Now THIS Will Take You Back! Weather Package Video
On October 25, 2012
- TV History
Now THIS Will Take You Back!
From the early 1950’s, here’s a generic weather package for sale to local stations. Compared to what we have today, the weather reports on the local news stations were not much more than ‘chalk talks’. Some used actual chalk boards, some had fancy plastic covered maps they drew on, some had magnetic ‘suns and clouds’ and some had sliding boards with different local and national maps. Little things like this were a big help in jazzing things up.
Not till 1975 when GOES 1 was launched could we see cloud loops on TV. After that, a lot of things changed quickly and Doppler radar came in 80s.
I remember the magnetic sun and clouds! Times have changed!
Early on when I did the weather in Durham, we had a very large map made of pegboard. I had to use masking tape on the back of the wx symbols to stick them to the map. It worked. They never fell off.