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Miami TV schedule from 1980's before big switch of 1988/89
- Thread starter dgendvil
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I would like one from the day of the big switch
Well, with the big switch happening over a weekend (Dec 31 was Sat and Jan 1 was Sun), I don't know if there was any "regularity"...
IIRC, WTVJ was already carrying Sunday Today before the switch, and I think WCIX was carrying CBS Sunday Morning. WTVJ carried Football from CBS on Saturday afternoon - and a couple of ads for CBS programs on Sunday slipped through. WCIX picked up 60 Minutes (and the rest of the CBS Sunday night lineup) Sunday evening. WTVJ ran the NBC Sunday night lineup starting Jan. 1 - it was Family Ties followed by a movie, IIRC).
Both WSVN and WTVJ carried the Orange Bowl Parade on New Year's Eve night; WSVN carrying the NBC feed and WTVJ carrying a local feed (which they had done in previous years). One of the floats in the parade was from WTVJ filled with NBC stars - which I believe was carried on the national broadcast, but... WSVN covered that section of the parade with a long-shot of the Miami Skyline and generic crowd noise. After the float had cleared the broadcast, WSVN came back and you could faintly hear the "Come Home to the Best, Only on NBC" theme trailing off... (I have the broadcast on tape around here somewhere...).
Monday, everything appeared in its proper location on the appropriate network.
On a side note, WSVN didn't call themselves "Fox" - they became Independent - it was their "Independence Day" as they promo'ed on the news on 12/31.
Jim
IIRC, WTVJ was already carrying Sunday Today before the switch, and I think WCIX was carrying CBS Sunday Morning. WTVJ carried Football from CBS on Saturday afternoon - and a couple of ads for CBS programs on Sunday slipped through. WCIX picked up 60 Minutes (and the rest of the CBS Sunday night lineup) Sunday evening. WTVJ ran the NBC Sunday night lineup starting Jan. 1 - it was Family Ties followed by a movie, IIRC).
Both WSVN and WTVJ carried the Orange Bowl Parade on New Year's Eve night; WSVN carrying the NBC feed and WTVJ carrying a local feed (which they had done in previous years). One of the floats in the parade was from WTVJ filled with NBC stars - which I believe was carried on the national broadcast, but... WSVN covered that section of the parade with a long-shot of the Miami Skyline and generic crowd noise. After the float had cleared the broadcast, WSVN came back and you could faintly hear the "Come Home to the Best, Only on NBC" theme trailing off... (I have the broadcast on tape around here somewhere...).
Monday, everything appeared in its proper location on the appropriate network.
On a side note, WSVN didn't call themselves "Fox" - they became Independent - it was their "Independence Day" as they promo'ed on the news on 12/31.
Jim
Jim said:
To this day (as far as I know), WSVN is the only FOX affiliate not to use the FOX branding.
For many years WCCB/18 (now known as FOX Charlotte) did not use any FOX branding. They were a reluctant Fox affiliate, joining the network well over a year after the network's debut---and only a few weeks before a second independent (WJZY) came on the air in Charlotte. I'd say WJZY came very close to being "Fox Charlotte." Also, I believe the Seattle Fox station, KCPQ/13, branded itself as Q-13 rather than "Fox13" for many years.Buddy Hayes said:
fortmill said:
Their current branding is as "Q-13 Fox" instead of just "Fox13" -- so they still haven't entirely hopped onto the generic network branding bandwagon. What's interesting about this is that Seattle/Tacoma is unusual in that none of the major stations do the typical network branding, instead preferring to use their call letters for branding. So, instead of having "ABC4", "NBC5", and "CBS7", Seattle has "KOMO4", "KING5", and "KIRO7".
The only station in the market that uses the standard network branding is "UPN11" (KSTW). The MyTV affiliate sort of splits the difference and goes by "MyQ2" (KMYQ).
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