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75th Anniversary

6 News WOWT is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2024.

WATCH: 6 News WOWT 75th Anniversary special

Updated: Sep. 26, 2024 at 11:18 AM CDT
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By 6 News staff reports
See the full video of our special that aired Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024.

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6 News WOWT is celebrating our 75th Anniversary on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.

75 years of WOWT: 6 News looks back on decades spent reporting history, keeping you safe

Updated: Sep. 23, 2024 at 12:01 PM CDT
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By Brian Mastre
Since flipping the switch in 1949, WOWT has been a part of 75 years of industry firsts.

75th Anniversary

6 News WOWT is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2024.

75 years of WOWT: The big move to TV

Updated: Sep. 12, 2024 at 12:10 PM CDT
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By Gina Dvorak
On March 12, 1948, WOW AM radio General Manager Bill Wiseman gave a speech about “some great historical event... some big deal”: television.

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Johnny Carson

75 years of WOWT: Here’s Johnny!

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 4:54 PM CDT
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By Brian Mastre
Johnny Carson, one of Nebraska’s most famous celebrities, spent much of his early broadcasting career here at WOWT.

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Ray Clark

75 years of WOWT: 6 News celebrates milestone anniversary

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 11:19 AM CDT
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By Brian Mastre
It’s an historic day here on 6 News. On Aug. 29, 1949 — 75 years ago — WOWT started broadcasting live.

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WOWT Celebrate 75 Big Screen Giveaway

Updated: Aug. 28, 2024 at 7:05 PM CDT
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By Gray Media
Enter to win a 75-inch Samsung TV. Deadline: 9/24/2024.

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Dale Munson, left, Gary Kerr, Byron Wood, and John Knicely in a 6 News WOWT promo from the 1970s.

75 years of WOWT promos

Updated: Aug. 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM CDT
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By 6 News staff reports
Check out these promos from the past and take a walk down memory lane with us.

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Byron Wood, Gary Kerr, and Walter Cronkite

PHOTOS: 75 years of WOWT - Famous faces

Updated: Aug. 28, 2024 at 12:07 PM CDT
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By 6 News staff reports
6 News has been looking through our archives as we celebrate our 75th anniversary, so we wanted to share some images of familiar faces we thought our audience would enjoy.

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75 years of WOWT: Mike McKnight reporting from Lincoln

Updated: Sep. 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM CDT
Our 75 Anniversary half-hour special will be on Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m.

75th Anniversary

Since flipping the switch in 1949, WOWT has been a part of 75 years of industry firsts.

FULL VIDEO: WOWT 75th Anniversary special

Updated: Sep. 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM CDT
Since flipping the switch in 1949, WOWT has been a part of 75 years of industry firsts.

75th Anniversary

WOWT takes a look back on the past 75 years on air.

Looking back on 75 years of WOWT

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM CDT
WOWT takes a look back on the past 75 years on air.

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It's been 75 years since WOWT first went on the air.

6 News WOWT celebrates 75 years since its first newscast

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM CDT
It's been 75 years since WOWT first went on the air.

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wowt carson

75 years of WOWT: Johnny Carson on Christmas dinner

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM CDT
Johnny Carson spent much of his early broadcasting career at WOWT.

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As WOWT celebrates its 75th anniversary, we look back on the career of Johnny Carson.

'Here's Johnny': WOWT celebrates 75 years, career of Johnny Carson

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM CDT
As WOWT celebrates its 75th anniversary, we look back on the career of Johnny Carson.

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75 years of WOWT: Bozo the Clown

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM CDT
Today marks 75 years that WOWT first hit the airwaves.

75th Anniversary

6 News WOWT promos featuring evening anchors Pat Persaud and John Knicely

VINTAGE WOWT: Promos featuring anchors Pat Persaud & John Knicely

Updated: Aug. 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary. Watch 6 News WOWT promos featuring evening anchors Pat Persaud and John Knicely.

