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Today is the Centennial of Nat King Cole’s Birth

He was born in Montogmery on this date one century ago.

We’re covering a celebratory event in downtown Montgomery, and will have  a report on CBS 8 and ABC 32 at 10:00 PM tonight. But CBS News included a nice video tribute for him in their Sunday Morning program.You can watch it online HERE.   He died on February 15, 1965, aged 45. Categories: Montgomery Metro, Statewide Tags: 100th birthday, ABC…

Get an Inside Look at Alabama News Network’s Thunder Truck

Chances are, you’ve seen the Alabama News Network Thunder Truck driving through a parade or parked at a school. But you may have wondered what type of weather technology is on the inside. Thunder Truck is a fully-equipped severe weather studio on wheels. You’ll find everything from computers and cameras to weather data collectors and TV broadcasting equipment on board….

Ted Turner Talks about his Illness, on “CBS Sunday Morning”

Ted Koppel report

“It’s a mild case of what people have as Alzheimer’s. It’s similar to that. But not nearly as bad. Alzheimer’s is fatal,” Turner told Koppel at his 113,000-acre ranch near Bozeman, Montana. “Thank goodness I don’t have that. But, I also have got, let’s – the one that’s – I can’t remember the name of it.” Watch the interview Sunday…

CBS 8 Viewers Get First Look at Lynching Memorial in Montgomery

60 Minutes Exclusive airs this Sunday

  Alabama News Network anchor Darryl Hood got the chance to sit down for an Exclusive one-on-one interview with Oprah Winfrey when she visited Montgomery to do a story on the new lynching memorial for the CBS Newsmagazine “60 Minutes”. The memorial will be dedicated later this month to the thousands of victims of lynchings that took place over a…