Stocking up on bread and milk began with Hurricane Belle
It's early August 1976, and the team at WJAR-TV is warning of an incoming storm. Hurricane Belle.
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It's early August 1976, and the team at WJAR-TV is warning of an incoming storm. Hurricane Belle.
Newscasts at 6 and 11 p.m. have been staples at WJAR since the early days. But we experimented with a few different evening time periods, starting in the 1980s.
The John Ghiorse who much of Southern New England might remember best helped to steer us through the Blizzard of '78.
John Ghiorse was a trusted meteorologist for Rhode Island TV viewers. His Ghiorse Factor gave viewers a quick sense of how the day would turn out.
John Ghiorse, Rhode Island's Hall of Fame meteorologist, forecasts this first storm of the season: