and maybe it's not right to do so, but I decided recently to incorporate this horrible event into a story I am writing (fiction) and have my character been there when it happened. Only because it is such a tragic event and I don't know how many people today are aware this even happened and mostly- why it happened. Things were so different back then and it's a crude reminder of how much so.

[@danschreffler1280]

1:36 "I told you last night, NO!"

[@DateTwoRelate]

The only newscast I remember ever watching with my family. Bill Jorgensen, John Roland, Gabe Pressman, Steve Baumann, Bill McCreary (who did Black News on Sunday nights) Marvin Scott, Victor Reisel, Dr. Martin Abend, Stuart Klein, and the forgotten Tom McDonald on sports. Bill Mazer also did sports. And the syndicated gossip report of Rhona Barrett.

[@americangiant1003]

Date2. Actually "Black News" was on Saturday Nights at 1030pm. Sunday Nights had "Sports Extra" right after the 10pm news co hosted by Mazer and then recently retired NY Jets NFL player named John Dockery. Both the McCreary produced Saturday evening and Sports Extra was groundbreaking among the first ever in their speciality programming.

[@wmbrown6]

@@americangiant1003 - When "Sports Extra" started, Mazer's co-host was Lee Leonard (who was the first host of "Midday Live," preceding Bill Boggs).

[@americangiant1003]

@@wmbrown6 Cool. Thanks for the info.

[@kimlerner389]

Bill Mazer, what a treasure.

[@dxrulz4life]

RIP Bill McCreary and John Roland

[@Eric2221]

Starting off with a bath house fire bookended by a brothel advertised in 'Screw' magazine 😮 WOW

[@sambradley1968]

I remember the "10 O Clock News ". This was when anchors were anchors. Back then, I trusted what they said. Plus, it had a cool opening theme, & Mr. Jorgenson had a catchy catchprase ; "Thank you for your time this time till' next time ". 🙂

[@samuelgriffin4167]

I was nine years old in the summer of 1977

[@msbigdog1460]

I turned 10 that July. 👍

[@kimlerner389]

Another example of a landlord getting away with not following regulations, and the DOB not enforcing them.

[@sambradley1968]

Can you believe it was 43 years ago today? 😂

[@user-id1kq2ip3l]

New York City news during the seventies and eighties was I remember

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Haunting into of WNEW TV Channel 5

[@SamuelGriffin-zt1ze]

Gabe Pressman went from WNBC as a full fledged reporter to WNEW I believe Pressman did return to WNBC

[@MrCraigblaze]

You mean back in 1977 You could "Miss" a month from paying back a loan ?? I must have missed that ?? XD

[@retroguy1976]

wish that could exist today lol

[@videonut1988]

They were on their OLD set with the old “5” logo and not the Avant Garde “5” logo

[@wmbrown6]

The newer set was apparently being designed and constructed at this point (it wouldn't take effect until around the time of the July 13 blackout).

[@mikedemenchuk7717]

Good Lord that news ticker sound is loud to the point of distraction

[@wmbrown6]

"Battery of Teletype Receivers" from the Thomas J. Valentino / Major Records library: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jH6spZVqbrCgsMkm14s WNEW meant for it to be loud, evidently, to tell you "this is a newscast, not Merv or 'I Love Lucy' or 'The Flintstones'." (Plus it being royalty-free.)

[@ajg2558]

Excellent quality, Sony betamax?

[@nl1899fan]

Classic!

[@wmbrown6]

I know the teletype SFX off the back of my hand . . . but would anyone know from which music library that theme music at the open (used up until later '77) came from (and, if known, its title)? I thought I heard another section of that same music in a 1965 Benny Hill sketch from his BBC days.

[@NewsActive3]

The production music is called "Panic E", and comes from Berry Music Company Lmtd. More of it can be heard at www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/#1,1,WNEW

[@wmbrown6]

Berry Music Co. Ltd., must have done other variants of that "Panic" music for there to be a "Panic E" (wonder, who would have wrote it?). Here's the Benny Hill sketch in question (music heard from 2:55 - 3:10): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aneZk4qGh5ydq5om55s As for the Teletype SFX, it is called "Teletype Receivers Battery" and from the Thomas J. Valentino music library. (EDIT: The Benny Hill sketch used "Panic C." Both that and "Panic E" were written by Don Banks.)

[@NEPatriot]

So perhaps in the fall of 1977 WNEW switched their theme song?

[@sambradley2975]

Funny thing, the original theme of the "10 O'clock News " was featured on the "Spiderman " cartoons of the 1960s & '70s.

[@wmbrown6]

@@NEPatriot - Apparently. But first they changed their news set (and their cameras - at this point evidently they still used the Norelco PC-70's, but by the time the new set took effect WNEW already had the spanking-new RCA TK-46's).

[@anthonypoli8937]

About to graduate in a month, school's out for ever.

[@sambradley2975]

It's 1pm, & I don't have any children. 😆

[@richardm3773]

lol.....they should have had one right before sign off....it's 2am Did you find out where your children are

[@emt5330]

Wow, the day before my 7th birthday

[@user-ip8kv3ym1o]

This Was Also The Day Star Trek"s Arch Enemy Was Born!

[@jamalmccoy1982]

The old channel 5 wnew news. ..

[@richardm3773]

it's 10 pm...Do you know where your children are

[@elmartinyoutuberxdlol7361]

Star wars