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    TODAY's First Weather Forecast: Jan. 14, 1952 | Archives | TODAY

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  • @senorkaboom
    @senorkaboom 10 років тому +56

    Dave Garroway did a great job for this first broadcast, he made it as informative and smooth as he could. I wonder what the debriefing after this first telecast was like? Talk about a work in progress at that time.

  • @peterloukas6435
    @peterloukas6435 6 років тому +48

    To answer the question: This was the first TELEVISED weather forecast. The one from yesterday was not televised.

    • @donpaulweatherpluspaul2670
      @donpaulweatherpluspaul2670 4 роки тому +9

      First televised on the Today show...local forecasts had already been on the air for several years in several cities, such as Boston, New York, and Washington.

    • @glennmillerfan
      @glennmillerfan 4 роки тому +2

      Peter Loukas I know that NBC and CBS had televised weather reports in 1941, and its is possible that Lowell Thomas did weather forecasts on the TV simulcast of his daily newscast on NBC in 1940.

    • @ronaldwilliamson7963
      @ronaldwilliamson7963 Рік тому

      And before that there were weathermen on the radio. And before that people got the weather from a newspaper.

  • @MCO18
    @MCO18 8 років тому +100

    Today's weather forecast made possible by Windows 52.

    • @dustinolvey8877
      @dustinolvey8877 4 роки тому +1

      Which is a blackboard.

    • @itskevinjustkevin
      @itskevinjustkevin 4 роки тому +2

      you mean the "UNIVAC" 1212-220

    • @MegaGameFan100
      @MegaGameFan100 4 роки тому +3

      @@dustinolvey8877 Well actually back then they had a photo of the United States, and slid a big panel of glass over it to write on that way they can clean the glass and keep the United States from looking like a mess....like it is now.. so technically Windows in 52 -> Windows 52

  • @roberthansen2008
    @roberthansen2008 7 років тому +48

    I find this stuff absolutely amazing. I like the Simplicity of the technology and the methodologies used back then. It's kind of neat to watch this stuff because it's so interesting that that's what they did back then and I think everybody could learn from this this is cool stuff

  • @chriseder5006
    @chriseder5006 4 роки тому +26

    Think about that for a second. They knew people wouldn't sit down and watch TV for that long so they had to play music for people to stay tuned

  • @atliszilla445
    @atliszilla445 3 роки тому +15

    *First weather forecast aired in 1952*
    People in 1951: It's going to rain today. I could smell it.

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz7206 3 роки тому +11

    While the weather forecast is delayed as Dave Garroway tries to get the phone from the Weather Bureau to work better, millions of viewers are just looking outside their living room windows to see what the weather is doing. Obviously a few bumps and grinds early for Today, but Dave is the best at ad libing and still keeping viewers engaged there ever was.

  • @xandergruver
    @xandergruver 4 роки тому +16

    1952's winter seems to be mild compared to now. 22 degrees as the low throughout the country in January?!

    • @dawnfire82
      @dawnfire82 Рік тому

      A well-known consequence of global warming is colder temperatures...

  • @derrickquintero1489
    @derrickquintero1489 Рік тому +3

    That's a actual news room. The weather map was a chalk board not a screen it's pretty cool newspapers too

  • @aidanbobhog6303
    @aidanbobhog6303 4 роки тому +12

    Every man on tv sounded the same back then

    • @dons105
      @dons105 4 роки тому

      Cuz most were nicotine addicts?

  • @cameroneddy4983
    @cameroneddy4983 9 років тому +21

    Al Roker now does that same job Dave did on that first show

  • @Magmazia
    @Magmazia 8 років тому +47

    It's absolutely astonishing that our technology was once so little, at the time, the people in that time thinking that it was the most technological, impressive advancement in the world, but now we have touchscreen weather, cellular phones, and other things that would absolutely blow the minds of those who were once alive back in the day.

