WTTG News Washington DC October 6 1978

The recording on this tape was actually started here to tape the news, but cut off a bit before the end. This may be the first vintage newscast on KZbin at 60fps, if I'm wrong please tell me what is!

[@NEPatriot]

Al Roker worked in Washington? Man he's been around!

[@cfoster81]

He grew up in Baltimore

[@RolloSmokes]

@@cfoster81 Roker was born and raised in New York City, specifically the St. Albans section of Queens.

[@americangiant1003]

@@cfoster81 Incorrect. As Rollo was right in stating that Roker was born in raised in the NYC area. And went to college at a small college in Upstate New York near the Canadian border. FYI Roker also has had some famous family relatives being of Afro-Caribbean American . That includes Rock/Pop Star Lenny Kravitz and his late Mom who played "Helen" on the hit comedy series the "Jeffersons."

[@americangiant1003]

I knew Al worked in Cleveland for a bit as well. However did not know he also worked in DC as well. Wow he was a then 'kid" probably in his first major TV weather casting job.

[@Chamberlain-ef9pk]

I was 14 and don't remember Al Roker on Channing 5....

[@VectraQS]

It's always nice to see channels get on the 60fps train. Thank you for uploading! I wish I had half of the vintage recordings that you do.

[@TheMediaHoarder]

The lower frame rate was my biggest problem with online video. Glad it's possible to do video properly now, but it's still far too rare overall. Commercial services that have videotaped sitcoms still can't get those right, nor anyone who's been putting recent news clips online!

[@TheMediaHoarder]

I've noticed some of my videos and others will play at the right frame rate through my LG TV's KZbin app while others do not. The Roku app, which looks about the same, does play everything right. Wish I knew what encoding I had to use for it to work everywhere, or that they'd update the other apps.

[@judedesilva8366]

@@TheMediaHoarder is there more WTTG Fox 5 News Washington D.C., March 5, 1990?

[@RJ42997]

Back when the news was actually news and not politics

[@usa02]

Holy cow, a young Al Roker!

[@RolloSmokes]

...before he went to Cleveland.

[@inkyguy]

Ryan Zwolinski, yep! Watched him since I was a kid when he was still in D.C.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

Before he went to 350 lbs

[@Jean0987654321]

With hair!!

[@keleonicky]

32:40, 45:06

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Pacing was different back then. This feels like they worked for months in this broadcast. It feels like a video newspaper.

[@ericsamuelson5656]

When Al Roker was in D.C., that's when he first met Willard Scott. When Al was on this station, Willard was on WRC Ch 4. Also on the NBC station in Washington at the same time was Al's future WNBC anchor Sue Simmons.

[@TheMediaHoarder]

You've got 9 years left on that Ginsu warranty! Who's still using them now?

[@prycerobertson4695]

1978 was also the year Suffolk Marketing, responsible for the success of Slim Whitman and Boxcar Willie, released 50 Songs You'll Always Love, a compilation of old-time standards performed by "The Fabulous Fingers of" Irving Fields at the piano. I hope you have the 50 Songs ad somewhere in your archives. Keep up the good work!

[@clutchhh]

@@prycerobertson4695 That's literally not what he asked. Great job.

[@ShangoDC]

I was 15 years old in 1978 I believe I remember those anchors especially the wonderful lady.

[@carolyndarley1045]

Scott? Is this u?

[@billybarnett2846]

Why some many weather people from DC go to network morning shows?

[@gsnman]

My childhood station!

[@ikaros4203]

The late night news was kinda informative back then wwww Nice frame rate!

[@inkyguy]

IKAROS 420, before deregulation of broadcast television every station had to demonstrate it was operating in the community service. Its news was part of that service. In the 1980s those requirements were dropped, television "infomercials" became common and ratings and market share was the only thing of value for a station. Public service became irrelevant. Today the old system would be called "socialism."

[@toddbrackett4277]

Where was Ron Burgundy?

[@MalleusDei275]

To order call toll free....

[@epaddon]

Exact broadcast date is October 6, 1978 (per the highlights of Game 3 of the 78 ALCS).

[@DHTSciFiArtist]

WTTG is still using 8mm film at this point. Like many other stations they didn't go full video until 1979 as the tech became widespread.

[@DHTSciFiArtist]

Also I see they are still using the filmchain system for programming. This was a transitional period where video was taking it's place. The full conversion was completed about 82 or 83.

[@wmbrown6]

You sure it's 8mm? I thought it was 16mm they used . . .

[@eastest566]

So this is where Paul Udell went to after his stint on WTHR Channel 13 in Indianapolis.

[@RolloSmokes]

Udell certainly got around. I believe finished his career at KITV in Honolulu.

[@RJ42997]

Wow… Dan Patrick also started in DC

[@Tone22845]

It's not the same Dan Patrick

[@zxccxz164]

this is great!!!!!! wow

[@wmbrown6]

I see WTTG was still using Norelco PC-70 cameras, this while NYC sister station WNEW-TV replaced theirs with RCA TK-46's.

[@2015BLOXXER]

Wow you know your cameras

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

I’m gonna download as many of these videos as I can and edit the commercials around episodes of shows like The Odd Couple and Mash and just take myself back to my childhood once in a while. Things were so much simpler and tolerable back then.

[@Jack21Spades]

34:30 PANORAMA! JACKSON BAIN!! Does anyone know what the Panorama theme song was? It's by Chuck Mangione, or it sounds like him...

[@dgendvil]

This was when Maury Povich worked on the West Coast, or is it Chicago? He didn't come to TTG until a couple of years later.

[@davidhenschel1990]

@@dgendvilMaury Povich hosted Panorama in January 1975. Someone I knew closely appeared as a guest on it during that month and year. Before the camera started recording, my relative and Maury had a friendly conversation. WTTG did not save the videotape. It is gone.

[@RJ42997]

So, how did the water bill stand off end?

[@RolloSmokes]

Paul Udell got around....DC, NYC, Chicago, Indianapolis, Honolulu (where he ended up retiring)...where else?

[@wmbrown6]

He was in L.A. before he came to NYC . . .

[@dgendvil]

Delores & Paul both worked in Los Angeles.

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

Paul Udell later worked in SF

[@jareddicarlo7816]

The music in the commercial at 23:16 should be very familiar to fans of TV sign offs; it’s the same music from the “High Flight” film narrated by William Conrad!

[@DHTSciFiArtist]

It's this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKOpeIJmnZaFj5Y

[@TheMediaHoarder]

@@DHTSciFiArtist That's what they used for the opening music. The music in the Seiko Watch commercial is a library track, also used on the High Flight sign-off film and Pioneer's "Laserdisc: What It Is".

[@Taymon.]

anyone know the song at 35:09 ??

[@bawoman]

My birthday!

[@kevinwood5317]

At 25:27 there's a sportscaster named Dan Patrick. But its NOT the famous ESPN dude, it's the OTHER Dan Patrick - the GOP tool in Texas! I've said it before and I'll say it again, "Dan Patrick should have stuck to sports!"