Newburgh Museum Plans Tribute to Tri-State TV Legend Marcia Yockey

If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s in any of the cities in towns in the Evansville viewing market, weather caster Marcia Yockey must have been a part of your life. She was certainly a part of mine.

Newburgh Museum - Marcia Yockey Tribute

What I remember about watching her forecasts, in addition to how much fun (and, yes, informative) they were, I see her gigantic weather board and that big black marker she would use to illustrate the day's weather. She had written temperatures and symbols all over that thing in preparation for her broadcast. Marcia was also able to drop the names of little towns we'd never heard of like, for example, Williston, North Dakota, which got a name-check here.

She was a blast, and she knew her stuff. And anyone in this area can tell you hers was a life worth celebrating. And that's what the Newburgh Museum is planning at the end of September, a celebration of the life of one of this region's most beloved icons. As a matter of fact, opportunities to celebrate her life seldom went unnoticed.

Marcia Yockey Memories

Marcia Yockey, to me when I was a kid, was just as big a celebrity as anyone I'd see on a sitcom, in a movie, on a game show. She was on TV regularly and that was a big deal. (And she was a lot more fun than most of the ones who were populating the networks at the time.)

I remember she made an appearance at a carnival that was being held in the parking lot of Lincoln Mall, now Owensboro Christian Church. That mall was at the end of my neighborhood, and we all rode our bikes down there to meet her. She loved her fans, and she was generous with photo opportunities. I could kick myself for not knowing where mine is. And it may be long gone.

But I met this tri-state legend, and I'll never forget it. And I'll never forget her and how fascinated I was by her forecast board. I can see it today.

'Tribute to the Yock'

"Tribute to the Yock" will begin at 1 PM on Sunday, September 28th, and will feature, among other things, other tri-state broadcasting legends sharing their stories about Marcia.

Sounds like a fun trip down memory lane.

[SOURCE: 14news.com]