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Remembering Atlanta TV News From The 80's

This is the place to go back and reminisce on the local Atlanta TV news media from the 1980's...Enjoy!!!

05/07/2025

WXIA-TV 11-Alive Newsroom at 6pm from Wednesday, February 18, 1981. John Pruitt and Dave Michaels anchor the news, Russ Minshew with weather, and Harmon Wages and Art Eckman on sports. Video material property of "The Walter J. Brown Media Archives" at UGA. Even includes the old commercial breaks! It's a neat look back at 11-Alive from 1981! :-)

21/06/2025

WAGA-TV Live Reports with the late Norm Wagy on the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, MI from July of 1980. Video footage courtesy of Jill Wagy. These are really nostalgic to look back on!

02/06/2025

WAGA-TV 6pm weekend weather with Glenn Schwartz from Saturday, April 3, 1982. Video material courtesy of Carroll Platt. Gosh brings back alot of great memories of watching Atlanta TV as a teenager!

30/04/2025

Vintage Atlanta TV news coverage on the Winter Storm from early 1983! Video material courtesy of David Baugh. Really interesting to look back on! :-)

21/03/2025

The WXIA-TV 11-Alive News Team from 1982! From left to right is weatherman Guy Sharpe, news anchors John Pruitt and Beth Rengel, and sports anchor Art Eckman. Image was AI enlarged. The good ol' days of 11-Alive!

04/02/2025

WXIA-TV wins best newscast at "The 7th Annual 1981 Georgia Emmy Awards Ceremonies"! Video material courtesy of "The Walter J. Brown Media Archives" at UGA. Edits courtesy of videocandy.com online. Really neat look back! :-)

17/07/2024

Was playing around with a TV screen simulator online and came up with this! Pam and Forrest on the WAGA TV5 Eyewitness News set from late 1981. This is a fun little tool! :-)

13/07/2024

WSB-TV 1986 news excerpts on corruption inside the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Video material courtesy of "The Walter J. Brown Media Archives" at UGA.

26/06/2024

Here's a classic WAGA-TV 11pm news open from Tuesday, August 30, 1988! Interesting how it starts off showing the control room, then shows a ceiling shot of the studio, then the intro ends by showing a floor shot of the news set with anchors. Alot of fun to look back on! :-)

25/06/2024

Vintage WXIA-TV 11-Alive Weather Promos from March of 1980! These are really retro to look back on! :-)

09/06/2024

It's a little grainy, but here's the WXIA-TV 11-Alive Newsroom team out in the field from early 1980. I got this screen grab from an old 11-Alive news promo. Can anyone out there name the field reporter here?

26/05/2024

Screen grabs showing the WSB-TV 6pm weekend Action News team from Sunday, March 2, 1980. From left to right is meteorologist Allan Eustis, news anchors Jim Wilkerson and Terry Anzur, and sports anchor Jiggs McDonald. Enjoy the look back! :-)

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