WHIO-TV marks 70-years: ‘The soul of broadcasting is public service’ Gil Whitney, a weather specialist for WHIO-TV, is credited with saving lives during the 1974 Xenia tornado when he spotted a hook echo shape on newly installed radar and broke into programming to warn residents to take cover. PHOTO: WHIO-TV
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - Amid the ruins and battered possessions of a home lies a wrecked dog house bearing a "Xenia Lives" sticker on April 18, 1974, in Xenia, Ohio, distributed by a local church on Easter Sunday. Manny Kazee, background, helps in the cleanup of a neighbor's home in the Ohio town devastated by the tornado of April 3. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak.(AP Photo/Steve Pyle, file) (STEVE PYLE/AP)
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - A tornado funnel moves through the southeast Pine Crest Garden section of Xenia, Ohio, Wednesday was April 3, 1974. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. (AP Photo/Fred Stewart, file) (FRED STEWART/AP)
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - School buses rest April 5, 1974, on the remains of the high school where they were tossed in Xenia, Ohio, by a tornado that went through the town. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. (AP Photo, file) (Uncredited/AP)
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - Tornado destruction in Xenia, Ohio is shown in an April 4, 1974 photo. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. (AP Photo, file) (Uncredited/AP)
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - Cars and debris is strewn over Xenia, Ohio after a tornado ripped through the area on April 4, 1974. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. (AP Photo) (Uncredited/AP)
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - Xenia, Ohio, appears in this aerial photo of April 18, 1974, following the tornado of April 3. The section is known as the Arrowhead area of Xenia: where the tornado first touched down. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. (AP Photo/Steve Pyle) (STEVE PYLE/AP)
AP Was There-Xenia Tornado FILE - This is a section of Xenia Ohio on April 5, 1974. The deadly tornado killed 32 people, injured hundreds and leveled half the city of 25,000. Nearby Wilberforce was also hit hard. As the Watergate scandal unfolded in Washington, President Richard Nixon made an unannounced visit to Xenia to tour the damage. Xenia's was the deadliest and most powerful tornado of the 1974 Super Outbreak. (AP Photo) (Uncredited/AP)
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