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WILL RTV SURVIVE ?

mysticnitekatt said:
Only a couple of episode of PETER GUNN are in the public domain, the rest are not.
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Simply because you don't see the episodes on the Internet Archive doesn't really mean they're not in the public domain. It could be that those in charge of preserving the episodes found them either too unstable to digitize or completely unusable to digitize

And that's ASSUMING there's even a copy of certain episodes to make digitized videos of to begin with. Remember we're talking about an era where erasing tapes & destroying episodes was a common industry practice

Cheers :D
 
RTV programming on KIRO 7-2 has gotten progressively worse, the national feed. We do get the half hour Bill Cosby Show from the 60s on weeknights at 6, followed by a 90 minute local news block that ran from 5-6:30 pm on 7-1. This is helpful if you are running late getting home from work or running errands and still want to catch the early evening news.

I am surprised with so much content available, not sure which studio these belong to, but you'd think RTV would chase some of these programs that are not shown much: The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Remington Steele, Hart to Hart, Mission Impossible, Maverick, Have Gun Will Travel, the Lone Ranger, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, to name just a few. These would be far superior to the Canadian schlock and horrible prints of some of the B/W programming they are now showing.

I'd even settle for two hours in the AM and two hours in the PM of some of the cartoons they are planning to show on PB&J whenever that subchannel eventually appears. Similar to the stuff they run on Saturday morning. Fat Albert, Gumby, He-Man, She-Ra, the Archies, Mr. Magoo. It would remind me of the way independent stations ran cartoons in the mornings and afternoons during the 60s and 70s.
 
discjockeyjohn64 said:
I'd even settle for two hours in the AM and two hours in the PM of some of the cartoons they are planning to show on PB&J whenever that subchannel eventually appears. Similar to the stuff they run on Saturday morning. Fat Albert, Gumby, He-Man, She-Ra, the Archies, Mr. Magoo. It would remind me of the way independent stations ran cartoons in the mornings and afternoons during the 60s and 70s.
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And the '80s.....

Cheers :D
 
RTV is losing WTVM in Birmingham on September 26. That looks to be the date that a lot of the Media General stations are dropping them for MeTV. September will be brutal for RTV.
 
carolinaradio said:
RTV is losing WTVM in Birmingham on September 26. That looks to be the date that a lot of the Media General stations are dropping them for MeTV. September will be brutal for RTV.
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Any news on if WFLA will be making the shift as well? Currently, their "Daytime" program is seen on RTV.

By the way, the B'ham station is "WVTM" -- WTVM is an unrelated station in Columbus, Georgia.
 
Yeah, I noticed that after I wrote it. WVTM. It was too late to edit. WFLA appears to be one of, if not THE only RTV affiliate not switching to MeTV that is owned by Media General on or by 9/26. A lot of the clearances were just announced today.

MG's WCMH in Columbus is dropping RTV for MeTV on 9/26. I'm sorry, guys, I'm not trying to "kick a network when it's down", but RTV is losing big affiliates at an alarming rate - way more than it's gained. By October, MeTV is going to definitely have more affiliates. RTV should definitely be scared.
 
Pat Cook said:
mysticnitekatt said:
Only a couple of episode of PETER GUNN are in the public domain, the rest are not.
Click to expand...
Simply because you don't see the episodes on the Internet Archive doesn't really mean they're not in the public domain. It could be that those in charge of preserving the episodes found them either too unstable to digitize or completely unusable to digitize

And that's ASSUMING there's even a copy of certain episodes to make digitized videos of to begin with. Remember we're talking about an era where erasing tapes & destroying episodes was a common industry practice

Cheers :D
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Like mysticnitekatt said, only a couple of episodes of Peter Gunn are in the public domain, the other episodes are still under copyright and distributed by the Peter Rodgers Organization as you can see here: http://www.profilms.com/domestic/tv-series/index.htm
 
powergate92 said:
Pat Cook said:
mysticnitekatt said:
Only a couple of episode of PETER GUNN are in the public domain, the rest are not.
Click to expand...
Simply because you don't see the episodes on the Internet Archive doesn't really mean they're not in the public domain. It could be that those in charge of preserving the episodes found them either too unstable to digitize or completely unusable to digitize

And that's ASSUMING there's even a copy of certain episodes to make digitized videos of to begin with. Remember we're talking about an era where erasing tapes & destroying episodes was a common industry practice

