"In Color" - Last Time Networks did this?

[ixnay]

[T]he occasional flashes of local NYC IDs on the network were pretty cool...WNBC4 showed up most...
the occasional WCBS2 logo also made it.

One year while watching New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo on WCAU-10 Phila., as the ball was beginning to drop down at TS, I heard the WCBS ID voiceover but no graphic/logo. Another time, at the beginning of a station break at halftime of a Super Bowl (I want to say XII), I saw WCBS's ID slide - on WCAU.

Were west coast viewers treated to KABC, KNBC, and KNXT/KCBS IDs in this manner?

ixnay

 

[wbhist]

Were west coast viewers treated to KABC, KNBC, and KNXT/KCBS IDs in this manner?

I can't speak for anyone out West, but once there was on YouTube a KNXT-based airing of CBS News' coverage of the Reagan shooting - and there was a very brief shot of a WCBS slide.

 

[NeilRattigan]

The last time I saw the NBC Peacock "In Living Color" was on Johnny Carson's final Tonight Show.

 

[firepoint525]

Along that same line, how long did the networks run a bug on the bottom of the screen at the beginning of a show in the 80's and possibly into the 90's saying "In stereo", and how long in the 2000's did they show a bug saying "In HD" (Possibly still even now on some shows?)?

You probably lived a little too far south to be aware of this, but right before stereo TV came in, channel 6 in Paducah used to simulcast Friday Night Videos over 97FM in Paducah, so that it could be broadcast in stereo. I suppose that this was great for a local FM station that probably had very low ratings that late at night, but I remembered thinking that that was an awful lot of commercials for a radio station to be carrying (even if simulcasting) that late at night.

 

[anotherguyTN]

The last time I saw the NBC Peacock "In Living Color" was on Johnny Carson's final Tonight Show.

I think it was used on the Laugh-In reunion specials in the early 90's as well.

 

[anotherguyTN]

You probably lived a little too far south to be aware of this, but right before stereo TV came in, channel 6 in Paducah used to simulcast Friday Night Videos over 97FM in Paducah, so that it could be broadcast in stereo.  I suppose that this was great for a local FM station that probably had very low ratings that late at night, but I remembered thinking that that was an awful lot of commercials for a radio station to be carrying (even if simulcasting) that late at night.

I lived in Dyersburg at the time and could get the audio from Channel 6 on my car stereo, but couldn't get FM 97.

 

[BRNout]

Along that same line, how long did the networks run a bug on the bottom of the screen at the beginning of a show in the 80's and possibly into the 90's saying "In stereo", and how long in the 2000's did they show a bug saying "In HD" (Possibly still even now on some shows?)?

You probably lived a little too far south to be aware of this, but right before stereo TV came in, channel 6 in Paducah used to simulcast Friday Night Videos over 97FM in Paducah, so that it could be broadcast in stereo. I suppose that this was great for a local FM station that probably had very low ratings that late at night, but I remembered thinking that that was an awful lot of commercials for a radio station to be carrying (even if simulcasting) that late at night.

I vaguely recall occasions where TV and FM stations did this - usually for special events. Seems like the prime period for that was about 1975-1985.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I had another thought. Was the CBS color opening possibly used on some of the Carol Burnett Show reunion specials as well?

 

[cd637299]

I had another thought. Was the CBS color opening possibly used on some of the Carol Burnett Show reunion specials as well?

Not sure....I have a 2004 reunion & have to find it to look....however, I know for sure that the Cosby version of "Kids Say the Darndest Things" (1999ish) had the 1965 CBS color opening on every show.

OK then, that eclipses my "Police Squad!" post.....scratch that!

cd

 

[firepoint525]

You probably lived a little too far south to be aware of this, but right before stereo TV came in, channel 6 in Paducah used to simulcast Friday Night Videos over 97FM in Paducah, so that it could be broadcast in stereo. I suppose that this was great for a local FM station that probably had very low ratings that late at night, but I remembered thinking that that was an awful lot of commercials for a radio station to be carrying (even if simulcasting) that late at night.

I lived in Dyersburg at the time and could get the audio from Channel 6 on my car stereo, but couldn't get FM 97.

