The new year kicks off (literally) with Lindsey Nelson and Pat Haden calling the Cotton Bowl on CBS.
WIMZ's line up consisted of Phil Williams 6-10, Keith Lambert (PD) 10-2, Scott Paulson 2-7, George Allen 7-12, and Dave Ball 12-6.
On the TV tube...WATE was known as Team 6...Sam Brown and Mike Thurman were nightly anchors, Scott Sams was on weather and Alan Williams sports. The noon 'casters were Bob Gray and Kim Simmons (Thomas). On the weekend the anchor was Diane May, weather with Carole Stannard, and Greg Peterson sports.
The Today Show was in its prime with Bryant Gumbel, Jane Pauley, John Palmer, and Willard Scott.
WIVK was riding high as the #1 rated country station in America and was led by Claude Tomlinson, Bob Thomas, Ed Brantley, Laura Paul, Terry Womack, Jean Ash, Channing Smith, Beecher Bailey, Joe Grant and Bob Love. Bobby Denton was in charge but was now behind the scenes.
January 21 was Ronald Reagan's 2nd inauguration, the lead network TV anchors were Peter Jennings ABC, Dan Rather CBS, and Tom Brokaw NBC.
...my Bearden High classmate Rusty Ensor was sports anchor at WTVK Channel 26.
mE, I had traded in my platters for platters, and was entrenched in my restaurant leadership career as manager at Grady's Goodtimes, right down the street from the WIVK studios.
Where were you in January 1985?