Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

We are always on the look out for classic WKYC gems. Let's flashback to September 17, 1980, for Action 3 News at 11 pm with the late Doug Adair and Mona Scott. Enjoy!  

Time for some more classic Channel 3 photos. This batch features some of our various news anchor teams over the year here at WKYC. All pictures are courtesy of Bob Keyes. If you have any pictures you would like to share for the blog, please email me at fmacek@wkyc.com     Weeknight Team: (Back) Al Roker (weather), Mona Scott (weather) (Front) Doug Adair (anchor), Amanda Arnold (anchor), Tom Ryther (sports)     Weekend Team:  (L-R) Leon Bibb (anchor), John Henk (sports), Sheryl Browne (anchor), Paul Edmunds (weather) (L-R) Steve Taylor (sports), Connie Dieken (anchor), Tom Sweeney (anchor), Terry Burhans (weather)

One of the things I hope to do this time around with the Director's Cut Blog is to create a collection of photos and videos from years past. This time, Bob Keyes who worked worked at WKYC as a jack of all engineering trades, provided us with these pictures we hope you enjoy. If you have any pictures you would like to share for the blog, please email me at fmacek@wkyc.com Coming up Thursday, August 15, on the Director's Cut Blog, we'll go back in time and share the top happenings from 40 years ago at Channel 3! Don't miss it as part of our new "Thursday Back Thursday" series. Anchor/Reporter Dale Solly with Director Kim Hollett in "A" Control at 1403 E. 6th Street David Patterson in Hollywood with Bob Mackey Doug Adair and Dave Patterson promo for "Action 3" News at 6 p.m.

The 40-year anniversary of the Great Blizzard of 1978 is was this week as you probably know. The blizzard dumped extensive amounts of snow over Northeast Ohio starting Jan. 25, 1978, though some snow had already fallen across the region, making conditions even worse. Snow drifted 20 feet or higher in some spots. The storm shut down the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region for two days, forcing 45 National Guard helicopters to execute 2,700 missions across the state as thousands of people became stranded. Fifty-one people were killed during the storm, according to the National Weather Service . Back then, WKYC was branded as Action 3 News. Take a look back at some of the memories of that great event.

This Action 3 News classic photo has recently shown up and was taken around 1975 when Doug Adair was the main news anchor at our station. All of the folks in the picture have moved on in their broadcasting careers - except one. See if you can guess who is still at Channel 3 today. Send your guesses to fmacek@wkyc.com Click on either photo for a larger view.