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NYC Independents' (Channels 5, 9, 11) Movie Umbrella Titles

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I'm putting up a 1980 retro New York City schedule, and I've been unable to pinpoint the movie umbrella titles for the then-three independent channels WNEW 5, WOR 9, and WPIX 11. I'd like as complete a listing as possible for those titles from the 70's and 80's along with their corresponding times of days.
 
I can't speak for Channels 5 and 11, but WOR used the "Million Dollar Movie" title for their movie presentations well into the mid-80s. I believe they dropped the title once the station was sold to MCA-Universal in 1987.

 
The theme music, for those who don't know, was the theme from "Gone With The Wind".

I think "Million Dollar Movie" was used by all the RKO General (then owners WOR-9) stations as a movie title. I definitely know that RKO-owned WNAC-7 in Boston used that title for some of their movies, as I grew up (and still live) in the Boston area and recall that title on some WNAC film timeslots.
 
Joseph_Gallant said:
The theme music, for those who don't know, was the theme from "Gone With The Wind".

I think "Million Dollar Movie" was used by all the RKO General (then owners WOR-9) stations as a movie title. I definitely know that RKO-owned WNAC-7 in Boston used that title for some of their movies, as I grew up (and still live) in the Boston area and recall that title on some WNAC film timeslots.
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I remember "Million Dollar Movie" for WOR's sister station from Los Angeles, KHJ-9.
 
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