CP359 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is too cool! I lived in Pgh 1980-85 while an undergrad at Pitt. I always liked the morph of the Golden Triangle into the WTAE logo. And the strings and the tempo of the music always sounded "urgent"... like the city itself always seemed. I listened to WTAE-AM in the mornings with O'Brien and Garry too... great way to start the day. I remember how cold it was that Christmas too. Thanks for the great flashback!

bigfinewoman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Dang..i didn't know that Sally Wiggin had been on since I was in college...damn I am now 46.

appstaterebel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I remember 11 Alive in Atlanta,GA (WXIA) and WTVK-TV 26 (now WVLT-TV 8) in Knoxville, TN had the same exact news open music that played at the beginning of the newscast.

dwhite1970 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

There were and still are Hearst stations. They mostly had the same music and similar sets more than once I'm sure.

ctmajka (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Holy Cow! WBAL's and WTAEs sets looked SO much alike at this time!

thunderbolt468 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wtaetv recently posted a few old promos on here including a classic with Paul and Don.

dvcpro5000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Okay! Okay! We Understand! It was a Bitterly Cold Christmas in Pittsburgh! LOL!

jupitr2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah, there was one from around 1971 or '72 that had Don and Paul riding horseback through the wild country and there were these scruffy characters on the bluff looking at them and saying, "Who ARE those guys?" I think this scene was borrowed from the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." It was great!

megamanfan3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sally Wiggin was on WTAE since that time? I didn't know that.

thunderbolt468 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Looks like someone got a new vcr Christmas '83! I wish someone could come up with some of those hilarious Paul Long/Don Cannon commercials form the 70s.