Wow They look so YOUNG back then. I bet John and Monica dreamed of becoming news reporters since they were little kids.

I wonder how many people that were around in 1976 have passed away since then ...I know that both sets of my grandparents , 5 uncles , 5 aunts , my father and 5 of my older cousins have ...Life can get so lonely ..

I was born 4 days after this aired.

Nice tribute to Bob Thomas, a man who normally wasn't seen on camera.

Nice of them to give credit to their news director on his 22nd anniversary.

40:00 Lundquist ended up winning 2 gold medals at the 84 Olympics

When they used to tell you EVERYTHING in the news...no chaser

About a year prior to this broadcast, Monica Kaufman was an anchorwoman at WHAS in Louisville, where she had a sometimes rocky tenure. In Atlanta, she was vastly better; very professional. Moving to the big market brought out her ability.

would be interesting go back in time and see how things and people were

How's this for irony: A Rich's commercial airs right before a story about Sam Nunn. The Federal Building that replaced the Downtown Atlanta Rich's store is named for Nunn.

Monica Kaufman was very pretty especially with her hair like this.

4:30 😂😂😂 his blazer like a kitchen tablecloth

ACcording to google tuition at Emory was about 1200 in 1976. Now it's 53K (just tuition not room and board). The price of a candy bar has gone up about 5X. The price of tuition has gone up more than 40X in the same time period.

Lo-fi news needs a strong comeback. If affiliates all went back to this low key, analog approach, cable news would collapse within a year.

@gregsells8549

4 жыл бұрын

Odd for a lo-fi newscast to use the Action News brand or "Move Closer To Your World." Why didn't WSB emulate WPVI? Imagine...scenes of life in Atlanta with the announcer blareing, "Action News, Georgia's leading news program," then John Pruitt giving The Big Story. Wait, that would be more like WXIA 11 Alive, where Pruitt later ended up.

@johnnyballenatl

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregsells8549 WSB did have a WPVI-like open before this.

@CoasterMan13Official

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregsells8549 they did.

One of few NBC-era WSB-TV footage with clips from NBC programs.

It's crazy seeing John Pruitt with more hair on his head. This broadcast happened months before I was born (May 12, 1976).

@MissAries76

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me...I was born in April.

@tuesdaywatkins7914

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I was born December 1976

1/23/1976,to be exact.It was an NBC Affiliate at the time.Four years later in September 1980 it would switch on to ABC where it now runs right on through today.

@eslgurucalif

7 жыл бұрын

Are you sure the switch happened in 1980? I thought it was later than that.

@kurtkauffman4326

7 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed there!,It has.For Information,see it on Wikipedia for details.

@1thetvzone

7 жыл бұрын

September of 1980 when the switch happened.

@facebook51ify

5 жыл бұрын

thetvzone. Monday, September 1, 1980 to be exact!

Real quality ...the news.. commercials..

I love these videos. Thanks for uploading.

I was born in 1977 November 2. This was just before my time.

Pretty cool as a GA local seeing this. Grown up remembering watching it in the morning when my usual sitcoms or cartoons weren't on. Eh, I was a weird kid.

Oh My, thank you so much for this. I was just talking to my mother a week or so ago about how I missed John Pruitt and Monica Kaufman. I watched them my whole growing up years.

The news before the gangster culture of the 80's came on the scene is unrecognizable without it sounding more like NPR and less like a police scanner.

Monica Kaufman/Pearson had a much more pronounced Southern accent during her early days at WSB.

40:13 - Pre WWL-TV Eyewitness Sports Director/WVUE-TV FOX 8 Saints Analyst and _The_ Voice of The New Orleans Saints, Jim Henderson!!

Steve Lindquist “the local athlete of the week” went on to win gold at the 1984 Olympics.

Back when local news actually mattered. Good look there for WSB though. Weather graphics hilariously out of date, but that was the standard 45 years ago.

it seemed like every newscast then was named "Action News" or "Eyewitness News".

