VIDEO: 'Live at Five' newscast turns 30

While I was away, KTRK ABC 13's Live at Five newscast turned 30 years old. So my colleagues put up the entire first episode online that you can still watch. It has all of the original commercials too:

On April 18, 1977, ABC13 aired our first 5pm newscast. The program was anchored by Dave Ward and Jan Carson. Ed Brandon delivered the weather forecast and Bob Allen had sports news. Diana Fallis was featured in a segment called "Personal," and the 'white knight' himself, Marvin Zindler was right at home at the newsdesk.

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One of the stories was how the Houston Galleria 2 was just about to be completed.