WCBS 6PM News 1985 

This is when news anchors, weathermen, and sportscasters were gods.

RIP Dr Frank Field & Jim Jensen. I remember watching these as a 3 year old kid in East Keansburg, New Jersey.

I'm loving that old set!

I've dated this: November 25, 1985.

Wow this takes me back.

@HulkieD I always thought of this set something akin to WINDOW BLINDS. Not very inviting. Plus yes, this open was from CCP.

Four men at the anchor desk -- five if you count Dennis Cunningham, the entertainment critic seated at the end of the show. That is something you don't see today, and probably will never see again.

And it was several months after this newscast that Rolland Smith's run with WCBS, which dated back to 1970-71, came to an end. (Notice Jim Jensen is still more on an even keel on-air wise . . . his coke- and Valium-influenced "embarrassing moments" didn't seem to come out until after Carol Martin replaced Smith at the anchor desk at 6 in '86. However, towards the end here he seemed to refer to the newscast title as "Channel 2's at 6.")

Like what the CBS station in New York had weather with Dr. Frank Field, Portland's CBS station had Dr. John Walls with the weather. He retired in 1986.

It is not everyday you have a news anchor and sports anchor banter about sports after the sports report. Nowadays, the sports anchor is adjacent from the main table.

Well, perhaps Dr. Field just didn't feel like sitting down. Perhaps he preferred standing up, instead.

Are these anchors or reporters still alive today ?

Jim Jensen had a bad reputation. A lot of people that worked with him disliked him.

Channel 2 NEW YORK!!!

So at what point did the news start saying "adult book stores" instead of "porno book stores"?

And after Mr. Smith left WCBS, Ms. Martin became Mr. Jensen's co-anchor at 6 - while, at 11, Ms. Marsh was joined at the anchor desk by Mike Schneider.

Not a fan of this look. It's very sterile and cold, from the deathly serious version of the PNP to Cranston-Csuri's bland CGI waltz to the set. Jim and Rolland look like they're anchoring from a hospital waiting room. This really improved when they switched to far more upbeat theme music and stuck a skyline in the set to make it less bland.

I remember when Warner was on Eyewitness News at 11 PM on WABC in the late 70s... That female editorial reader at the end was a moron but killing that bill worked out for the better...

Editorial director Lesley Crosson . . . who did she replace in the 1980's? I'd forgotten about her . . . must've come after Peter Kohler and Sue Cott.

Barbara Nevins Taylor is now with WWOR; as far as others still living, I'd say Dr. Frank Field, Warner Wolf and Rolland Smith. Don't know about Dennis Cunningham, though. We're a few months away (as this is being typed) from the 10th anniversary of JIm Jensen's death.

real news with real news people. Let's go to the video tape

To me: The theme is awesome, the set is not.

No women on the set. Just perfect