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Brian Fox, Boston based nationally-renowned sports-action portrait artist recently painted a portrait of Craig draped in the American flag.
www.womenofmeans.org - Women of Means sends teams of volunteer doctors and staff nurses into shelters in and around Boston to cut through red tape and provide free, patient-centered medical care to women and children. Dr. Roseanna Means, founder of Women of Means, believes that societys neediest women and children deserve accessible and compassionate health care, and should not have to sacrifice scarce cash, safety, warmth and food to get basic medical help.
* This content was re-uploaded to take advantage of youtube's improved video resolutions and encoding. An older version at reduced quality remains online. Several spots from WBZ-TV/Boston's 1982 "Today's 4" promotional campaign are featured in this sequence. All rights are acknowledged.
Local television stations used to distribute promotional videotapes to their advertisers in advance of each new fall season. This August 1993 sales tape is from WBZ-TV in Boston, an NBC affiliate at the time. At the end of the presentation is a spot for NBC-tv's 1993 image campaign, "The Stars Are Back on NBC." All rights are acknowledged.
During the Celtics Shamrock Foundation gala, Eddie House delivered a hilarious impersonation of Ray Allen.
Here's how WBZ-TV 4 in Boston ended regular programming on their analog signal at 12:30 PM on 6/12/09. They did not acknowledge the historical significance of the end of 61 years of analog broadcasting in any way. Those looking for a good sign off, take a look at the one for WFSB-3 in Hartford.
This is an abridged version of co-cost Robin Young's last "Evening Magazine" episode. These excerpts were recorded off-air from Boston's WBZ TV-4 on 9/05/80. All rights are acknowledged.
WBZ-TV News - Terrafugia Transition-- "Roadable Aircraft" 2009-03-18
CWSU Consolidation WBZ-TV Boston
I drove around with David Wade from CBS News talking about a cellphone application called Trapster that helps you find police speed traps.
In 1985, this marketing tape was distributed to advertisers to encourage them to buy commercial time on WBZ-TV/Boston. All rights are acknowledged.
Once a common practice among television stations, WBZ-TV/Boston distributed preview tapes to advertisers each year to entice them to purchase ad time. This is an excerpt from a 1984 sales tape. It has a "casino theme" in recognition of the state lottery drawings that had recently come to Channel 4. At the end is a spot from NBC-tvs "Be There" campaign. All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from a live special that WBZ-TV/Boston aired on the occasion of the station's 35th anniversary in 1983. It is from an off-air VHS recording. The filmed portions of this special were originally produced for Channel 4's 30th birthday in 1978. Barry Nolan and Sara Edwards from "Evening Magazine" are the hosts. All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from a live special that WBZ-TV/Boston aired on the occasion of the station's 35th anniversary in 1983. It is from an off-air VHS recording. The filmed portions of this special were originally produced for Channel 4's 30th birthday in 1978. Barry Nolan and Sara Edwards from "Evening Magazine" are the hosts. All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains excerpts from a live special that WBZ-TV/Boston aired on the occasion of the station's 35th anniversary in 1983. It is from an off-air VHS recording. The filmed portions of this special were originally produced for Channel 4's 30th birthday in 1978. Barry Nolan and Sara Edwards from "Evening Magazine" are the hosts. All rights are acknowledged.
This sequence contains a few clips from a 1981 WBZ-TV/Boston "Eyewitness News" broadcast. Of note are the mechanical weatherboards that were common on local TV news before the evolution of advanced computer graphics. The weathermen at this station drew on Formica maps using water-soluble markers. After each newscast, they would take a pail of water over to the boards to mop them clean. The text that appears on the screen was created by an early electronic character generator manufactured by System Resources called the Chyron (or Chiron) II (two). Barry Burbank, David Scott and Bob Nuemeier appear on this weekend 6:00 PM newscast. All rights are acknowledged.
As part of its 1982-83 "Today's 4" promotional campaign, WBZ-TV in Boston invited its employees to appear in a series of 10-second promos. These people reflect on their experiences working at Channel 4. Ann Adelmann, News Video Producer Lou Coleman, Executive Assistant to the General Manager Randy Covington, Executive News Producer Bob Craigue, Scenery Department Supervisor Bob Fairhurst, Technical Director Lenore Hanoka, Director Joseph Hurd, Film Department Editor Susan Levit, "Evening Magazine" Producer Gareth Linder, Videotape Room Technician Bob Males, "Live on 4" Producer Matthew Mixon, Production Manager Deborah Nolan, News Graphics Director Charles O'Neil, Director Ralph Saya, Film Department Editor Lois Shoenholz, Public Affairs Director All rights are acknowledged.
Karl Chapin of matchingdonors.com on WBZTV
This sign-on and sign-off is from WBZ-TV in Boston when the station was still under Group W ownership. The booth announcer is Leonard Ham Thomas. Tanya Hart reads the prayer. All rights are acknowledged.
