Local newscast from Evansville, Indiana
This video is a recording of a news segment on the WFIE TV 14 station Newswatch at 6. This segment aired on October 5, 1991, with the main host Rick Notter taking the viewers through the top stories of the evening in the Evansville area. Stories include crime, upcoming cultural events, the station’s event they put on, stories on the economic observations in the country, technological advancements, the weather report, previewing the upcoming sports report, and a movie review.
0:03 video starts, title shows that it is an NBC station WFIE TV 14 and the program being
played is Newswatch at 6
0:07 first news headline about a stabbing outside the Lone Branch Saloon in Owensboro in Davis County
0:43 news story about the Big River Arts and Crafts Fest
1:04 segment on Big River Arts and Crafts Fest narrated by John Graham
3:05 story on mayoral candidate meeting in Evansville
3:25 Zoo Run Run story about success in growing interest in physical fitness
4:15 WFIE fun day recap story with reporting by Jay Zimmer with interviews with kids and
parents that attended
6:33 second homecoming parade at University of Evansville story
7:19 preview of upcoming story on new “pen lap top” technology
7:21 commercial break?
7:24 Alan Chernoff reporting on increased prices in different industrial sectors that could signal rebound in the economy or could lead back to a recession
9:16 story on pen lap top
9:30 glitch in the film? Cuts to a preview of another story called “Paradise Lost?”
9:38 commercial break?
9:40 Weather report
11:59 commercial break?
12:00 more weather reporting
12:43 previewing sports report
12:47 glitch in film
12:48 review of a new movie “Paradise”
14:46 outro
Website Clips:
1. This story about the Zoo Run Run focused on the success of gaining more interest in
physical fitness at the time.
3:25 IC: “Runner’s Club rates the first Zoo Run Run …”
4:15 OC: “Jogging among the animals”
2. This story covers the increased prices in industrial sectors which could lead to a rebound
in the economy at the time.
7:24 IC: “That’s beginning to change”
9:11 OC: “...I’m Alan Chernoff”
3. This story talks about the introduction of a new technology called the “pen lap top”.
9:13 IC: “Well the next step in computers…”
9:30 OC: “Tracy Weatherby using…” (cut film)