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Surfing old news

posted 4 years ago by GlenEllyn (21085)
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As I mentioned in another post, I've been surfing a site that has archived old news reports of local TV stations (the 10pm news, early morning news, local afternoon talk shows, etc.) and yes, it takes me back. Interesting how things have changed in the last 30-40 years. Many of the videos include the commercials.

From July 1985 - according to an ad, the way to cure infertility is to subscribe to Women's Day magazine!! Also in 1985, noticed during a report on another story, a gas station displaying gas prices of $1.15 per gallon.

1982, if I remember right - Dow Jones closed at 874.90.

A report from around the same time about cordless phones. If you were considering buying one, make sure it is returnable. Why? Because there were only about 5 channels available for cordless phones and if a neighbor had a phone using the same channel, you might overhear their conversations and they could hear yours. Also, some phone conversations might be picked up via AM radio. Wow, how tech has changed!

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I remember party lines for phones.

[–] GlenEllyn (21085) 4 years ago

I remember them too, although we never had to have one.

[–] 10200 (656) 4 years ago

We had one until I was about 15 then my parents let me have a phone in my room and that ended that.

[–] sslssg (27698) 4 years ago

I didn't have one, but my friend who lived on an acreage had one into the 90s

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I like watching old clips of famous people. here's Harry Truman with Nixon a few years before he died.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVYIki9BHI

[–] GlenEllyn (21085) 4 years ago

Interesting. I was in my mid-teens when this was filmed.

[–] GlenEllyn (21085) 4 years ago

There was also an ad from Western Airlines (merged with Delta in 1987) for a $100 round-trip ticket to Hawaii after you bought a ticket and traveled to any other destination more than 300 miles away. I wish...

"Western Airlines. The only way to fly."

[–] nyctc7 (41239) 4 years ago

When I was a kid I didn't know that this was from Cool Hand Luke. It was the New York City ABC local news theme for almost 25 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYyaX0HAjy0

[–] GlenEllyn (21085) 4 years ago

Interesting bit of trivia! 👍

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4q898h05HQ

[–] GlenEllyn (21085) 4 years ago

This is one of those moment one never forgets.