Surprise Discovery! Sam Donaldson…Cub Reporter, 1967
At 11:05 you’ll see WTOP TV shooting film then picking up the story in the studio with a very young Sam Donaldson on the set with an RCA TK41. You’ll even see him in the viewfinder! Sam’s part actually starts at 10:27 and he is back with the TK41 at 13:15. Enjoy!
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An Exclusive From The Eddie Brinkmann Archives…Part 5 Aside from the Duke Ellington autograph, there is plenty more of interest on this show rundown sheet. Notice this is from Monday, February 23, 1970. This would be a day after the live show, and is probably day one of a two day schedule for a prerecorded […]
Backstage With Jack Paar..”Tonight”, December 7, 1958 Today is the anniversary of Paar’s debut as host of the show and to help celebrate, here is a rare treat is in the form of a “New York Times” article by John Shanley gives us a look behind the scenes of “Tonight” with Paar as host. That […]
October 4, 1976…Barbara Walters Co Anchors ABC Evening News 40 years ago today, Walters became the first female anchor for a US network evening news program. On her move from NBC’s “Today” show, she was teamed with ABC anchorman Harry Reasoner and the sparks immediately started to fly! This short clip goes directly to the […]
Great find!
Man, he was half bald way back then even, lol. I remember all the teletype machines. We were using them in the 1980s even at the TV station I worked at. I loved reading the news as it came in.