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If you could see one more full day of any tv or cable station from any era

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Ageofquarrel

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What would it be?

Id say it would have to be a toss up between WSBK TV38 boston and WNEW channel 5 new york.
Both had good sitcom blocks and movie selection.
I loved when channel 5 would have a week of like bruce lee movies or horror flicks.
And WSBK had The 3 stooges and of course hogans heroes among there great movies and sports telecasts.

As far as cable id like to see any of the early days of the big four pay tv networks, HBO showtime cinemax and the movie channel.

What would you guys like to see?
 
That's an easy one....... MTV in about 1984-86. Back when they showed Rock videos- 24 hours a day.
I'm probably telling my age on that one.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Smittian on 02/23/06 01:04 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> What would it be?

Probably the last day of KTVW, channel 13, in Tacoma, WA -- December 12, 1974.
 
I'm going to have to give you multiple answers for different reasons.

I would love to see the first day of ill-fated KKOG/16 Ventura CA (December 14, 1968) simply because I was so busy at the studios that day I didn't see 90% of what we were putting on the air.

I would also like to see any day of KBSC/52 Corona-Los Angeles in the 1970s when they had their eclectic late-afternoon lineup, including such gems as Gigantor, Kimba the White Lion, and Doctor Who.

I would love to see the launch of MTV (August 1, 1981) for obvious reasons, and one not so obvious one: To see my old friend, the late J.J. Jackson, again.

And any day of the original VH1 (circa 1985), with Frankie Crocker, Scott Shannon, Don Imus, Jon Bowman, and Alison Steele as the VJs.<P ID="signature">______________


</P>
 
I would like to see WDTV Pittsburgh around the time it was sold to Westinghouse in late 1954, by which time it had switched to Channel 2. Westinghouse
re-named the station
KDKA-TV
 
> What would you guys like to see?
>

Without a doubt, it would have to be WKBS-TV, the old channel 48, in Philadelphia. When we had that station on cable here in the New York area, it was a change of pace from what I saw on WNEW, WPIX, and WOR before cable became available here. I would give anything to see WGTW go dark and WKBS come back on the air the very next day, as it used to be. Wishful thinking on my part, I know...
 
> What would it be?

as far as a full day line-up goes...well I would have to say Baltimore's WMET-TV 24 from the late 60s. I heard about so many mishaps that happened on the air.

now if we were talking about certain shows and/or events, I wouldn't mind seeing...

*Turn-On ( 2/69 ): Just to see what the fuss was all about.

*Hot L. Baltimore ( 1975 ): same as above

*Dolly ( 1970's ): Dolly Parton's short lived 30 minute variety show
from the mid to late 70's. I still remember when she had KC & The Sunshine Band
on the show doing Shake Your Booty.

*The Magnificent Marble Machine ( 1975 ): I have heard this was a very bad game show. Never had the chance to see it. Hosted by Art James.

*The Money Maze ( 1974 ) and Neighbors ( 1975 ): Hosted by Nick Clooney and Regis Philbin. I barely remember these game shows but like the Marble Machine, should be interesting to see at least one show today, just to see how bad it was.

*Pray for the Wildcats ( TV film from 1974 ): It has been years since I have seen this but I still remember the scenes like Robert Reed ( Mr. Brady ) smoking a joint and Andy Griffith trying to act..well hip...it would be funny to watch today even though the movie called itself a drama.

*NBC and CBS' 50th Anniversary shows from the 70s. I remember watching them back then and I would love to see them again. BTW..recently I purchased the ABC-TV Silver Anniversary show that aired in 1978. Cheesy but still interesting. Barry Manilow singing the history of ABC-TV to the tune of his then-hit Its A Miracle and the sight of Tom Bosley smoking a cigar and rolling his eyes as if wished he was someplace else, that alone was worth the price of the tape.
 
Great question.

> *Turn-On ( 2/69 ): Just to see what the fuss was all about.

You didn't miss anything. Hyper fast edits with a cheesy psychedelic look. But boring even to a ten year old.

> *The Money Maze ( 1974 ) : Hosted by Nick Clooney

Worth it only for the silly little jingle of a song Nick sang at the start of each show.
 
> And any day of the original VH1 (circa 1985), with Frankie
> Crocker, Scott Shannon, Don Imus, Jon Bowman, and Alison
> Steele as the VJs.

Wasn't Rita Coolidge part of that lineup?
 
