Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Here’s a genuine piece of local Pennsylvania television history — a WBRE-TV 28 Eyewitness News update from 1988, featuring anchor Rich Noonan.
In this brief segment, Noonan reports on an apartment fire that left six families scrambling for safety in the Wilkes-Barre area. Following the news update are a local Price Chopper supermarket commercial and a public service message asking viewers to volunteer for various community causes.

This clip perfectly captures the look, tone, and pacing of 1980s local news, when community connection and regional storytelling were at the heart of every broadcast.

Sourced from an original 1988 WBRE-TV recording and preserved for those who love classic local television, vintage news, and small-market broadcast history.

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