WFTV Channel 9 - "Eyewitness News Tonight," November 18th, 1991 (Delayed Broadcast) [HD] 

Here's a rarity: a complete well-preserved newscast! This is a delayed airing of WFTV Channel 9's "Eyewitness News Tonight" scheduled for November 18th, 1991. It was broadcast thirty minutes after midnight on November 19th due to the Buffalo Bills & Miami Dolphins game prior.
Major stories include:
- Launch details about Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-44 to deploy a U.S. Air Force Defense Support Program satellite: en.wikipedia.o...
- Haitian protests for peace after a recent shooting in Orlando during the aftermath of a coup d'etat months earlier: en.wikipedia.o...
- Brevard County teen Eugene Roberson found guilty of murdering gas station manager Stephen Dumont in Titusville the prior year: www.orlandosen...
- Cleanup & recovery efforts continue for Seattle residents after hurricane-force winds cause damage: web.archive.or... (page 3)
- Recoveries in the California Grey Whale population: www.latimes.co...
- Updates on William Kennedy Smith's 1991 sexual assault trial: en.wikipedia.o...
- Lebanon hostages Thomas Sutherland and Terry Waite released: en.wikipedia.o...
- Updates on the D'Amato Amendment No. 1333 bill to set a limit on credit card interest rates: www.senate.gov...
- Warnings added to the medication "Halcion" (triazolam) to warn consumers of dangerous side effects after reports of abuse: en.wikipedia.o...
- Highlights from the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, including First Lady Betty Ford, baseball player Ted Williams, and 47th Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill being awarded: en.wikipedia.o...
- Highlights from that night's Buffalo Bills' 41-27 victory against the Miami Dolphins. The Bills would soon be AFC Champions but would lose Super Bowl XXVI against the NFC's Washington Redskins (Commanders): en.wikipedia.o...
- Brian Williams signs with the Orlando Magic: en.wikipedia.o...
- Orlando Thunder joins the World League of American Football (WLAF, then NFL Europe until 2007): en.wikipedia.o...
- Shopping cart computers from "VideOcart" come to midwest Kroger stores: www.nytimes.co...
WFTV is a broadcast television station licensed to Orlando, Florida. First signing on the air as WLOF-TV on February 1st, 1958, the station serves the Orlando-Daytona Beach market and most of East Central Florida. After becoming the victor over several other VHF channel 9 applications to the FCC, the station battled a series of legal challenges, such as the FCC's investigation into an attorney's unethical contract on behalf of the station's owner to an FCC commissioner. WLOF-TV switched to the call letters WFTV in 1963, meaning "Wonderful Florida Television." WFTV Channel 9 has been owned and operated by Cox Media Group since 1985 and gained a sibling with the launch of WRDQ in April 2000. The station became a first for Florida in 2006; being the first TV station in Florida (and tenth nationwide) to broadcast its local news programs in high definition.
Bob Opsahl worked with WFTV from 1978 until his retirement in 2016. Marla Weech left WFTV in 2005 to work with WKMG-TV and Charter-owned News 13 (a cable news channel). She was one of two personalities laid off from Charter in 2017. Danny Treanor joined News 13 and retired in 2013, then joined WKMG-TV and retired in 2019. Pat Clarke has also retired but is now selling "Goop Dogs," a culinary creation of his mother's that has become a favorite for Orlando residents.
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