Here's part of a newscast of The News: 6 O'Clock Report on KMBC Channel 9 in Kansas City, MO, which fell on a "Leap Day." The anchor is Scott Feldman, with Don Fortune (not seen here, but referred to in the open) and meteorologist Dave Dusik (who is featured).

Includes:

Recording coming in during promo for "Benji" and Andy Kaufman Special (main voiceover by Ernie Anderson)

Recording then cuts to preview for 6pm News

Commercials for:
Braniff International Airlines (voiceover by Doug Jeffers?)
Pearle Vision Center (with Edward Binns)
1980 Chrysler Cordoba - Corinthian Edition (with engineers Jim Royer and Tom Hildebrandt, and Ricardo Montalban)

Station ID / promo for PM Magazine

The News open (with same cut of Lalo Schifrin's "Tar Sequence" theme from "Cool Hand Luke" that was used for years for ABC-owned stations' "Eyewitness News" and variants such as WXYZ Detroit's "Action News" and KGO San Francisco's "News Scene")

- Dave on Arctic weather from Canada coming into Kansas City area to bring bitter cold throughout weekend

- March 31 jury trial date set for reputed mob bosses Nick Civella and Peter Tamburello

- Kansas City massage parlor owner Daryl Burkhead (sp?) found guilty on 5 of 6 drug-related charges

- Marion, KS judge sentences Timothy Newfield to one life and two 15-to-life terms for his part in kidnapping and slaying of 24-year-old Peabody State Bank employee last summer

- Congressional investigation into job hazards at Postal Service, spurred by death of bulk mail handler in New Jersey last December; Brenda Williams reports on safety record of Kansas City post office, with interviews with Bob Kessler of the postal union, employee Mary Wiggins and KC postal officer in charge Donald Ethier

- Bob Dole's presidential campaign "hanging by a thread"

Commercials for:
"The Lady Vanishes" (theatrical trailer) (main voiceover by Jerry G. Bishop)
Jansen's Furniture (with Ed Jansen)
Good News Missouri (with Diana Ward)
Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel

- Pam Whiting (?) on program (Utilicare) to help seniors pay utility bills and how it's working (or not); interviews with Sally Fahrenthold of Metro Lutheran Ministry and Grace Meek of the KC office of the Division of Family Services

- W. Robert Semple resigns as Independence City Manager at request of Mayor Lee Comer; they disagreed over discipline of Power & Light Company employee over gratuities received for long-term coal contract

Commercials for:
Ward's (Montgomery Ward) Hardware Week Sale
John Ray and Pete Franklin Chrysler-Plymouth
Promo for PM Magazine for 6:30pm

Dave with more detailed weather forecast on just how cold it will be the next few days (recording ends as he's midway through)

This aired on local Kansas City TV on Friday, February 29th 1980 during the 5:58pm to 6:17pm timeframe.

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