Wagman was the Indiana station's news director and served as fill-in anchor for the holiday. Tom Williams has sports. (Ken Owen)
This video is a newscast from WANE Channel 15 Fort Wayne on July 4th, 1987. Bill Wagman is the news anchor and covers stories locally and nationwide about fires, crime, the Fourth of July, cancer research, tanning beds, and sports.
00:01 Bill Wagman on Camera with News 15 at Six
00:06 Preshow tease about how a house fire lands a man in jail in Fort Wayne
00:08 Preshow tease about preparation for Fourth of July festivities in Fort Wayne
00:12 Preshow tease about how a family reunion draws people from all over the world to Fort Wayne
00:23 News 15 Promo about why you should watch News 15 if you want to know more
00:45 Wagman tells a story about a 27-year-old man who faces arson and criminal recklessness charges in connection to a fire on East Williams Street
1:26 Wagman tells a story about how another fire caused the evacuation of the five Blackford County jail inmates in the morning
*1:48 Wagman briefs a story about how three security officers from Grissom Air Force Base are being held in jail for charges of armed bank robbery
2:09 Wagman tells a story about how the police say a Warsaw man jumped out of a moving car last night on US 30 and is in critical condition at Parkview Hospital
2:40 Wagman previews a story about the Fourth of July and tells us that today’s Fourth of July is the 211th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This lets us know the date is July 4th, 1987.
2:58 News 15’s Rhonda Pickett is introduced and reports on a historical 19th-century-inspired Fourth of July celebration.
3:09 Wagman tells a story about how people are getting ready for the fireworks spectacular
3:18 Al Sure, Owner of Pyro Company, says in a sound bite why this spectacular will be the best yet
3:51: Wagman previews stories for after the commercial break about how researchers might have found out what causes cancer and about a doctor’s advice about the tanning beds on the market
*4:09 Wagman tells viewers about how this year there have been more cases of the mumps than there were in 1986
4:35 Glenda Winna is introduced and reports about how a gene can detect other kinds of cancer
5:08 Dr. Dean Edell is introduced and talks about the effects of tanning beds in the medical reports
5:22 Meteorologist Erik Salna is introduced and gives a preview of his forecast before the commercial break
6:04 The meteorologist Erik gives his report for the rest of the day
6:50 Sports anchor Tom Williams is introduced and does his sports block which includes sports news about Wimbledon in and Fort Wayne
7:38 The newscast gives you a full screen graphic about what is next on the programming for CBS which includes Wheel of Fortune at 6:30 and the CBS Mini-Series “Space”
7:51 Wagman previews the stories coming up at News 15 Nightbeat at 10 PM
8:15: News 15’s Greg Goodwin is introduced and reports on how a family reunion drew people from all over the world to Fort Wayne
*9:20: Wagman signs off, asks viewers to join them back at 10 PM, and ends the 6 PM newscast with views of the historic 4th celebrations from around Fort Wayne
10:05: A voice previews what is coming up next on CBS while on-screen graphics tell the view who did what positions for the newscast
Website clips:
Wagman briefs a story about how three security officers from Grissom Air Force Base are being held in jail for charges of armed bank robbery.
1:48
IC: “State police say three security officers…”
2:09
OC: “… the money was recovered.”
Wagman tells viewers about how this year there have been more cases of the mumps than there were in 1986 in Indiana.
4:08
IC: “If you haven’t had the mumps…”
4:28
OC: “…hardest hit with mumps this year.”