@armorybrunotjr.3204

3 жыл бұрын

During the early to mid-1970s, lots of local newscasts had "Action" or "Eyewitness" News in the title for good reason: viewers would see a filmed report of a happening taking place in the city of,say, people picketing a warehouse. The viewers would be an eyewitness of that report, hence "Eyewitness" (or "Action") News.

I was a junior in HS, living in the Brookhaven area. I remember these days well-even a couple of these local commercials. The quality of this video is excellent. What is the source?

I’m glad that they didn’t do the News Center set like many NBC affiliates did. Wonder why?

I have no idea what prompted me to look for this video. I just typed news in 1976. Just got done watching the latest news. I could not help but sit and watch the whole thing. I even liked the commercials. There was something non-offensive about it compared to today. I suppose I wanted to compare it against today's news. I completely agree with Heather. Cable news today is a disgrace. Instead of being informative and helpful, as this video is an example. I find today's news to be pig-headed and very opinionated. CNN, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, etc, etc.

Do you miss the plaid?? Wow, we were some good balls back then. I was 7 Years old, at this time.

1:24 & 1:00:43 Move Closer to Your World, the most iconic local news theme ever recorded

Back when news was news

@Dana_inc

6 ай бұрын

I think news was news before 1945!

the jacket...nuf said.

I am so aroused by this . This is really neat watching the 70's

@southernload5710

5 жыл бұрын

Way more peaceful back then

@microbios8586

5 жыл бұрын

The weird part is all the familiar faces and voices...just younger

@cvbabc

5 жыл бұрын

@@southernload5710 There was much more crime back then, less "news" and no internet made it seem more peaceful. People were aware of less.

@dewanmdurnto3592

4 жыл бұрын

I turn this on and pretend that I'm in the 70s ,even tho I was born in98

@ericpurkey7502

4 жыл бұрын

@@southernload5710 I was born January 6 1976.

My left ear loved this but my right ear feels left out.

I remember the Finance America (the former GAC) jingle. However, a loan company is not going to give you a roll of cash on a money clip. This obviously was before the era of people using money machines at local banks.

Monica’s voice so much different back then. Had a distinct southern belle twang

30:00 Eastern was giving Delta a run for Atlanta's airline loyalty. Both flew L-1011's. Corpus Christi was one of the 99 cities they served from Hartsfield. 38:30 coincidence Atlanta was playing Buffalo in both hockey and basketball, not possible today with the Flames in Calgary and the Buffalo Braves now the LA Clippers. Both arenas, the Omni and the Aud, are long gone as well.

Thursday January 1, 1976 through Friday December 31, 1976 that 28 years before 28 year cycle came from Thursday January 1, 2004 through Friday December 31, 2004 Leap Year 28 years later.

Monica is such a cutie pie...

that map..omg

I know this was 42 years ago, but how was that suit John was wearing ever a good idea?

@darrenmarchant1720

4 жыл бұрын

yes

@VelmaTheID

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t.

Steve Lundqvist from Jonesboro.

@metoo9360

4 жыл бұрын

He was in Ms. Harbin's French class right before our class, 4th period.

1:24 & 1:00:06 Move Closer To Your World (known as the "Action News" theme of WPVI-TV, Channel 6 in Philadelphia)

Monica Kaufman looks like Stacy Dash & Whitney Houston.

YIKES!!! Is that John Pruitt or Wink Martindale?!

@johnnyballenatl

7 жыл бұрын

SkittlesMan Of course it's John Pruitt, but with that checkered sport jacket, he becomes Wink Martindale (or the late Craig Sager).

@1thetvzone

7 жыл бұрын

that jacket is hot btw...very vintage.

They didn’t change a damn thing!

What a fashion nightmare!

Can somebody explain how the weather map worked? Does the marker erase? Whose job was it to set up the temps and pressure system? I have so many questions...

Seem intentional!

Years before combover John went over to ABC, and before Monica became so obnoxious. I wonder if she was suppressing her real voice and tone or if she developed it over tone.

The accent and cadence are a bit bizarre for today's ears. Talking like that is very hard to imitate because it's all over the place.