87.7 probably had NO competition for that dial position in west Tennessee! ;D That being said, I was attending Dyersburg State at the time, so I was probably one of the only people anywhere who had a Paducah station (the aforementioned 97FM) and Memphis stations on my car radio presets at the same time! 8)

 

[bpatrick]

Where most stations would identify themselves just before
going to the next program, WTVT Tampa used to identify
immediately after the preceding program, run some commercials,
and go directly into the next show. Many, many times the WCBS
logo and CBS piano tone would come up just seconds before the
show began. WTVT used to carry Cronkite at 7, and they'd always
have the tone before Harry Kramer or Hal Simms said, "Direct from
our newsroom in New York, in color (for a few years anyway), this is the
CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite."

 

[azumanga]

Where most stations would identify themselves just before
going to the next program, WTVT Tampa used to identify
immediately after the preceding program, run some commercials,
and go directly into the next show.

When did WTVT stop doing that? By the time our family moved to Florida in 1979, WTVT identified the traditional way -- after commercials and before the next program.

 

[Kelly Watts]

After seeing the statement about the announcer on Police Squad here's what I found:

Hank Simms. Simms announced all the Quinn Martin shows in the 70s (Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Dan August, etc.) and also did Mission Impossible, and of course Police Squad. Great set of tubes!

 

[azumanga]

Simms announced all the Quinn Martin shows in the 70s (Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Dan August, etc.) and also did Mission Impossible, and of course Police Squad. Great set of tubes!

I wonder what his role was on "Mission: Impossible"? Certainly not the opening, of course.

 

[bpatrick]

That's a good question; Bob Johnson was the voice on the tape.

Re WTVT: we left Florida and moved to Dallas in 1976, and WTVT
was still doing the untraditional ID, so I don't know when they made
the change. WFTV Orlando (ABC) was another that would ID before
the commercials, but I have no idea when or if they changed that
practice; I always liked theirs, though: "ABC for all Central Florida,
Channel 9 of Orlando."

 

[wbhist]

Simms announced all the Quinn Martin shows in the 70s (Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Dan August, etc.) and also did Mission Impossible, and of course Police Squad. Great set of tubes!

I wonder what his role was on "Mission: Impossible"? Certainly not the opening, of course.

Hank Simms handled the mid-show bumpers announcing, "Mission: Impossible returns following station identification."

As for Hal Simms (no relation), I seem to remember him handling the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News (such as the Saturday editions with Roger Mudd). But seeing some 1969-72 clips from same on YouTube, didn't Norm Stevens (of CBS Late Movie fame) handle the daily Cronkite broadcasts for a time (at first as sub-announcer whenever Kramer was off, and including the period in early-to-mid '72 between the end of Kramer's run as announcer and the point when Bob Hite [Sr.] assumed those duties)? Hearing the voice on those clips, and some of Stevens' promos for certain shows and The CBS Late Movie, I have to wonder.

 

[mysticnitekatt]

drifting just a bit...but...anyone remember sponsors teasing shows they sponsored on another network?
I don't recall the sponsor...but remember a quick blurb along the lines of "be sure to watch Dobie Gillis...
presented by___on another network". Thought it was pretty odd even as a kid...

That was the sponsor's doing - they wanted people to watch the shows they sponsored - regardless of what network it was on.

 

[ixnay]

Simms announced all the Quinn Martin shows in the 70s (Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Dan August, etc.) and also did Mission Impossible, and of course Police Squad. Great set of tubes!

I wonder what his role was on "Mission: Impossible"? Certainly not the opening, of course.

Hank Simms handled the mid-show bumpers announcing, "Mission: Impossible returns following station identification."

As for Hal Simms (no relation), I seem to remember him handling the weekend editions of the CBS Evening News (such as the Saturday editions with Roger Mudd). But seeing some 1969-72 clips from same on YouTube, didn't Norm Stevens (of CBS Late Movie fame) handle the daily Cronkite broadcasts for a time (at first as sub-announcer whenever Kramer was off, and including the period in early-to-mid '72 between the end of Kramer's run as announcer and the point when Bob Hite [Sr.] assumed those duties)? Hearing the voice on those clips, and some of Stevens' promos for certain shows and The CBS Late Movie, I have to wonder.

Hmmm... Bob Hite Sr.... was he the father of the Canned Heat member of that name? Wiki doesn't say. Wonder if they had a falling out?

ixnay

 

[wbhist]

Hmmm... Bob Hite Sr.... was he the father of the Canned Heat member of that name? Wiki doesn't say. Wonder if they had a falling out?

Far from it . . . his offspring was actually the same-named guy who was an anchor for many years at WFLA in Tampa, FL until his retirement a few years ago.