> > Going through some old, unlabeled tapes in my storage
> unit,
> > I discovered something I didn't know I had.
> >
> > Apparently, I was running tape on the night of the "great
> > affiliate swap," when WCAU passed from CBS to NBC and KYW
> > did the reverse. I got the Channel 10 side of the
> > switchover, with their "Newscast" about the switch and
> > plugging how great it was going to be to be NBC.
> [...]
> > Anyone who'd like a copy of this for their collection, I'm
>
> > going to be encoding and burning it for the guys at TV-ARK
>
> > in the next week or so, and would be happy to ship out
> some
> > DVD-R's for collectors. Especially if you can trade me
> the
> > KYW side of the swap in return!
>
> I do have the KYW side somewhere. IIRC, it wasn't much.
> "Saturday Night Live" ended (for the last time on Channel
> 3), then following a couple commercials a short video ID
> touting that KYW is now CBS. That's it. No overblown live
> "newscast", no changing-of-the-flag-outside-the-building,
> just a short graphic blurb. Then KYW began life as a CBS
> O&O.
>
I seem to remember a big ad campaign and even a 1-800-kyw-is-cbs or something like that.
> unit,
> > I discovered something I didn't know I had.
> >
> > Apparently, I was running tape on the night of the "great
> > affiliate swap," when WCAU passed from CBS to NBC and KYW
> > did the reverse. I got the Channel 10 side of the
> > switchover, with their "Newscast" about the switch and
> > plugging how great it was going to be to be NBC.
> [...]
> > Anyone who'd like a copy of this for their collection, I'm
>
> > going to be encoding and burning it for the guys at TV-ARK
>
> > in the next week or so, and would be happy to ship out
> some
> > DVD-R's for collectors. Especially if you can trade me
> the
> > KYW side of the swap in return!
>
> I do have the KYW side somewhere. IIRC, it wasn't much.
> "Saturday Night Live" ended (for the last time on Channel
> 3), then following a couple commercials a short video ID
> touting that KYW is now CBS. That's it. No overblown live
> "newscast", no changing-of-the-flag-outside-the-building,
> just a short graphic blurb. Then KYW began life as a CBS
> O&O.
>
I seem to remember a big ad campaign and even a 1-800-kyw-is-cbs or something like that.