KSTP Eyewitness News at 5:30, May 1990.
One of the last newscasts to feature Stan Turner on KSTP. Turner still remained at Hubbard Broadcasting through 2002 on ANC. Turner and Kirstin Lindquist (of KARE-TV) were teamed up to do weekends in 1988. Lindquist left KSTP in the summer of 1990 weeks after this broadcast.
Several commercials in this post including a Twin Cities Live commercial with former Sports broadcaster Bob Bruce.
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Found and restored for generations to come. A 1977 episode of Bowling for Dollars. Bowling for Dollars was a game show produced and aired locally on KSTP-TV in the 1970s. The premise was simple enough, contestants bowl for a jackpot and prizes. I understand from individuals that worked on the show, it was taped on Sunday morning about 6am and then aired on Thursday and Friday nights. Bowling for Dollars like Bozo was a regional “franchise” program, every market had their own version with a general format.
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If you haven’t seen enough of Barry ZeVan or video from the pre-Paul Magers era of KARE-TV, check out a collection of movie reviews from then entertainment editor Barry ZeVan. Also featured are John Bachman, Joan Steffend, and a glimpse of a young Randy Shaver.
If you haven’t seen Barry ZeVan lately, you haven’t been looking very hard. Barry ZeVan, best known for providing weather casts to the Twin Cities and Minnesota, is still in the Twin Cities, and still creating media in front and behind of the camera.
TC Media and Barry sat down this past year. Watch Barry ZeVan talk about his journey to Minnesota and career in broadcasting. Listen as Barry takes us down memory lane to when we were all tuning into “Peek a-boo” weather as well as his other experiences in broadcasting including WTCN. Also added a “guest weather” appearance by ZeVan on Eyewitness News in 2004. Check back for more ZeVan video.
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Exclusive! TC Media interview with Barry ZeVan
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Barry ZeVan “guest weather” on KSTP-TV January 2004
A commercial break taken from an episode of “The Midnight Special” aired in 1974 on KSTP-TV. Featured is an ad for KSTP-AM then known as 15 KSTP The Music Station (the commercial is one slide), Station ID, followed by Mr. Whipple and Charmin, and Knights Formal Wear.
From the days of KMSP’s ABC affiliation, this clip is the first 15 minutes of a 10pm news broadcast on KMSP-TV Channel 9 from February 1979. To provide some historical context, I left in the end credits of “Soap” which ended right before the news
From October 1978: WCCO 10pm report tease and open with Dave Moore and Doug Moore. Also commercials for CBS programs WKRP, One Day at a Time, and more….
In a pre-24 hour news world in 1976, the final news of the day on WCCO Channel 4 was a voiceover a painted slide reading the day’s headlines. This was after the CBS late movie, the tape cut after a couple minutes, so I am not sure how long this originally aired. Interested if anyone viewing this can identify the names of the “news makers” painted in this picture.
Masters of the Universe (He-Man and Skeletor), Van Halen, Madonna, and other dangers in your child’s toy box is debated in this episode of Twin Cities Live from August of 1986 broadcast at the Minnesota State Fair and hosted by Bob Bruce. Evangelist Phil Phillips explains his philosophy on 1980s culture leading our kids to the occult.
TC Media Now exclusive interview with longtime KSTP anchor Stan Turner. Award winning journalist, Stan Turner spent over 30 years with Hubbard Broadcasting as a reporter, news director, and anchor. During the 1980s, Mr. Turner was the main weeknight anchor of KSTP’s evening broadcasts, and from 1989 to 1992 was the principal anchor of Hubbard’s “All News Channel”. Watch as Stan Turner discusses Twin Cities media past and present, his time at KSTP, and his thoughts on journalism in the new media world.
