WRC-TV 11pm News, April 2, 1978

Weekend newscast from the NBC O&O in Washington, DC. Commercials are included. Unfortunately the open and tail end of the newscast were clipped on the source tape.
Video and audio quality varies due to original tape conditions.
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[@wmbrown6]

Around the 3:00 mark, a report from Bill Aylward - a charter member of New York station WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News" team from its launch in November 1968 until his departure from the station about 1972.

[@johnpat3622]

Interesting to watch the sports report...Leading with the Caps tying the Canadiens at home for the first time ever...Even more interesting is the report (after the golf highlights!) on the "fast fading" Bullets apparently struggling to make the NBA playoffs ..as it turned out, not only did they make the playoffs that season, they won the NBA Championship.

[@johnfarr2738]

Lol love the old school weather “Graphics”

[@damienchance2622]

Me too

[@hrtvfan2870]

Kind of strange seeing a (relatively) young Pat Buchanan in the WRC radio ad.

[@mathiasmorqubus]

Flash forward to 2016 and I-66 is an unmitigated nightmare!

[@multismartmove]

Agreed, this is so cool! They gave a great fight though.

[@mariepavlov9144]

Recognize the Washington, DC-Datsun area dealers commercial from April 1978? He is the radio voice of Maryland Terrapins Football/Men's Basketball, Johnny Holiday.

[@mca1218]

Wow. What happened to the beautiful Ann Sawyer??

[@legoguy016]

Paul Anthony before he did VO's. I think the same happened to KMBC weather guy Drew Dimmel.

[@mrbobbell]

Paul Anthony was free-lancing as a VO artist as early as 1971. See his interview: vimeo.com/13614294

[@robtman9199]

Wow, Can't say I remember this, but I am sure my family seen this one, 2 days later I left the area for Lackland AFB

[@ZnenTitan]

The Plymouth Volare for $3926 is roughly $15,400 in today's money. Good luck trying to buy a new car now at either price

[@johnpat3622]

First actor we see in that commercial....William Christopher, Father Mulcahy from M*A*S*H!

[@DHTSciFiArtist]

I notice WRC-TV is using ENG video technology by this time. When did they start using ENG.

[@j.r.g.3849]

I read someplace that WRC was using ENG in one form or another as early as 1973.

[@JosephPratt1986]

Is this the same Paul Anthony that announces the PBS show "Washington Week" every week? It sounds as little bit like him.

[@byrd56]

+Joseph Pratt Yes...interesting that Paul moonlit between doing weather on commercial TV (Channels 4 and 9) and announcing on public TV (WETA).

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Yes.

[@damienchance2622]

That's the year my late mother bought 2 ford mustangs

[@stringercorrales6627]

I just click on these videos looking for kino late 70s graphics.

[@rjam1974]

My dad had the 1979 or 78 Plymouth lime green volare

[@NewsActive3]

[@nybigboy57]

I was born this day

[@LaurenLover81]

Now, was the sports guy, Martin Wyatt, trying to model, carry, and present himself just like Jim Vance?

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Martin Wyatt also did sports in Baltimore for WMAR-TV.

[@cabalenproductions6480]

Martin Wyatt the one doing the sports segment in this clip later became a legend at KGO-TV in San Francisco from the 1980's-2000's.

[@cabalenproductions6480]

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 When was he in Baltimore before San Francisco got him.

[@CaptchaNeon]

Unloaders taking out the meat from the trailer, dude goes through the line and gets kicked by every carcass as they swing. Just animals getting their final revenge lol but no really, looks like a super messy job and a bad deal for the unloaders who have no benefits.