THROW BACK THURSDAY: THROWING IT ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY OF 1978 AND NANCY NELSON ON "WHAT'S NEW" ON WHAT WAS THEN WTCN AND IS NOW KARE11

TIME MACHINE TUESDAY: THE TIME MACHINE ROLLS BACK FARTHER THAN IT EVER HAS ON THIS BLOG!! WE ARE GOING BACK 36 YEARS ALL THE WAY TO 1979 AND NANCY NELSON ON WTCN IN THE TWIN CITIES.

WHAT'S NEW WAS A LOCAL SHOW 

IN THE TWIN CITIES ON WTCN 

FROM 1972 UNTIL 1983.

NANCY NELSON CO-HOSTED THE SHOW 

DURING IT'S ENTIRE RUN

THIS VIDEO IS FROM ONE OF THE 

FIRST BROADCASTS AFTER WTCN

BECAME A NBC AFFILIATE AFTER BEING 

AN INDEPENDENT SINCE 1961

IN 1985 WTCN CHANGED IT'S CALL LETTERS TO WUSA BUT WHEN GANNETT PURCHASED WDVM IN WASHINGTON DC, THEY MADE THAT STATION WUSA AND THE TWIN CITIES CHANNEL 11 BECAME KARE 11 WHICH IT STILL IS TODAY

NANCY NELSON IS A TWIN CITIES NATIVE WHO GOT HER START ON TELEVISION WHEN STILL A TEENAGER, HOSTING A DAILY LIVE 

LOCAL DANCE SHOW.

WHILE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, NANCY WAS CROWNED MISS MINNESOTA AND FINISHED IN 2ND PLACE IN THE 

MISS UNITED STATES PAGEANT

SHE WENT ON TO BECOME THE 

SATURDAY NIGHT "WEATHER GIRL"

ON WCCO BEFORE GOING TO WTCN.

SHE ALSO ACTED ON THE LOCAL STAGE 

AND IN MOVIES FILMED IN MINNESOTA

SHE THEN BECAME A NEWS ANCHOR AND REPORTER IN LOS ANGELES BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO RADIO.

NANCY THEN BECAME 

"QUEEN OF THE INFOMERCIALS" 

WHEN THAT GENRE TOOK OFF.

NANCY NELSON ON WHAT'S NEW VIDEO LINK

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