Cheers :D
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Like mysticnitekatt said, only a couple of episodes of Peter Gunn are in the public domain, the other episodes are still under copyright and distributed by the Peter Rodgers Organization as you can see here: http://www.profilms.com/domestic/tv-series/index.htm
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Doing a quick Google search, it appears the two episodes are "The Fuse" and "Let's Kill Timothy", both broadcast in January, 1958.

http://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Cops-Detectives/Peter-Gunn/
 
carolinaradio said:
RTV is losing WTVM in Birmingham on September 26. That looks to be the date that a lot of the Media General stations are dropping them for MeTV. September will be brutal for RTV.
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WKRG-TV, a fellow Media General station in Mobile, Alabama, will be switching from Retro Television Network programming to Me-TV programming by September 28th. Here is a link to an article with more details:

http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-mobile/wkrg-tv-to-replace-retro-television-network-programming-with-me-tv-programming
 
carolinaradio said:
Yeah, I noticed that after I wrote it. WVTM. It was too late to edit. WFLA appears to be one of, if not THE only RTV affiliate not switching to MeTV that is owned by Media General on or by 9/26. A lot of the clearances were just announced today.
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Do you have a link to this? I'm trying to confirm if WJAR is switching and I can't seem to find anything about it anywhere. While WRKG is listed as a future affiliate (from the link in this thread) there is nothing listed for southern New England.
 
Sounds like much of these stations are getting as tired of the NEW dull RTV
schedule as we are.

BTW they promised an RTV2 and PBJ in July and never delivered either. Now,
I've read something about PBJ in the Fall, but don't hold your breath.
 
The date for WKRG-TV to switch to Me-TV network programming has been changed from September 28th to September 26th.
 
carolinaradio said:
Yeah, I noticed that after I wrote it. WVTM. It was too late to edit. WFLA appears to be one of, if not THE only RTV affiliate not switching to MeTV that is owned by Media General on or by 9/26. A lot of the clearances were just announced today.
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Is there a MeTV affiliate already in the same market as WFLA?
 
gregg75 said:
Sounds like much of these stations are getting as tired of the NEW dull RTV
schedule as we are.

BTW they promised an RTV2 and PBJ in July and never delivered either. Now,
I've read something about PBJ in the Fall, but don't hold your breath.
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PBJ is already transmitting a 24 hour "test feed" of shows.
 
Pat Cook said:
mysticnitekatt said:
Only a couple of episode of PETER GUNN are in the public domain, the rest are not.
Click to expand...
Simply because you don't see the episodes on the Internet Archive doesn't really mean they're not in the public domain. It could be that those in charge of preserving the episodes found them either too unstable to digitize or completely unusable to digitize

And that's ASSUMING there's even a copy of certain episodes to make digitized videos of to begin with. Remember we're talking about an era where erasing tapes & destroying episodes was a common industry practice

Cheers :D
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You don't get this do you? The copyrights were RENEWED on EVERY episode of PETER GUNN - EXCEPT TWO EPISODES - THE SAME TWO EPISODES that turn up everywhere. All The episode of PETER GUNN are safe and sound with the rights holders. Seasons one and two were released in the UK,and all of season 3 has aired on RTV.

Those two episodes were not renewed due to a clerical error. Sometimes it's as simple as missing paperwork. (as with "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Andy Griffith Show", "The Dick Van Dyke Episodes", and "The Lucy Show" episodes - all had blocks of consecutive episodes not re-registered - Ironic All were syndicated by CBS Films/Viacom), or they were registered under a working title, and never corrected or registered on the final release title. (which is how the the four "Three Stooges" shorts feel into the public domain)
 
mysticnitekatt said:
carolinaradio said:
Yeah, I noticed that after I wrote it. WVTM. It was too late to edit. WFLA appears to be one of, if not THE only RTV affiliate not switching to MeTV that is owned by Media General on or by 9/26. A lot of the clearances were just announced today.
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Is there a MeTV affiliate already in the same market as WFLA?
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No. The only reason I can think Media General is keeping RTV there is because RTV carries WFLA's "Daytime" show.
 
I found the confirmation on the ME-TV page that it will run on both WJAR and WMUR. Unfortunately Hearst isn't putting it on WCVB which would get it cable coverage in the Boston area.
 
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