>> WE’RE SHOWING YOU THESE PICTURES BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE.
>> ON WHAT FOR US IS A
BITTERSWEET DAY. HERE AT THE
LOCAL STATION. THE HAIR
>> ALL SMALL ISLES. I THAT I
THINK MIGHT BE JOHN GONE.
>> I LOVE THAT PICTURE SITTING
>> WE HAVE SOME CHANNEL 4 NEWS
NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS
EVENING ABOUT A COUPLE OF
RETIREMENT PARTIES THAT WERE
PLANNING. YEAH. AFTER 30 YEARS
HERE AT THE LOCAL STATION.
>> I ARE BOTH LAUNCHING INTO
RETIREMENT AND I KNOW IT’S SO
HARD TO YOU KNOW WHAT HIT ME
THE OTHER DAY, JUST LIKE LIKE
THIS. I
>> HALF MY LIFE HERE ON THIS
SAID IT CHANNEL 4. CAN’T BEGIN
TO THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR
THE YEARS, THE DECADES RIGHT
OF DEDICATION WATCHING US
HELPING US TELL YOUR STORIES.
I CAN’T BELIEVE WE’RE HERE
TALKING ABOUT RETIRING. IT’S
JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY. I KNOW I’M ALWAYS
GOING TO TREASURE THE TIME
SPENT TOGETHER. AND JOHN, I
KNOW YOU CAN’T BELIEVE IT
EITHER. I IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE
VERY SIMILAR IN AGE VERY AND
FOR SO WE ARE, WE’VE GOT LOTS
THAT TO MARRY BETTER. WE’VE
WE’VE GOT PLANS.
>> RIGHT? IT’S THE OF
INDIVIDUAL PLANS, BUT YOU GET
THE IDEA AND YOU WE BOTH
FAMILIES DURING THIS PERIOD OF
TIME. OUR KIDS ALL GROWN UP.
EXACTLY. PHASING IN A ROOM OR
GETTING HERE. AND GEORGE
WILLING, TELL ME ABOUT HOW HIS
FAMILY GREW UP AND HE WAS
RAISING THEM HERE IN GEORGIA.
IS GEORGIA ACTUALLY BUILDERS
GEORGE RIGHT YOU KNOW WHO?
>> BUT AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN AN
AMAZING RIDE. MY FAMILY WANTS
TO REACH OUT TO EVERY BO
JACKSON WILL GET JUST ABOUT
HERE, THOUGH, BACK. THAT WAS
MY
>> HERE AT CHANNEL 4 IN 1984.
AND OWNERS AGO. HIRE LIKE I
GOT ONE. ARE WE GLAD YOU GOT A
JOB HERE? WHAT YEAR. AND
AGAIN, MY FAMILY REACHES OUT
TO EVERYBODY ALL THE TIME. WE
ALL LOVE YOU AS WE GO AROUND
TOWN AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS
YOU’VE DONE FOR US.
>> AS A FAMILY MARY AND I FEEL
THE SAME WAY, WE’RE GOING TO
MISS YOU ALL SO MUCH SO MUCH.
THE MEMORIES ARE JUST I MEAN,
JUST THE YEARS. AND AGAIN, 30
WEST OF THEM HERE UNTIL THE
END OF MAY, RIGHT? YES. SO WE
HAVE A LOT OF STORIES. YEAH,
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO
TALK ABOUT THE NEXT MONTH. TRY
TO GET, YOU KNOW, ABSORB LAST.
AND I THINK THE KEY THING IS
QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE OUT
THERE ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN NEXT.
>> AND ONE OF THE BIG SEAT
STILL HAVE TO FILL HERE SOON
IS GOING TO BE FILLED BY THIS
GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT. THE ONE
THE ONLY OVER HERE.
>> SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE MUSIC,
MUSIC THERE IS A ALL WE’RE SO
THRILLED FOR YOU AND
GRADUATIONS. CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST TO BE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. I WANT TO GO WITH
THE NAME I.
>> WE’RE SO HAPPY. I KNOW WE
SAID THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW,
AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT
INTERNALLY
>> MY TIME STARTING IT WAS
GEORGE. AND I JUST HAVE TO
TELL A QUICK STORY THAT MY
GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY AT 94
YEARS OLD. AND WHEN I STARTED
HERE IN 2004, I SAID TO MY
GRANDFATHER, I’VE GOT AN
INTERVIEW AT WJXT. WHAT IS
THAT? HE TRAVELED UP AND DOWN
THE EAST COAST. I MENTIONED
IT’S CHANNEL 4 IN
JACKSONVILLE. YOU KNOW, HE
SAID THAT’S GEORGE WINNER.
STATE. WOW. THAT WAS IT THAT
FOR ME, I KNEW THAT THIS
INTERVIEW HAD TO STICK AND
THANKS TO OUR NEWS DIRECTOR AT
THE SHE HIRED ME AND I WAS SO
EXCITED TO TELL. MY
GRANDFATHER SAID, I’M I’M
WORKING THERE. HE WAS A GOLFER
AND HE RELIED ON GEORGIA’S
FORECASTS HIT THE DIFFERENT
SPOTS ALONG THE WAY. AND WE’RE
TALKING. YOU KNOW, YEARS IN
BETWEEN WHERE HE TRAVELED. BUT
GEORGE SET THAT MARK. SO HOW
THEN I STARTED WITH JOHN AND
IT JUST CONTINUED TO GROW. AND
I ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW I
FEEL LIKE I’M IN FLIP-FLOPS
THAT LOOK CALM. BUT I’M
STANDING ON ALL THOSE OUT OF
WHO TRY TO YOU BACK. BUT I’M
GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB IN THE
EVENING. AND I GOT TO SAY THAT
GEORGE TWIST TO THE 2 ARE BOTH
OUR LIVES.
