May 7th, 2009 
joel Last week the result of the major construction project at WICU was revealed to viewers as 12 News began broadcasting from their new set. In case you missed these shots from the station’s Twitter feed, I received permission to share them with you.
These photos are courtesy of WICU12.
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Looks pretty plain to me. Not like the old set. Almost looks like it could be changed real quick from one station to the other…12 to 35…and vice versa.
I don’t know, but I miss the days of Ms. Shirley Ramsey manually moving weather puzzle pieces around on a flat board. But Ms. Ramsey was always impeccably dressed with her wardrobe from Halles in the Millcreek Mall.
Dave:
Shirley was very nicely dressed…but what you didn’t see slsightly off camera from the weather board each evening was Shirley with a cigarette in her lips, hiking her designer skirt up so she could fish the microphone wire up her skirt and blouse. YIKES! As a young intern this image almost sent me right onto a different career path.
Yeah, people aren’t always perfect, but they sure are more interesting then a bunch of computers. I’m interested to know what you Mr. ‘use to do TV news’ are doing today? Are you still involved in the profession? Do you still have any interest in our current TV scene here in Erie?
Those with ‘The Passion’ should not let this silly notion of economic downsizing get in the way of a dream. Some of the best times that I recall in life came from my board op days at WRIE and WLKK. I had the great opportunity to meet some wonderful people. No matter how great the stage may look, it’s the people that bring it to life! The stage is nothing without the actors…. and you may quote me on that!
Dave:
I couldn’t agree more with you. I am no longer in the “biz”, although I occassionally will do some voice over work.
My memories of radio include fully staffed newsrooms, not DJs reading the newspaper onto MP3 files at 4AM for playback throughout morning drive.
My memories also include local owners and managers like Myron Jones, John Kanzius and Clarence Paoella. These gentlemen ran broadcast stations with a hands-on approach and not from some corporate office in East Jabib, Wisconsin.
I learned how to be a a beat reporter from folks like Hyle Richmond and Steve Drexler. I learned the value of great video from pros like Dave Knapp and Dale Evanoff. These were good times when people were paid fairly, we worked hard and the product was far better than the market size would reflect.
I had news directors in major markets tell me that the stuff on my reel could play in any of their newsrooms and that says alot about the quality of TV news during the 1980s in Erie. And that David is reward enough for me.
Great names, good people who cared about the product. Not many of them left anymore. The industry is now, more than it ever has been, a young person’s business.