STILL
STILL VERY COOL. MORE THE FORECAST COMING UP
>>
>> WHEN
>> WHEN THE CITY IS JUST AWAKENING OUR DAY HAS ALREADY
BEGUN.
BEGUN.
BEGUN. NEWS CENTER FIVE INVESTIGATING,
PROBING, RESEARCHING AND THE
MOST ACCURATE MOST CAREFULLY
WRITTEN TELEVISION JOURNALISM
IN THE NORTHWEST AND THAT DAYS
END AND THROUGH THE NIGHT THE
JOB GOES ON.
COMMITMENT THAT IS MADE AND
KEPT BY NEWS CENTER FIVE.
>> A BLAST FROM THE PAST.
THAT WAS A COMMERCIAL FROM
ABOUT 1981 PROMOTING THE NEW --
NEWS CENTER FIVE TEAM ALL THIS
MONTH CELEBRATING KING 5'S
DIVERSITY.
DIVERSITY. >> KING 5 COVERED THE NEWS AND
AT TIMES OFTEN BECAME THE NEWS
FOR UNEXPECTED REASONS.
LORI MATSUKAWA TAKES A LOOK AT
THIS SPECIAL REPORT.
>> TODAY, THE CITIZENS FROM THE
SOVIET UNION AND THESE CITIZENS
WILL TALK BY TELEVISION
SATELLITE ON A CITIZEN'S
SUMMIT.
SUMMIT.
SUMMIT. >> MADE HEADLINES, CONDEMNED BY
THE SEATTLE TIMES.
AND KING, HOPES WERE HIGH FOR
THE CITIZEN'S SUMMIT, NOVEMBER
1985.
1985.
1985. SPIRIT WE EXPRESS OUR NEWS FROM
THE HEART.
THE HEART. >> ORDINARY FOLKS IN SEATTLE
WITH TALKSHOW HOST PHIL
DONAHUE, EXCHANGING VIEWS BY
SATELLITE WITH SOVIETS IN
LENINGRAD, HOSTED BY TELEVISION
COMMENTATOR VLADIMIR POZEN ARE
THE BIG TOPIC, PEACE AND HUMAN
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. >> OUTSIDE OUR STUDIO AT THIS
MOMENT, OUR GATHERED SEVERAL
PROTESTERS.
PROTESTERS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS AMERICA'S
FREE SPEECH IN ACTION THEY
BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ENTITLED TO ACCESS TO THIS
PROGRAM TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS >> SEPTEMBER 3rd 1986, A MAN
DRIVE SUPPORTS TO THE FRONT
DOORS OF KING TV, SMASHING INTO
THE RECEPTION DESK, INJURING
THREE EMPLOYEES.
THREE EMPLOYEES. A REPORTER'S LEG BROKEN IN TWO
PLACES.
PLACES.
PLACES. >> OR THE CRASH TURNED AROUND
AND SAW A CAR COMING AT ME.
NO WAY, WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> Reporter: PHOTOJOURNALIST,
DON METCALF, AND EVENING
REPORTER AND KING RADIO
REPORTER CHASED THE DRIVER,
HIMSELF A FORMER KING EMPLOYEE,
AND HELD HIM UNTIL POLICE
CUFFED HIM.
CUFFED HIM. >> MY NAME IS ED WHITE I WORK AT
KING FROM 1983-2015.
FOR A WHILE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED
TO BREAK IN LIVE WITH THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. VERY SHORTLY, OUR COMPETITION
WAS OUT FRONT ALL THEIR IT
SEEMED I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
TIMEFRAME 20 OR 30 MINUTES AND
WE JUMPED IN ON THE STORY BUT
IT IS A GOOD REMINDER WE ARE
USED TO COVERING STORIES, NOT
QUITE SO USED TO BEING PART OF
THE STORY.
THE STORY. >> Reporter: MONTHS LATER A
SCULPTOR -- A SCULPTURE WAS
INSTALLED IN FRONT OF THE KING
BUILDING AFFECTIONATELY CALLED
THE KING STONES, CHOCK-FULL OF
REBAR TO THWART ANY FUTURE
DRIVE-THROUGH's.
DRIVE-THROUGH's. >> TELL ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED?
METEOROLOGIST JEFF RUNNER
WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT IN 1974
WHEN STATION MANAGER ERIC RIM
RUNNER WAS CONTACTED BY THE
SECRET SERVICE.
