This was
George Wylie's last newscast on
KCCI TV Channel 8 in
Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday,
December 17,
1983. In January of
1984,
George became the primary news anchor on
WOI-TV (
Ames,
Des Moines). At the time he left KCCI, George was the morning and
Noon news anchor Tuesday through Friday, and anchored the Saturday evening 6:00 and 10:00 newscasts.
Appearing are:
George Wylie - news
Sheila O'Connor - news
Rick Swalwell - weather
Heidi Soliday - sports
Prior to the news open, we see the
CBS Saturday
Movie animation.
-
Headlines read by George, transition to wide shot of set (with false ceiling) -- complete with teletype sound effects!
The pre-produced news open indicates that
Dave Nixon, Jr. was the regular weather presenter for Saturday nights. I (
Eric Wylie) later worked with Dave at
KTIV TV in
Sioux City, Iowa.
Connie McBurney appeared with George and the others for the 6:00 pm news earlier that evening. George and Connie had worked together on the morning and noon newscasts for many years.
Most of the first block is national news, typical for 10:00 pm local news at the time. 6:00 newscasts were typically all local, since they follow immediately after the national news.
The headline national news story this day was the
IRA bombing of Herrod's
Department Store in
London. There are many other international and national news items in the first block.
Local news stories include:
-
Women's group upset with
WHO Radio management due to firing of host
Julie Gammack (at end of first block)
commercial break (all commercials and promos listed below)
-
Randall Timmons dies in car accident -
Harding and
Center Sts.
-
Alden, IA tow truck driver Lee Volgemot dies in accident
- 16-month-old
Felicia Coleman dies in house fire started by siblings playing with lighter -
Hornick, IA
- Two boats stuck in ice at
Saylorville Lake removed
-
Operation Santa Claus donations delivered to
St. John's Catholic Church - 34th year of program
- Des Moines
Friendship Force announce trip to
Australia
-
Extreme cold blankets the area -
Package from reporter
Mary Bock - interviews with
Iowa State Trooper Eldon
Gries and Dr. Vick
Wall
-
Northern MN has 53 degree below zero (F) temperatures
Commercials
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Weather -
It's cold. Very cold.
-
Santa Claus parachutes into Eastgate
Shopping Center
Sports
- Vets
Auditorium hosts Iowa State and
Drake Basketball '
Barn Burner' -- sports reporter
John Walters provides coverage
- Basketball scores
-
Louisville vs.
N. Carolina - package from
Chuck Reed
- Basketball scores
- Bowl game scores
-
Network package on
NCAA Div 1-AA championship game - S.
Illinois vs. W.
Carolina
- Package on
NFL Washington -
NY Giants -
Pat Parris reports
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Wrestling
-
Baseball contract news
-
Boxing
- Local
Hockey &
High School scores
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Final weather update
- George says goodnight for last time on KCCI
"
Church of the
Air" station ID slide for
First United Methodist Church in
Boone, Iowa (clipped)
COMMERCIALS:
- Seiko Sports watches
-
Richman Gordman
- Plywood
Minnesota (brothers Ken and
Gerry repeatedly
point their finger at us like crazy people)
-
World Radio
- Local promotion for
John McEnroe appearing in Des Moines read by sales manager and KCCI announcer
Max Rauer
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Valley West Mall stores promotion
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Bill Kurtis and
Diane Sawyer CBS Morning News promotion
-
Payless Cashways
-
Ford pickups and
4-wheel drive cars
-
Time Capsule promo -
Dana Cardin - video shows Dr.
Maxwell conducting!
- Max Rauer reads the
Saturday Night TV-8 Double Feature movie titles and actors
- Valley West Mall - stores for
Christmas -- clipped
This video is posted for historical archive purposes in order to demonstrate the news and news production style as of the date of production in a
Midwestern television market in the
United States. No claim of copyright is expressed or implied.
- published: 29 Oct 2015
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