CatraDhtem | Peter Jennings WAKC promo @CatraDhtem | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 2 days ago.
A really embarrassing 1996 promo with the late ABC News legend Peter Jennings for local Akron station WAKC, talking about the channel's newscast.
At the time, WAKC was trying to re-brand the station to differentiate itself from ABC affiliate WEWS in Cleveland. Wanting to create a new identity, WAKC started calling itself "The North Ohio News Station," since Cleveland is typically considered "Northeast Ohio." Perhaps not surprisingly, WAKC didn't cover other "North Ohio" cities like Toledo and Sandusky and just primarily focused on Akron and Canton.
Hearing the great Peter Jennings talk about "North Ohio news" with any degree of believability is just sad.
A really embarrassing 1996 promo with the late ABC News legend Peter Jennings for local Akron station WAKC, talking about the channel's newscast.
At the time, WAKC was trying to re-brand the station to differentiate itself from ABC affiliate WEWS in Cleveland. Wanting to create a new identity, WAKC started calling itself "The North Ohio News Station," since Cleveland is typically considered "Northeast Ohio." Perhaps not surprisingly, WAKC didn't cover other "North Ohio" cities like Toledo and Sandusky and just primarily focused on Akron and Canton.
Hearing the great Peter Jennings talk about "North Ohio news" with any degree of believability is just sad.