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Watch WOWT promos from the 1970s-80s.

VINTAGE WOWT: 1970s-80s station promos

Updated: Aug. 23, 2024 at 12:31 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary.
Digitalization services provided by Todd Murphy at Truescope.

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Watch WOWT's first broadcasting moments.

VINTAGE WOWT: Gary Kerr hosts station's 30th anniversary coverage (1979)

Updated: Aug. 22, 2024 at 6:29 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary.

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Rusty Lord in 2008

VINTAGE WOWT: Rusty Lord gives a winter forecast in 2008

Updated: Aug. 22, 2024 at 3:25 PM CDT
Watch Senior Chief Meteorologist Rusty Lord's forecast for Dec. 11, 2008.

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Ray Clark

VINTAGE WOWT: Ray Clark newscast

Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 6:39 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary.

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Behind the scenes in the 1950s-60s

VINTAGE WOWT: Behind the scenes in the 1950-60s

Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary.

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Pete Petrashek

VINTAGE WOWT: A conversation with Pete Petrashek

Updated: Aug. 19, 2024 at 6:02 PM CDT
Dave Webber talks with Pete Petrashek about his longtime career with 6 News WOWT.

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Ronald Reagan in North Platte

VINTAGE WOWT: President Reagan visits Nebraska in 1987

Updated: Aug. 7, 2024 at 6:47 PM CDT
President Ronald Reagan was in North Platte, Neb., in 1987. He was introduced by then-Gov. Kay Orr.

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VINTAGE WOWT - Bozo the Clown show openers

VINTAGE WOWT: Bozo the Clown show openers

Updated: Jul. 30, 2024 at 1:27 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary.

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VINTAGE WOWT - John Knicely - Action Sports 6

VINTAGE WOWT: 1979 station promos

Updated: Jul. 30, 2024 at 1:26 PM CDT
6 News is opening our video vault in celebration of our 75th anniversary.

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Tom Osborne

VINTAGE WOWT: A Night to Remember at the Fiesta Bowl

Updated: Jul. 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM CDT
6 News Sports Anchor Dave Webber talks with Husker players and coaches — including Tom Osborne and Frank Solich — after Nebraska beat Florida at the Fiesta Bowl.

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Brook Berringer

VINTAGE WOWT: A Night to Remember at the Orange Bowl

Updated: Jul. 29, 2024 at 8:44 PM CDT
6 News Sports Anchor Dave Webber covers the Huskers at the Orange Bowl.

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In 1961, WOWT news anchor Gene Berry visited a local hospital as Bozo the Clown.

VINTAGE WOWT: Anchor vists hospital as Bozo the Clown

Updated: Jul. 16, 2024 at 3:34 PM CDT
In 1961, WOWT news anchor Gene Berry visited a local hospital as Bozo the Clown.

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Watch a Johnny Carson Christmas special that aired on WOWT in 1950.

VINTAGE WOWT: Johnny Carson 1950 'Squirrel's Nest' Christmas special

Updated: Jul. 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM CDT
Watch a Johnny Carson Christmas special that aired on WOWT in 1950.

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A special airing on WOWT featuring the early years of Johnny Carson.

VINTAGE WOWT: Johnny Carson's early years

Updated: Jul. 2, 2024 at 8:24 PM CDT
A special airing on WOWT featuring the early years of Johnny Carson.

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WOWT 75 years - 1960s talent

VINTAGE WOWT: On-air talent from the '60s

Updated: Jun. 28, 2024 at 7:16 PM CDT
6 News is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

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WOWT anchor Gary Kerr

VINTAGE WOWT: On-air talent from the '70s and '80s

Updated: Jun. 28, 2024 at 7:06 PM CDT
6 News is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

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WOWT logo 75 years

VINTAGE WOWT: News opens from the '80s

Updated: Jun. 28, 2024 at 6:58 PM CDT
6 News is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
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