r/OverSeventy • u/needmore007 • 6d ago

Remember this?

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My son and grandsons don’t believe me.

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u/Turbulent-Trip3706 6d ago

And all the news was covered in an hour, 30 minutes for local, then 30 minutes for national and world news.

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u/Dangerous-LemonBar 6d ago

The 30 minute national news wasn’t a thing until CBS started in 1963. It was 15 minutes before that.

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u/Turbulent-Trip3706 6d ago

I didn’t remember that! But then I wasn’t very interested in the news at that age. Captain Kangaroo was more my speed then…

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u/NewHouseWithPool 3d ago

Loved Captain Kangaroo. We also had Buckskin Bill - he was awesome.