So Long Jim Bernard
I've been watching him on the news from way back. When he left Channel 6 (we used to have two local stations up here) to Channel 3, I followed him. He was a big part of the reason many of us watched local news on TV. It will be tough for whoever tries to fill his shoes.
It's good to know TV weather wasn't his only job and he'll continue working as airport director in Del Norte County.
posted by Fred Mangels @ 9:33 AM
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Thank-you for the link Fred. I have long been a Jim Bernard fan. I have agonized about his loss of articulation, and hoped that he could get better, but alas...
I am glad that he has decided for himself that he could still do other things, I wish him well.
Fred: There use to be three newscasts; Leslie Lollick covered the news for KAEF, Remember when Dick Dewitt was the newscaster for KVIQ and broadcasting from their studio where KEET is now located? After their fire, KVIQ relocated to a temporary studio in what is now Pro Sports Center at 5th and Myrtle before developing their studio on Broadway.
At one point we actually had four local "newscasts" if you include "what's going on" on Fox 29. Of course, that was back when we had not one but two pulp mills (jobs), when marijuana was still largely taboo to grow here, people connected to the internet via AOL or local dial up services, Eureka dreamed of being a tech hub where cruise ships regularly visited, the bayshore mall was full and had customers, we had timber wars every summer, we had only one casino in a tent up in Trinidad, we had a guy run around old town yelling "paypee", The trains still had a glimmer of hope of running, HSU was a nationally recognized university and it had nothing to do with sports, virtually everyone did Christmas lights, The national debt was around 4 trillion...
The mid-late 1990's had its problems, but for some reason this news about Jim Bernard reminds me of how far we've fallen and how much has changed in the last 10-15 years.
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