SECRET SERVICE. >> FLAGGED BY TO GET GUYS IN
DARK SUITS, PROTOTYPICAL MAN IN
BLACK, VERY SERIOUS.
WE HEARD THE GUY IN THE
PRINTSHOP HAD BEEN USING THE
TOOLS OF THE TRADE TO TURN OUT
MONEY AND I GUESS FAIRLY GOOD
MORNING
MORNING
MORNING >> MY NAME IS STEVE CLIFFORD I
WAS CEO OF KING BROADCASTING
FROM 1987-1992.
FROM 1987-1992. WE HAD THIS FANTASTIC NEWSROOM
BUT COULDN'T COVER A GUY
PRINTING MONEY RIGHT NEXT TO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> ATTENDEES TO SAY YOUR
BROADCAST LICENSE WAS A LICENSE
TO PRINT MONEY.
THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE IT WAS
LITERALLY THE CASE.
>> WE INTERRUPT REGULARLY
SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING FOR THE
FOLLOWING SPECIAL REPORT.
>> Reporter:
>> Reporter: THAN THE LIVE BROADCAST BY
ALMOST LIVE ON APRIL FOOLS' DAY,
1989, INVOLVING THE SPACE
NEEDLE.
NEEDLE.
NEEDLE. >> MY NAME IS STEVE WILSON, I
WAS A WRITER, PRODUCER, TALENT
IN MOSTLY DIRECTOR AT KING, FOR
MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.
>> IT WAS APRIL FOOLS' DAY.
>> LET'S SHOW ON APRIL FOOLS'
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. SO
DAY. SO WE DID THIS FAKE NEWSCAST
>> APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES AGO
AT 6:53 P.M., THE SPACE NEEDLE
COLLAPSED SPINNING SO MANY
PEOPLE CALLED NINE MOMENT AND
ACTUALLY SHUT THE 911 LINES
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. >>
DOWN. >> JOHN COMES OUT TO DO HIS
MONOLOGUE IN HIS FIRST WORDS ARE
BUMMER ABOUT THE NEEDLE THEN HE
GOES INTO THE JOKES.
WE GO TO BREAK, I'M IN THE
BOOTH AND THE PHONE IS RINGING
>> PEOPLE FROM EASTERN
WASHINGTON, MEDICAL PEOPLE WHO
CAME TO VOLUNTEER.
>> Reporter: THE STUNT ANGERED
VIEWERS, SPACE NEEDLE OFFICIALS
IN THE CITY.
THE HOST HAD TO MAKE A PUBLIC
APOLOGY.
APOLOGY.
APOLOGY. >> WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD TAKE
IT AS A JOKE, UNFORTUNATELY IT
DIDN'T WORK THAT WAY
>> WE ARE SORRY BUT REALLY DID
NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO AFFECT
ANYBODY
ANYBODY
ANYBODY >> RIGHT?
>> RIGHT?
>> RIGHT? YOU CAN BET ALMOST LIVE NEVER
DID THAT AGAIN.
>> WE SAW THE APOLOGY.
WERE THE ANY REPERCUSSIONS DID
ANYONE LOSE HER JOB?
>> NO ONE WAS FIRED, AMAZINGLY
ENOUGH, IT DID RAISE THE LEVEL
OF NOTICE WE GIVE VIEWERS IF WE
EVER DO A REENACTMENT, OR
SIMULATION.
SIMULATION. THERE ARE HUGE SIGNS EVERYWHERE
THIS IS NOT FOR REAL FOLKS.
WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT.
>> I HAVE SEEN THAT SEVERAL
TIMES STILL GREAT, TO THIS DAY.
WE LAUGH ABOUT IT NOW.
WE HAD A GREAT STORY LAST
NIGHT, ANOTHER GREAT STORY AND
NO WE ARE NOT DONE YOU HAVE A
COUPLE MORE.
COUPLE MORE. >> THIS IS GOING STATION WIDE,
YOU WILL SEE IT ON ALL THE
PROGRAMS.
PROGRAMS.
PROGRAMS. TOMORROW AND KING 5 MORNING,
JOYCE TAYLOR WILL SHOW YOU
HAIRSTYLES AND FASHIONS TO THE
YEARS AND WE UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT
THEY ALL LOOKED LIKE BACK IN
THE DAY.
THE DAY.
THE DAY. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
A LOT OF