> What would you guys like to see?
>
I myself would like to see something from the old WKLO-TV, channel 21
in Louisville, KY from 1953-54 as well as WLKY/32's first day on the
air (September 16,1961)<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by VCarter on 02/23/06 03:50 PM.</FONT></P>
 
I would pick several stations for different reasons: KCPQ 13 here in Tacoma/Seattle preferrably any day from when they signed on in 1980 to about 1994 because I've read they showed a ton of syndicated sports especially College Basketball and Football, plus i understand they showed many game shows from CBS and NBC, KSTW also here in Seattle/Tacoma any day from about 1970-1989 because of their syndicated sports broadcasts and game shows from CBS and the syndicated Scooby Doo reruns, USA Network preferrably from 1980-1991 for their sports broadcasts, cartoon block featuring Scooby Doo and game show block which kept me entertained many days during the summer and whenever i stayed home from school.
 
> What would it be?

Great question. And I have way too many answers from Indianapolis television.

- The noon news on WISH-8 Indianapolis the day in 1969 that my fourth grade class visited weatherman Stan Wood in the studio.

- An early 70s CBS Saturday night on WISH-8 Indianapolis with All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett - and an 11pm local newscast anchored by a very young Jane Pauley.

- The 1968 Saturday morning my Cub Scout troop was in the audience for the Three Stooges show hosted by Harlow Hickenlooper on WFBM-6 Indianapolis.

- Any Saturday morning when my dad and I watched Laurel and Hardy on WTTV-4 Indy.

- The first time I ever watched the Thunderbird 2 launch sequence on the British kids show "Thunderbirds" on WTTV-4.

- Pretty much any morning Paul Dixon was on WLWI-13 Indianapolis. Just to see how much of an influence "Paul Baby" really was on a young David Letterman.

- Debbie Drake doing her morning exercise show on WISH-8. Just to see if the size of "the legend" matched up with reality.

- Blacklisted Hollywood B actress Francis Farmer hosting the late afternoon movie show on WFBM-6.

- Russ Blowers hosting "The Chapel Door" on WISH-8. A truly great man.

And any of a multitude of live TV bloopers / meltdowns...

- Cowboy Bob swearing after a guitar string broke on WTTV-4's Cartoon Corral.

- The day host Janie tripped over an eight year old on the WTTV-4 Popeye’s Treehouse show...falling flat on her face, skirt flying, and her swearing...with a shocked in-studio live audience of Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and angry parents looking on.

- Jane Pauley starting to laugh uncontrollably on the news set at WISH-8...and breaking up Mike Ahern and Stan Wood in the process. No one could regain their composure and the show ended up going to screen black before an extended commercial break. When they returned Pauley had left the set mid show.

- Then Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose calling someone a "s-- of a bi---" live on the Bob Braun 50-50 Club on WLWI-13. The angry look on Braun's face was priceless. It was no slip of the tongue. Rose did it deliberately.

That's enough. I have to get back to work now.
 
> What would it be?
>
Either a Sunday of WNEW channel 5 in NYC during the 70s, (Primarily for Wonderama), or any week day from WKBS channel 48 in Philly from the 70s when Dr. Don Rose did the hosting of the cartoon block even though he had long since moved to San Francisco. Growing up in NJ, smack dab between NYC and Philly, I had a whole array of channels to choose from with just good ole rabit ears.
 
> I would pick several stations for different reasons: KCPQ 13
> here in Tacoma/Seattle preferrably any day from when they
> signed on in 1980 to about 1994 because I've read they
> showed a ton of syndicated sports especially College
> Basketball and Football, plus i understand they showed many
> game shows from CBS and NBC, KSTW also here in
> Seattle/Tacoma any day from about 1970-1989 because of their
> syndicated sports broadcasts and game shows from CBS and the
> syndicated Scooby Doo reruns, USA Network preferrably from
> 1980-1991 for their sports broadcasts, cartoon block
> featuring Scooby Doo and game show block which kept me
> entertained many days during the summer and whenever i
> stayed home from school.
>
WXIA/11 Atlanta from the time it started calling itself
11 Alive in 1976 to the end of its ABC affiliation in
1980. I'd especially like to see the 1976-78 period again
for the news and the unusual (to say the least) team of
Dave Michaels, weathergirl Gail Janus, controversial
sportscaster Steve Somers, and "newshawk" Russ Nichols.

WFAA/8 Dallas/Ft. Worth from the same period and for
exactly the opposite reason: Tracy Rowlett, Iola Johnson,
Troy Dungan, and Verne Lundquist were a first-class local-
news front four.

KENS/5 San Antonio late '70s for the news team of Chris
Marrou, Maclovio Perez (weather), and Dan Cook (sports).

WLKY/32 Louisville anytime Ange Humphrey was the
weathergirl.
 
