30th Anniversary Special of WISH-TV. The 30th anniversary Special begins at 0:01:56 and ends at 1:00:50 (see segment titled "Indiana's Own for 30 Years"; following the special is sports and television programs viewed on air date.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of WISH-TV. Mike Ahern and Debbi Knox show clips and tell stories of the most exciting broadcast moments from the last 30 years. The program also covers the history of television both in Indiana and the nation, showing important moments in history from the Vietnam War to Richard Nixon and interviews with some of WISH-TV’s former anchors.
1:56 Special begins
2:13 Introduction slide ends
2:43 Mike Ahern and Debby Knox introduce special
3:07 Headline reads from 1954
5:06 Glenn Miller music and pictures of postwar America, with narration
6:10 History of Television
7:09 History of WXMT
7:38 Back to general television history
8:02 Interview with broadcasting Professor Dave Smith
9:11 More music and clips from 1950s;
9:51 footage of one of president Richard Nixon’s adresses
10:57 Burger King advertisement
11:31 Value City furniture advertisement
11:58 Band-aid Advertisement
13:00 History of television, 1950s
13:58 Standup in front of Channel 8 headquarters
14:22 WISH early history
15:17 footage of Democratic National Convention
16:20 Popular TV programs in the 50s
17:40 Ruffles Advertisement
18:10 Mcdonald’s advertisement for discontinued cheddar melt
18:40 Pepsi Free advertisements
19:10 Reynold’s Wrap commercial
19:50 History of television in the 1960s
20:50 clips of WISH’s Richard Hickox from 1961
21:35 Back to interview with professor Dave Smith, early challenges of TV news
22:43 Debbie Drake show clips
23:18 clips of WISH personality “Selwyn”
26:30 Pepsi Advertisement
29:48 History of State Fairgrounds Coliseum fire
30:34 1963 interview with Indianapolis fire chief
*31:30 footage of The Beatles landing in Indiana
*32:15 Return to interview with Dave Smith on filming the Beatles
34:25 Footage of Beatles performing, 1963
36:22 Burger King Advertisement
37:58 Advertisement for Channel 8 TV show “The 5th Quarter”
39:30 Back to history of the 1960s
40:24 Footage of JFK’s funeral
41:40 Footage of rocket launch coverage
42:31 Footage of “Campus Talent” program by Channel 8 in 1965
*44:05 Footage of Bob Glenn in Kokomo covering the worst tornado in Indiana as of 1984
44:55 Footage of move to new facility in 1965
46:34 Rowland Smith’s coverage of Vietnam
*47:52 Clips of Interview of Walter Cronkite by Carol Kraus and Mike Ahern
48:45 Advertisements for three other WISH-TV shows
51:14 Footage of Neil Armstrong on the moon
51:54 1969 video of Woodstock with narration about late 60s
*52:20 Clips from coverage of Nixon’s 1968 visit to Indiana
53:46 Narration over clips from civil rights protests
*54:24 Robert F Kennedy speaking in Indianapolis after the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
56:27 Images of television shows from the 70s with narration
57:53 Mike Ahern in newsroom giving closing remarks
58:45 Back to Mike Ahern and Debby Knox, sharing favorite TV memories
59:37 Toast to 30 years in broadcast television
Website Clips:
This clip gives interesting information about the history and significance of WXMT
7:08 IC: “WXMT. That station…”
7:37 OC: “…in this state.”
This clip shows a 1961 WISH-TV broadcast with John Hickox about John F Kennedy
20:45 IC: “The president…”
21:21 OC: “…ending January 21st”
This clip gives interesting details about coverage of the Kokomo tornado
44:10 IC: “To get the material…”
44:30 OC: “…set in.”