NewsTube: Old Twin Cities Newscasts On The Web
Tom Oszman is out of control. The dude has hundreds of videotapes in the basement of his Maplewood home. He scours them, looking for old newscast clips and old TV station promotions. He gets the tapes from garage and estate sales. He told me the DVD player has been the best thing ever for him, because now he gets all the VHS tapes he wants.Here’s Tom’s main YouTube page with links to all his videos.
WCCO News Opening 1981 with Don Shelby and Pat Miles.
Dave Moore’s last 10 PM Report. Listen to what Dave says about Don. Don told me it was the nicest thing someone’s ever said about him on TV.
Don Shelby’s first night on the 10. Watch until the end to see the “anchors in hot tubs” wide-shot. Hilarious set.
I love this old WCCO Promo, it says, “Some Jobs Don’t Stop at 5 p.m. Watch through the first Bill Cosby commercial.
KARE-TV news open from July 18, 1996. Check out the weather dude.
Tom Bernard introduces KSTP’s Eyewitness News.
KMSP’s promotion featuring Bad Ideas. (much like our current “Bad Idea” campaign, 30 years later!)
A guy in Indianapolis (he goes by the handle “Captain Wrong”) also uploaded some really fun videos called Channel Surfing. You’ll see a bunch of stations as someone flips around.