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What local and national news, sports and weather broadcasters did you grow up with?
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:05 pm
Little bit of a nostalgia thread. For me it was:
Local:
News: Alec Gifford with his slicked back hair.
Sports: The immortal Buddy Diliberto and Hap Glaudi. I remember reading that when the Saints had training camp at (I think) Southeastern that Buddy would sleep in and do his segments and interviews wearing a suit jacket and tie and pajama bottoms and they would shoot him from the chest up.
Weather: Al Duckworth. I would say Nash Roberts, but I don't know if I'm remembering his regular newscasts or when they'd bring him back for hurricanes.
National:
News: Walter Cronkite. A legend.
Sports: The one and only Howard Cossel.
Weather: I don't really remember them having national weathermen before Al Roker.
Local:
News: Alec Gifford with his slicked back hair.
Sports: The immortal Buddy Diliberto and Hap Glaudi. I remember reading that when the Saints had training camp at (I think) Southeastern that Buddy would sleep in and do his segments and interviews wearing a suit jacket and tie and pajama bottoms and they would shoot him from the chest up.
Weather: Al Duckworth. I would say Nash Roberts, but I don't know if I'm remembering his regular newscasts or when they'd bring him back for hurricanes.
National:
News: Walter Cronkite. A legend.
Sports: The one and only Howard Cossel.
Weather: I don't really remember them having national weathermen before Al Roker.
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Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:07 pm to Methuselah
Dan Rather
shame
shame
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:08 pm to Methuselah
A ghey named Rich Thomas on WSFA in Montgomery.
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:08 pm to Methuselah
Is this an old people’s thread? Do you need an AARP card to comment on this one?
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:10 pm to Methuselah
quote:
News: Walter Cronkite. A Communist .
FIFY
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:10 pm to Methuselah
Local guys I remember was John Mahaffey (spelling?), Ed Buggs, and Pat Shingleton in WBRZ. Then there was Donna Britt, George Sells, and Mike Graham on WAFB. My old mine like Graham’s forecasts better than Shingleton. National evening news guys I remember was Dan Rather, Ted Koppel, and Peter Jennings.
Wish they had guys like Ed Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Edward Douglas, Charles Collingwood, John Daley, and Cronkite again. Yeah, Cronkite was on the left but he didn’t really show it until Vietnam.
Wish they had guys like Ed Murrow, Eric Sevareid, Edward Douglas, Charles Collingwood, John Daley, and Cronkite again. Yeah, Cronkite was on the left but he didn’t really show it until Vietnam.
This post was edited on 9/10/23 at 6:13 pm
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:13 pm to Methuselah
Hoyt Harris
Blue Rolfes
Maria Placier
Gary Arnold
Jim Olivier
Dan Rather
Blue Rolfes
Maria Placier
Gary Arnold
Jim Olivier
Dan Rather
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:26 pm to Indfanfromcol
Apparently not that old
Howard Cosell and Walter Cronkite means they are whippersnappers too me.
Howard Cosell and Walter Cronkite means they are whippersnappers too me.
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:28 pm to TheFonz
The Goats, Cynthia Arceneaux & John Bridges
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:30 pm to thegambler
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:31 pm to Methuselah
quote:I cannot convey my dislike for Buddy D. A bad voice for a bad sports city (at that time).
immortal Buddy Diliberto
His bit what that he was ignorant and couldn't pronounce anything. Just dumb.
This post was edited on 9/10/23 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:41 pm to Methuselah
This post was edited on 9/10/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:41 pm to Methuselah
Jack McCall and June Taylor, Good Morning Arklamiss. There were people who wouldn't make a move until Jack gave his weather report. The rest of the show was Jack bitching about one thing or another while June sat there rolling her eyes. They weren't married but they were exactly like an old married couple. June finally retired and Jack ran off a succession of female cohosts until they brought June back.
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:44 pm to Methuselah
quote:
Buddy Diliberto
He and Br. Fromyer’s commercials will always be legendary.
Posted on 9/10/23 at 6:50 pm to Methuselah
Local weather was Pat Shingleton on channel 2 and Mike Graham on channel 9. I remember when Victor Howell did sports but then he started doing car dealership commercials.
Posted on 9/10/23 at 7:02 pm to Methuselah
Pas pa tout with Jim Olivier
Posted on 9/10/23 at 7:04 pm to Methuselah
I remember pat shingleton. And the Diesel Driving Academy jingle
Posted on 9/10/23 at 7:04 pm to Methuselah
Local:
Angela Hill and Garland Robinette
Nash Roberts then Dave Barnes
Hap Glaudi then Jim Henerson
National:
Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw
Angela Hill and Garland Robinette
Nash Roberts then Dave Barnes
Hap Glaudi then Jim Henerson
National:
Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw
This post was edited on 9/10/23 at 7:07 pm
Posted on 9/10/23 at 7:06 pm to Methuselah
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