Do you have a specific memory of watching WJZ in late 2011? Was it the snow that didn't come, or the story about the rescued cat from the Francis Scott Key Bridge? Share your nostalgia below.
That scarcity made it essential. For commuters in Dundalk, teachers in Towson, and nurses coming off the night shift at Hopkins, that specific block of WJZ programming wasn't just background noise. It was the glue holding the chaos of the holidays together—one grainy traffic map and one warm "Good Morning, Baltimore" at a time. eyewitness news morning edition wjz december 2011
What makes rewinding to December 2011 so fascinating is the technology. This was the era of the "Early Adopter" smartphone. You had a BlackBerry Bold or maybe an iPhone 4S (Siri had just launched that October, and she was hilariously bad). WJZ’s graphics were still chunky, the lower thirds were bold, and the sound of the news ticker was the white noise of a million kitchens. Do you have a specific memory of watching WJZ in late 2011