Introducing Channel 5's "Chronicle" to New England and toasting Paula Lyons upcoming wedding!

It has been on the air for 35 years, making it the oldest local news magazine show in the country. The hosts promote the first show and we toast Paula Lyons and Arnie Reisman's upcoming wedding. “Chronicle’’ debuted in January 1982, with cohosts Chet Curtis, Jeanne Blake, and Donna Downes. That first episode of “Chronicle’’ aired segments on Provincetown in winter and an ashram in Essex. At first, its biggest competition was “Evening Magazine,’’ which was airing on WBZ-TV, but was canceled in 1990. Over time, “Chronicle’’ added elements such as the “Main Streets & Back Roads’’ and “On the Road’’ segments, which followed Peter Mehegan as he drove his gold-hued 1969 Chevy Impala around the region. Besides profiling local businesses and “best of’’ institutions to explore from Vermont to Rhode Island, the show has also taken viewers to international locales such as Ireland, Cuba, Ethiopia, and the Caribbean. More recent local pieces included Chelsea’s urban makeover, the challenges of gay Latino and black youths in Boston, and growing up biracial.