Baldridge joined WHIO-TV in 1972 as a general assignment reporter . In 1977 Baldridge began anchoring with Dayton broadcast legend Don Wayne , whom he had grown up watching . He later worked alongside Cheryl McHenry and Letitia Perry . During his years at WHIO Jim Baldridge traveled the world to cover stories important to the Dayton area . Special assignments took him to China , Vietnam , Nicaragua , El Salvador , Japan , Colombia , and throughout Europe , including covering the Fall of the Berlin Wall . He also covered major stories in the USA , such as the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and the Oklahoma City bombing , as well as many political events
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Jim Baldridge