    • @RobloxianUploader
      @RobloxianUploader 8 років тому +6

      They had to CALL PEOPLE to WRITE THE WEATHER ON A WHITEBOARD! WHAT
      NOW WE HAVE FLYING PIECES OF METAL THAT WE CONNECT TO WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
      WHAAAAT

    • @m33r61
      @m33r61 6 років тому

      Dave devall

    • @lylewood2029
      @lylewood2029 6 років тому +3

      I was alive back in the day. Saw this show live on our little 12" round screen TV. Doesn't blow my mind, I know how it works.

    • @Alkis05
      @Alkis05 Рік тому +1

      My mom was born in 45. A lot of those people are still alive today.

    • @ronaldwilliamson7963
      @ronaldwilliamson7963 Рік тому +1

      I watched that show on a 17-in Emerson.

  • @keithelster8858
    @keithelster8858 Рік тому +1

    Reminds me of a young David Letterman at WLWI Indianapolis in 1970, with his commentary as he did the weather.

  • @JUSAGUYNKY
    @JUSAGUYNKY 3 роки тому +4

    0:25 a glimpse of what “TODAY” will become lol

  • @Ian16545
    @Ian16545 6 років тому +6

    2:53 - These days, we have the Toyota Summer Concert Series.

  • @steviebauer386
    @steviebauer386 8 років тому +6

    I.love the song at the end

  • @schrollG
    @schrollG 8 років тому +12

    This weather report was a lot better than today's reports with the Doppler and the dramatic music every time there is a storm forecast.

    • @ronaldwilliamson7963
      @ronaldwilliamson7963 Рік тому +2

      In 1951 a snowfall was just a snowfall. It wasn't given a name and didn't mean the world was going to end.

  • @radic888
    @radic888 Рік тому

    This is truly fascinating.

  • @MrPillowStudios
    @MrPillowStudios Рік тому +3

    History that was thankfully... Preserved.

  • @steveferraro7086
    @steveferraro7086 Рік тому

    This is Great

  • @kenyaaskew2627
    @kenyaaskew2627 8 років тому +18

    wow things were so different back in the late 50's

    • @anonUK
      @anonUK 5 років тому +8

      Maybe but this was the early 50s.

    • @fredricardo3272
      @fredricardo3272 3 роки тому +2

      This was 1952.

  • @andrewscungio3200
    @andrewscungio3200 Рік тому +1

    They brought this back during the 70th anniversary episode of NBC the today show with the current news cast.

  • @evoman1776
    @evoman1776 3 роки тому +1

    May seem antiquated but in 1952 no country in the world was doing this except America.

  • @colettenasielski7994
    @colettenasielski7994 4 роки тому

    Very Good Jimmy

  • @mrbatadahead
    @mrbatadahead 6 років тому +6

    I remember thinking how, High Teck, that Microphone looked.

  • @robp3475
    @robp3475 5 років тому +7

    people smoking cigarettes

  • @asphaltandtacos
    @asphaltandtacos Рік тому +1

    I like the simple type of technology.

  • @StatsCount
    @StatsCount 2 роки тому +1

    Wow

  • @Jdobine
    @Jdobine 3 роки тому +1

    Love the song @ the end

  • @stevensmith4999
    @stevensmith4999 6 років тому +5

    Great forecast for the West coast lol

    • @jerryharrell1543
      @jerryharrell1543 5 років тому +2

      They weren't even awake on west coast at 4AM, this was out of NYC

    • @frankgarrett9500
      @frankgarrett9500 4 роки тому +4

      The first few years the Today show was only seen in the New York, Philadelphia and Boston areas. As NBC built up its television network it was seen on more affiliates across the United States.

  • @robp3475
    @robp3475 5 років тому +1

    playing music during the show

  • @patrickthedrummer
    @patrickthedrummer 3 роки тому

    Does anyone know if this is public domain?

  • @JG-dl4ju
    @JG-dl4ju 4 роки тому +3

    Music Ralph Elias Flenniken
    Born April 7, 1914
    Lorain, Ohio, U.S. Jim was accurate with his forecast.

  • @kubagurpl8130
    @kubagurpl8130 5 років тому +3

    This question just came up in my head yesterday, and today I got around to answering it

  • @mrraidz6258
    @mrraidz6258 2 роки тому

    Who had this for school I can’t understand

  • @caroltenge5147
    @caroltenge5147 4 роки тому +2

    Not as much fake news back then.......

