70 years of 12 news.
In fact, on this day in 1953,
Channel 12 went on the air
for the very first time.
And throughout the week we are
welcoming some of the mainstayso
made the station what it is tod.
And tonight we have a very special guest,
our friend and former 12 news
anchor Lynn Sue Flood. You're M.
Former Co anchor, my predecesso.
So this is kind of like a reuni,
right? Like a happy birthday.
Yeah. I don't feel a day over 7.
So, Lindsay, what were some of r
fondest memories of working
here at 12 News all those years,
aside from working with us? Well, yeah, I
knew you'd have to say that.
Well, but that's actually true.
I do miss the people, you know.
The hours are tough.
The stories can be heartbreakin.
So, you know.
I'm not so much missing that,
but I do miss the people and the camaraderie.
I have a lot of that now where I work now.
But it there's nothing like a
big story that brings the whole
newsroom together and you get it
on the air by the seat of your
pants and it's amazing and you'e
informed your whole community.
You know, those are the really
fun days or the adrenaline.
Just
I was going to ask you,
you went to work for Hospice and
have done a phenomenal job with them.
But do you ever miss that adrenaline rush
that you get when there's breaking news?
So yes, but I have.
I'm the kind of person that
makes my own adrenaline,
so there's plenty of it where I am now.
Lots of. I love to tell stories,
Mark, you know that?
So I tell lots of beautiful stories still,
and there's some stories that
probably never leave you.
What are some of the stories tht
really just impacted you the mo?
Well, we were kind of talking,
reminiscing about Granite Mountain Hotshots.
9/11 was devastating to our whole nation.
I think we were all doing our jobs with
tears in our eyes and lumps in our throats.
Gabby Gifford,
that would there were just so m,
but then there were also wonderful stories
of everyday heroes who did beautiful things.
You know, most people are good
and the and there is good news
and I always love telling those
stories and giving people hope.
I I think that's
the thing about this business that that
a lot of people don't understans
you know we all have coworkers that we
like and coworkers that we don't like.
But in this particular business
I think the bonds.
Are tighter because of what you
go through on a daily basis.
You know you need someone to und
on when you've told the story of 9/11
6 times over the course of a dar
you have seen the tears in the s
of the people of Yarnell and thn
you're only human and you have o
decompress to someone and usual.
It's your coworker
because they've been through it
with you every step of the way,
right? And you're having to
process it while delivering
it to viewers in a way
that they can understand.
Well, you did that for me as a Co anchor all
the time and you for me strengthen, right?
And it was so fun because we had that kind
of rapport where and I know you saw it.
Like I would know his punchline
or he would take a breath in
and I knew he was gonna talk,
so I would stop. We kind of kne.
Each other's breath rid them. Yeah, well,
there is one person who we
thought would be here tonight,
but she couldn't because of an
emergency situation where she l.
Everything's fine, Yeah,
yeah, but her pets.
But Janine Ford was supposed to be here,
but she did want to check
in via a special message.
Take a look.
Happy 70th anniversary, 12 news.
So excited and just want to tell you that
I'm still at it up here in the e
Mountains doing a couple of radio shows.
I have a morning radio show,
Magic 101.7 and then I have a
news talk show on I talk and its
called Voice of the Mountain.
So I am loving every minute.
Of of course I've never been able to stop
talking so you know me, that hasn't changed.
But as far as the 70th anniversy
of 12 news, Oh my goodness.
The memories.
And and thinking back,
I would think that my favorite
memories are where we could do stories
where we really made a differen.
And living up here in the
White Mountains now,
I always remember like covering the Rodeo,
Cheddar, Skyfire and how that
coverage was so incredible,
letting people know what was
going on and telling all of the
great stories from up here in te
White Mountains in rural Arizon.
And you know that that's always
been near and dear to my heart.
So I love the stories where we
made a difference with 12 News.
And then secondly,
the thing I always think about
looking back as I think about
all the beautiful memories of my
coworkers and how the laughter I
think about all the fun times.
Can't Lynn Sue?
And then Bill Danny inevitably
would say something that would
just not can't off his chair and
we couldn't stop laughing.
They'd always try to make me red
on and I'd snorter something.
It was embarrassing.
But Bill Austin see McLaughlin,
all the and and more importantly
all the incredible producers,
directors and people we had
behind the scenes helping us out
and making it a great show.
So it's really a legacy and 12 s
just stand strong and I'm reall,
really proud of all the work
that you guys have been doing
and how good you're at it.
Still OK,
so happy 70th and if you guys ever get up
to the White Mountains, come and see me.
Again.
Or you can hear me on I Talk One O 6-7 FM,
The Voice, The Mountain FM and Magic.
I've got a Magic morning show.
Go figure.
OK, so come up,
be on my radio show or come up and say hi.
Love you all.
Happy anniversary 12 news.
Did you notice how many times
she plugged her radio show?
I did, yes. I think it was seve.
I love that she's still in the business.
No, you know, she understands the news.
She does. When? Sue,
you've always been really good
about sharing personal moments h
the viewers while you were here.
I remember when I first got her,
I didn't, you know you.
I was a weekend weather person
and you were the big news ancho.
And you invited me to When's adoption party.
Yeah. When you adopted when.
And I remember that was.
One of the first moments that yu
and I had a personal connection,
we bonded. We bonded.
But you shared that with viewerd
that whole journey in his adopt.
You know, it was a beautiful sty
and it showed. There are so many
beautiful ways to build a famil.
And we've had over the years may
people tell us that they went to
China and adopted a little girl,
usually because they were inspid
by the fact that you could you ,
expand your family and.
Gosh, he is everything you'd
ever want in the sun.
The two of them are so cute together.
They're finishing finals this w.
They'll be home this weekend
for this second. I can't believe so much
time has gone by. I mean, he was four
when I went to that party. Thre.
He was 33. How old is he now?
He's going to be 21. Oh, my God,
we're not that old.
I don't know how that happened.
Did you see those pictures thate
were running when you were talk?
You were babies.
I was going to ask you. You guys
looked exactly the same.
When you look back
on that, to me, it was a simpler time
and it was easier to do this jo.
Do you think you'd enjoy
doing TV news now with?
Some of the toxicity that's
out there and the social
media and things like that.
So social media really changed things
that that the hardest thing fore
and I I don't think I'd be able to do
it now is that it isn't so neut.
It isn't neutral. It isn't who,
what, where, why, when.
There's a little bit of opinion and bias
put in and that would be hard for me now.
But you guys are doing a great .
You're carrying out their tradi.
I saw a story the other night where you.
You threw Mark under the bus.
He laughed his head off.
Do you remember this?
You were the whack,
A mole that she was hitting in .
This is a nightly occurrence.
It's not one time.
It was not a one off.
I'm carrying on the tradition because
somebody needs to keep that ego.
And I was gonna think,
how could you leave me with this one?
So how could you do doing a great job?
I thought you liked me.
Why don't you just move
here and I'll go with Tom,
and we're gonna have a couple b.
Just step right over.
It's so good to see you.
Oh, my gosh.
You took
me to have you here are wonderf.
You're still always my news, fa.
Yeah. And I love likewise.
Love you about happy. Love you.
Yes. Happy anniversary. All rig.