Okay, I know a few months ago, I started a thread on the history of WAX/WAOH in Akron, but does anyone remember any of the local or syndicated programs that were broadcast on any of the other Akron stations, such as WAKR/WAKC or WOAC?
I was only eight years old when WAKC dropped their affiliation with ABC, so I don't remember a whole heck of a lot, but I remember in WAKC's final months with ABC, they aired a syndicated talk show called The Bradshaw Difference, hosted by self-help expert and motivational speaker John Bradshaw, at 7:00 on weeknights. That show only lasted one season, so Northeast Ohioans only saw the first half of the show's existence. I also remember (albeit vaguely) a show called Talk Box, which aired on either Saturday or Sunday mornings. If I remember correctly, that show was an educational discussion show geared toward teens, but I don't remember anything else about that. The only other syndicated shows that I can recall WAKC showing were reruns of classic sitcoms like The Brady Bunch and Bewitched. And apparently, according to what I've read about the station online, they also used to air The 700 Club, despite WUAB and the now-defunct WCLQ also airing it in Cleveland.
As for the local shows on that station, I personally remember even less about that, but did find out through online research about 23 Nite Videos hosted by Billy Soule (who now works for the city of Akron). A lot of you will probably know more about that show than I do because I probably wasn't even born yet when that show aired.
As far as WOAC programs, I really didn't know that station even broadcast regular syndicated programming until I researched the station on Wikipedia and found this video on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP7wLqKMzEw). Apparently they also aired The Son of Ghoul Show before WAOH did. But unfortunately, since I only knew about the station when it started broadcasting infomercials around the clock starting in the mid '90s, I really don't know much else about WOAC's previous programming.
And then there's WNEO/WEAO, but since their schedule obviously revolves around PBS programming 99% of the time, it doesn't seem like they had/have a whole lot of local programming (and it certainly doesn't do any good that NewsNight Akron is gone now). However, one thing I do remember is when the stations broadcast local high school football games at one point in the '90s. I also remember them showing weather forecasts right after The News Hour with Jim Lehrer just before the 8:00 hour in the evenings. Other than that, that's really all I personally remember about them in terms of local programming.
Anything else you folks think should be worth mentioning in this thread? I'd love to learn more about anything I may not have already covered.
I was only eight years old when WAKC dropped their affiliation with ABC, so I don't remember a whole heck of a lot, but I remember in WAKC's final months with ABC, they aired a syndicated talk show called The Bradshaw Difference, hosted by self-help expert and motivational speaker John Bradshaw, at 7:00 on weeknights. That show only lasted one season, so Northeast Ohioans only saw the first half of the show's existence. I also remember (albeit vaguely) a show called Talk Box, which aired on either Saturday or Sunday mornings. If I remember correctly, that show was an educational discussion show geared toward teens, but I don't remember anything else about that. The only other syndicated shows that I can recall WAKC showing were reruns of classic sitcoms like The Brady Bunch and Bewitched. And apparently, according to what I've read about the station online, they also used to air The 700 Club, despite WUAB and the now-defunct WCLQ also airing it in Cleveland.
As for the local shows on that station, I personally remember even less about that, but did find out through online research about 23 Nite Videos hosted by Billy Soule (who now works for the city of Akron). A lot of you will probably know more about that show than I do because I probably wasn't even born yet when that show aired.
As far as WOAC programs, I really didn't know that station even broadcast regular syndicated programming until I researched the station on Wikipedia and found this video on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP7wLqKMzEw). Apparently they also aired The Son of Ghoul Show before WAOH did. But unfortunately, since I only knew about the station when it started broadcasting infomercials around the clock starting in the mid '90s, I really don't know much else about WOAC's previous programming.
And then there's WNEO/WEAO, but since their schedule obviously revolves around PBS programming 99% of the time, it doesn't seem like they had/have a whole lot of local programming (and it certainly doesn't do any good that NewsNight Akron is gone now). However, one thing I do remember is when the stations broadcast local high school football games at one point in the '90s. I also remember them showing weather forecasts right after The News Hour with Jim Lehrer just before the 8:00 hour in the evenings. Other than that, that's really all I personally remember about them in terms of local programming.
Anything else you folks think should be worth mentioning in this thread? I'd love to learn more about anything I may not have already covered.