    • @chriseder5006
      @chriseder5006 4 роки тому +3

      Laughs in historian. Newspaper s were waaay worse than cable news today ( and cable is bad

    • @charles7003
      @charles7003 2 роки тому

      Is it only fake news when it goes against your political views? Ha. Please,

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 7 місяців тому

    We need to go back to chalk board weather reporting

  • @johnathanblauw2608
    @johnathanblauw2608 8 місяців тому

    😂 I love how blunt he is
    This is going to be pretty bad for the first week or two, as this is a massive undertaking
    Alrighty then, whether, check!
    And because you won't be getting sucked in to just watch TV - lol, as if, 2023 😂 - here's some music, enjoy!

  • @loganadams1519
    @loganadams1519 6 років тому +4

    its says first but he erases yesterdays weather?

  • @mshroye2
    @mshroye2 7 років тому +10

    I'd rather watch this than the garbage they have on now.

  • @johnw2026
    @johnw2026 2 роки тому +1

    Welp. I reckon this slowpoke better get up and get back to work. 🙂

  • @NOGOSANStay
    @NOGOSANStay 3 роки тому

    May I use this sound source as a material for music?

  • @musicom67
    @musicom67 6 років тому +3

    That's some cheesy News Central set - what with that metal wrought-iron TV weather map and the thumbtacked photos. And they had to depend on AT&T for the 'line'... which NBC failed to obtain - hence the weather f-up with the phone. Also love the shortwave radio-sourced live calls from London and Frankfurt - probably sourced from RCA Radio Central in Rocky Point, Long Island.

  • @jaydonpatterson3906
    @jaydonpatterson3906 6 років тому +2

    If this was the first weather report, why did he erase yesterday’s weather report?

    • @superelectra
      @superelectra 6 років тому +2

      See above. It was left from one of the in-studio rehearsals.

  • @steviebauer386
    @steviebauer386 8 років тому +2

    How old is this

  • @dkkempion8744
    @dkkempion8744 7 років тому +5

    If Dave erased the previous day's weather forecast, then this can't be the first forecast.

    • @superelectra
      @superelectra 6 років тому +12

      The forecast Garroway erased was from a dry run the day before and somebody forgot to erase it before the debut program went on the air. I have seen the full kinescope from the debut show (or at least the portions of it that were kinescoped) and have also seen the program log from that first morning, and this is indeed the first forecast.

  • @rexlex1736
    @rexlex1736 4 роки тому +1

    Not exactly The Weather Channel.

  • @KimRandolph-bm1ny
    @KimRandolph-bm1ny 5 місяців тому +1

    😂🎉❤

  • @nobleroman5601
    @nobleroman5601 2 роки тому +1

    Better weather reports than 😜 ,,,,, it was a time when you got 3 " of snow and they didn't shut down the cities

  • @blackgirlbeauty3931
    @blackgirlbeauty3931 4 роки тому +1

    0:24-0:30🤔

  • @RichardCockerill
    @RichardCockerill 4 роки тому

    wow so many smokers :]

  • @ElyMeneses
    @ElyMeneses 4 роки тому

    Lol

  • @charlied8882
    @charlied8882 3 роки тому +1

    Scripted

  • @TrulyAGhost
    @TrulyAGhost 3 роки тому +1

    If you remember this episode then your too old to be on youtube. 😂

  • @aidanbobhog6303
    @aidanbobhog6303 4 роки тому

    I bet midge watched this

  • @TM-gu6bp
    @TM-gu6bp 5 років тому +1

    a puppet back then also...

  • @Jdwify
    @Jdwify Рік тому

    I never seen this before. 71 years old. The weather bureau had to call in the weather forecast and he had to draw it on the map. The changes in technology are massive.

    • @ronaldwilliamson7963
      @ronaldwilliamson7963 Рік тому

      Back then, you got the latest weather by phone. In a lot of places you still do.

  • @CrudeMacaroni
    @CrudeMacaroni Рік тому

    2:32 @polrum8921 the funny

  • @PapaBear33
    @PapaBear33 4 роки тому +1

    Wow