Without a doubt, it would have to be WKBS-TV, the old
> channel 48, in Philadelphia. When we had that station on
> cable here in the New York area, it was a change of pace
> from what I saw on WNEW, WPIX, and WOR before cable became
> available here. I would give anything to see WGTW go dark
> and WKBS come back on the air the very next day, as it used
> to be. Wishful thinking on my part, I know...
>

I wish I could have stayed up the night in August 1983 that WKBS aired the Nebraska-Penn State game (the inaugural Kickoff Classic from the Meadowlands), then had its GM come on to bid farewell before the station went dark.

But I had to get up early the next morning to go back to college 60 miles away. :-(

ixnay
 
> What would it be?
>
I have a couple that come to mind....

One would be seeing WOR/WWOR in the era before Syndex ruined it (and WGN). I only had a few opportunities to see WWOR, once when I was 7 (in 1987), when I lived across from a neighbor who had cable (this is the era where it was rare for some areas to have TBS, WGN, and WWOR all on the same cable system). This is when lived in a unincorporated area of South Los Angeles where the cable TV service was from Compton. The one from Compton and the one that served most of southern Los Angeles county were the same cable operator (American Cable Systems, then Continental Cablevision, then MediaOne, then AT&T, and now Comcast), but had different channel lineups for each community.

Anyways, back to WWOR, my early memories were the Mets games, the local news, and some other stuff. Just about a year, I went to spend the summer with my aunt and uncle in Milwaukee, and again this cable system (Warner Cable, now Time Warner Cable) had all big three superstations. Except for some Cubs games and Bozo, I didn't watch WGN too often. I watched TBS a lot, as well as WWOR. It was kinda cool that in the 5pm hour back, WVTV, WGN, and TBS all used to play Leave It To Beaver at the same time (TBS had the New Leave It To Beaver on Sundays and Mondays at 5:30pm CT). The reason I had this sudden interest in WWOR was because I used to always see their listings in the TV Guide, but the local cable company in Rockford (where I was born and spend part of my childhood) didn't carry New York's Channel 9, so I was always curious about them. We got WGN via antenna, but it was always had some sort of interference (the same kind of interference that showed up on the national WGN feed, pre-Syndex).

Second, would be WGN (again, pre-Syndex). This current version of Chicago's Very Own (both local and national) is just a shell of former self, although you could say it's a change of the times. I used to like watching Bozo on weekdays, some of the local news, some of the Cubs games (the Cubs were seen on one of the local network stations in Rockford, WTVO, later WIFR), and the Sunday morning programs like the 50's Superman shows and the westerns that aired (Rawhide and one other show). Now, WGN is just a typical clone WB station, while Superstation WGN doesn't have a lot to show for anymore.
 
I would like to see WGNT-TV 27 Norfolk, VA in the Early 90s again with older ID's and TV Shows like A-Team, Tom & Jerry, primetime movies, etc. It was the last full-power commercial Indy of Hampton Roads before UPN came along. Now its filled with court shows and other junk. --As the channel changes, those were the days of our lives--. <P ID="signature">______________
David Baines/Tidewater MediaZone</P>
 
> > And any day of the original VH1 (circa 1985), with Frankie
>
> > Crocker, Scott Shannon, Don Imus, Jon Bowman, and Alison
> > Steele as the VJs.
>
> Wasn't Rita Coolidge part of that lineup?

Either Rita was one of the originals and Alison replaced her, or vice versa. I forget.

Imus would be the real reason to see this, though; he was hilarious as a curmudgeon claiming to be "forced to play these stupid videos". He used to grumble incessantly about Barry Manilow videos and used to call Air Supply "Airsick Supply".<P ID="signature">______________


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> *Turn-On ( 2/69 ): Just to see what the fuss was all about.
>
> *The Magnificent Marble Machine ( 1975 ): I have heard this
> was a very bad game show. Never had the chance to see it.
> Hosted by Art James.
>
> *The Money Maze ( 1974 ) and Neighbors ( 1975 ): Hosted by
> Nick Clooney and Regis Philbin. I barely remember these game
> shows but like the Marble Machine, should be interesting to
> see at least one show today, just to see how bad it was.
>
If you can get to either NYC or LA, the above shows are at the Museum of Television and Radio. Turn-On not only had terrible edits and annoying music, it just wasn't funny. Money Maze actually isn't that bad, Neighbors and Marble Machine are as bad as you expect.


> *NBC and CBS' 50th Anniversary shows from the 70s. I
> remember watching them back then and I would love to see
> them again. BTW..recently I purchased the ABC-TV Silver
> Anniversary show that aired in 1978. Cheesy but still
> interesting. Barry Manilow singing the history of ABC-TV to
> the tune of his then-hit Its A Miracle and the sight of Tom
> Bosley smoking a cigar and rolling his eyes as if wished he
> was someplace else, that alone was worth the price of the
> tape.
>
The CBS one is available somewhere.


--Mike
 
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