40 Years Ago Today Richard Nixon Resigned; 1974 Memories

August 9, 1974:

Nixon resigns.

Gerald Ford becomes 38th President of the Unites States.

A month later, pardons Nixon.

Country gradually moves toward Inflation. Economy tanks. Origin of "WIN" buttons emerge.

Bay Area: Patty Hearst, six months into captivity, kidnapped by SLA. Shootout in South Central LA --"Cinque", aka: Donald Defreeze, among dead.

Chanel 7 "News Scene" dominates local TV News.

A's en route to third straight World Series Championship over hated Dodgers.

#1-rated movie: Godfather, Part II.

Owen Spann on KGO Radio.

KTVU: "Creature Feature" and "Charley and Humphrey" most popular local TV shows.

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The Summer of 1974; The City and Bay Area With a Long List of Memories; Patty Hearst, Herb Caen, The Pyramid and Miss Matlock

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The Most-Watched, Successful, Profitable, Legendary, Local TVNews Franchise in the History of the Bay Area

 It was the birthplace of Happy Talk." The industry tag line, "if it bleeds, it leads", for better or worse, originated from its old studios on 277 Golden Gate Ave. In the 70's until the mid 1980's it made the most money of ANY local TV News operation not just in the Bay Area but entire USA.


Local TV watchers made it a point to watch this very San Franciscoish news program complete with its own unique name, "NewsScene." It even born the invention of the lapel called "Circle7".


Live from the unsavory and gritty streets of the Tenderloin; across the street from the famous, (or infamous depending on your stomach); Studio Café; a block from St. Anthony's Dining Room and a stone's throw from City Hall; Van Amburg, Jerry Jenson, John O'Reilly with Sports and Pete Giddings with Weather.




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