Retro: Youngstown/Erie, Wednesday, April 2nd, 1980

[ShawnHill1]

8 WJKW Cleveland [CBS]

Isn't this actually WJW & not WJKW as you have it listed here?

Cheers & 73 ;D

Between 1977 and 1985, Cleveland's Channel 8 had the WJKW call letters because its sister radio station (at 850 AM) was sold-off, and radio retained the WJW calls. When 850 changed its calls in the mid-80s, Channel 8 was able to get the WJW calls back, and remained in place ever since.

Here's the video package signaling the call letter change...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8IAPb5ZFls

 

[FreddyE1977]

I do remember that as a child Mr Morgan had his picture placed on 5 dollar bills on money the station made as promotions and to this day many over 80 years old in town think Rich Morgan is on the 5 dollar bill.

After watching this program for two or three weeks I came to the conclusion that absolutely no one
in Youngstown, Ohio had the slightest idea who was on the five-dollar bill!

Is Rich Morgan still around? Seems to me as recently as 4 or 5 years ago I heard him
doing a newsbreak on WKBN radio.

He still does the 5-7 AM show on WKBN and rebroadcast/live from 7-9AM on their sister station WYFX-19 Fox Youngstown.

Good to know. As an analog station WKBN put quite a good signal into my house in Pittsburgh.
Not a prayer of receiving them now though.