>> AS YOU SAW THAT ONE PICTURE
OF ME AND THAT KIND OF DORKY.
OH, LOOK, I HAD IT WAS 40
YEARS AGO AND YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT YOUR GRANDFATHER. YOU
KNOW, IT’S CRAZY THINK THAT
ALL OF THIS COMES FROM ONE
MAN, GEORGE RIGHT, RIGHT,
RIGHT. BOTH OF YOU.
>> HAVE TRULY LOVE THE CITY
THROUGH THESE INCREDIBLE
STORMS THAT WE HAD TO ENDURE.
AND AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME
THIS OCCASION CALLS FOR SOME
CONFETTI. OH, YES, WE HERE.
WHERE IS AND ALSO WE DID.
>> WE NEED THE OTHER OF THE
EVENTS OF THE SHOW. RAIN LIKE
YES, PLEASE JOIN PURDY,
JUSTICE TO RICHARD SHIFT.
WELCOME HE USED TO WE’RE GOING
TO MISS YOU GUYS. WE HAVE A
MONTH TO GET USED TO THIS. BUT
I MEAN, A MONTH GOES SO WHY
ENOUGH TIME? NOT ENOUGH TIME,
BUT WE LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
AND I’M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE.
>> BUT IT WILL BE HERE FOR HOW
MANY YEAH, 30. I MEAN, IT HAS
YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST PEOPLE
HAVE EVER WORKED WITH IN OUR
VIEWERS ARE SO THANKFUL TO
HAVE YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE STEP
OF THE WAY WITH NEW STORIES.
JOHN, THE WEATHER LOVE YOU
GUYS. AND YOU KNOW, YOUR HOURS
LITTLE BIT, YOU’RE GOING TO BE
DRIVING TO WORK IN THE DAYTIME
AND GOING HOME AT NIGHT
UNDERSTAND THAT ALREADY
CONFUSED. HAVE TO GET LITTLE
OUT OF JOHN GAVE ME A A
HELPFUL HINT. HE SAID, YOU
KNOW, IN BETWEEN SOME OF THE
SHOWS THAT THERE IS TIME TO
STEP OUTSIDE, YOU GOT TO COME
SEE US IN THE CAR. YOU SAID
YES TO TAKE A NAP. ON
>> BEEN OF WORKED ON THE
MORNING SHIFT. SO YEAH, IT’S
IT’S A TOUGH ONE. AND RICHARD,
IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. I GOT
TO THE DAY IN AUGUST 2010 THAT
I CAME FOR A JOB INTERVIEW,
CHANNEL 4, TOM AND MARY TOOK
ME TO LUNCH AND I WENT WOW.
AND LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY AND
CONVERSATION AND
PROFESSIONALISM AS CHART
STRUCK ME. I’M GONNA MISS YOU
SO MUCH. WE TALKED ABOUT THE
THIS CELEBRATION THAT AND FOR
THEM TODAY AND ALL I’VE GOT IS
THAT’S NOT IN MY STOMACH
ABOUT, OH, I DON’T WANT YOU TO
GO. YOU WERE SO KIND TO ME
HELPING ME GET MY FEET
PLANTED. JOHN, YOU’RE THE
FIRST PERSON WHO YELLED AT ME
ON TV I’M GOING IT’S JUST BEEN
SO GOOD WORKING WITH YOU GUYS
ON EVENING NEWSCAST.
OBVIOUSLY, MARY AND I WILL
MISS NONE OF THIS BECAUSE IT
WILL BE WATCHING KEEPING YOU
GUYS YOU GUYS ARE HANDLING IT
AS WELL AS YOU HAVE A NEW
YEAR’S EVE BEEN YEAR.
>> CAN YOU BEEN HERE? HOW MANY
YEARS NOW? YES, 12 YEARS OWNED
WHEN THAT’S THE BEGINNING
HURRICANE
>> ALL BEFORE WE FINISH THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF
>> ALL OF YOUR FELLOW
EMPLOYEES, NOT JUST THE ONES
WHO ARE HERE NOW, BUT ALSO THE
PAST PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES. LET
ME TELL YOU BOTH WHAT AN EVER
LEVIN.
>> BALL, IT HAS BEEN.
>> WORKING WITH YOU WHAT IT
EVER LOVING PLEASURE. IT HAS
BEEN WORKING WITH YOU. YOU
GUYS ARE JUST THE BEST.
>> AND WE’RE GOING TO ENJOY
WORKING WITH YOU TOMORROW. BUT
I TOMORROW. THAT’S FRIDAY.
WE’RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE
HIGHER WHAT THE MAYOR AND I
BOTH FEEL THE SAME WAY.
>> TOM, WELL, AS YOU ARE, OUR
ANCHOR MAN, ALWAYS ALWAYS
ALWAYS WILL BE ALWAYS.
>> ALWAYS WILL BRINGS US TO
THE TABLE EVERY
>> YOU SO MUCH AND STAY WITH
US AS ALWAYS. THERE IS MORE TO
COME. THAT’S RIGHT. THE NEWS
CONTINUES WITH.
>> THOSE JOY RIGHT AFTER THE
BREAK.
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