CP359 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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

appstaterebel (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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

ctmajka (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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

thunderbolt468 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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

dvcpro5000 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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

jupitr2 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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

thunderbolt468 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

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.