6/5/2008 A previously unknown audio tape, recently uncovered, reveals that Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone in the June 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The Pruszynski recording is the only known tape of the Bobby Kennedy shooting. The audio recording was made by freelance newspaper reporter Stanislaw Pruszynski, a Polish journalist covering the RFK presidential campaign for Canadian newspapers. In this video, WBZ News Anchor Lisa Hughes and Reporter Karen Anderson in Boston, Massachusetts report on scientific findings by forensic experts Robert J. Joling and Philip Van Praag concerning this tape, which was uncovered by an American journalist in 2004 and examined extensively by Van Praag beginning in 2005. Phil Van Praag and Robert Joling say the Pruszynski recording shows that in addition to convicted gunman Sirhan, there was a second, hidden gunman in the Ambassador Hotel kitchen pantry who also was firing at RFK. In fact, they say the recording along with other forensic evidence proves that none of Sirhan's bullets hit Kennedy. They say the Democratic presidential candidate was shot by the second unknown gunman and not by Sirhan, who is the only person ever to have been arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced for the assassination. Joling and Van Praag say all eight bullets fired by Sirhan missed Bobby Kennedy and instead hit bystanders and woodwork inside the kitchen pantry and inside another area near the pantry. They say that RFK was struck four ...
The istep by Aetrex is the most revolutionary digital foot analysis device ever created. In less than 30 seconds the istep will capture your foot type, pressure points and shoe size and then help recommend the ideal footwear and orthotics for your individual needs. See news story on WBZTV- CBS Boston.
Peter Pan Interview by WBZ TV 03-28-08
National Anthem performed by The Future Farmers of America National Band
Dick Flavin continues his series on bloopers, this time focusing on meterologists. From AIR
with John Henning, Gary lapierre and Don Kent. Bubbling 4 opener. What was that? eyewetness news??
Uxbridge and the Blackstone Valley, profiled on WBZ TV news; featuring Jack Williams, Liz Walker, Bill Shields, Park Ranger Jack Whittiker, Margaret Carroll of Millville, and farmer Ken Foppema.
By Request- WBZ-TV 4 Boston- signon-Off Clips 1980's
WBZ-TV 4 Boston 1982. Tonight Show / Carson; Jack Williams Ch4 - Tylenol; ET ad.
This is an assortment of news opens used by WBZ-TV/Boston between 1978 and '84. All rights are acknowledged.
This is a sampling of spots from WBZ-TV/Boston's "We're 4" institutional campaign. All rights are acknowledged.
This assortment of news promos is from WBZ-TV/Boston's "We're 4" campaign. The spots aired between 1976 and '80. All rights are acknowledged.
This is a sequence of on-air promotions for WBZ-TV/Boston's local program, "Evening Magazine." These spots originally aired between 1983 and 1990. All rights are acknowledged.
This is a sequence of five station promos from WBZ-TV/Boston's "Today's 4" campaign. These originally aired in 1981. The music is by Edd Kalehoff. All rights are acknowledged.
In 1979, WBZ-TV/Boston commemorated the United Nation's International Year of the Child by sponsoring a day of family-oriented events on Boston Common. Portions of these proceedings were telecast live by Channel 4. It was hosted by Robin Young and Marty Sender of "Evening Magazine" and Sarah Crutchfield, JP Wing and Jonathan Sahula of wbz's children's show, "Get Off Your Block." WBZ-TV continued to sponsor and televise Kidsfair on an annual basis into the mid-1980s. All rights are acknowledged.
This is a sequence of spots from WBZ-TV/Boston's "One 4 All" promotional campaign. All rights are acknowledged.
Yapta Coverage: WBZ-TV / CBS - Boston
2 ids from WBZ-TV 4 Boston from December 1997. I guess they must have been trying to compete with channel 7 at this point, with the very flashy graphics.
A promo for Lottery Live on WBZ-TV 4 Boston from January 1986.
A news update and legal ID from WBZ-TV in Boston from January 1986.
Coverage of the finale of the show Cheers from WBZ-TV 4 in Boston. News clips from during and after the show
A weather forecast with meteorologist Dave Murray from 1986 on Boston's WBZ-TV 4.
An early 90s promo from WBZ-TV for Family Feud, The Challengers, and the People's Court.
The WBZ-TV produced Update for Sports Channel from the night Johnny Most retired as radio broadcaster for Boston. Bob Lobel and Bob Neumeir are the reporters.
Promo for the show Family Feud on WBZ-TV 4 in Boston, MA. Early 90s
Lottery numbers and legal ID from WBZ-TV 4 in Boston. Recorded in 1989.
My father was an engineer at WBZ radio and TV for about 30 years. He took this 16mm film of the inerior of the station sometime in the 1950s. The quality of the video is not that great. Too late to go back and do it over. On my visits as a kid to this hallowed place one could literally "smell the electricity". At the same time it was kind of a relaxed friendly place. Probably not so now.
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