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Phillip Dampier:
WPIX-TV Promo and Sunday Afternoon Movie Open - 1979
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Sunday afternoon and the women are watching so they don't have to endure Sunday football, so it's time to drag out the romance movies. Notice too the cheesy promo for Rockford Files making it to syndication. They spared every expense in throwing the chyron with text right on top of it. The movie opening spiral was pre-produced with nothing in the middle of the screen. The station could add text in the "hole" as they needed.
Phillip Dampier:
WPIX The Eight O-Clock Movie Close and Next Slide - 1979
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It's primetime and time for the 8 o'clock movie! These were usually the biggest, most recent titles Channel 11 would show, but also "blockbusters" from the 1970s. WPIX loved to put disaster movies in this timeslot. Be it, "What's this wire good for? It's good for startin' fires" Towering Inferno or the inevitable innocent child chasing after a beloved pet when the earthquake strikes southern California. The 10pm local news followed.
Notice the technical problem with the sound cutting off early. WPIX and WOR in New York were both notorious for having technical problems during the 1970s and 1980s. Shows could be interrupted, replaced with slides, sound would cut off early or be missing altogether - it was surprising to see this many problems on a station in a market the size of NY, but there they were.
Phillip Dampier:
WPIX Holiday Movie Special and Christmas Message - 1979
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It's Christmas time on WPIX. First, a closing of their special Holiday Movie, followed by a pretty heavy Christmas message with an extra big dose of Jesus - I don't see something like this airing on a secular station any longer.
But even more known is the Amazing Yule Log! Every Christmas Eve, WPIX-TV would show nothing but the Yule Log, a film loop of a crackling fire. It became a big NY tradition. Usually, WPIX-FM provided the Christmas music (usually easy listening, mostly instrumentals) which played in the background. What you see below is an original film loop with the original sound. Once you hear it, you can understand why they decided to play music instead....
WPIX Yule Log
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David In Indy:
Phillip, these are wonderful!! I only watched a couple of them because I'm on dial-up and they take awhile to load. I can't wait to watch the rest of them! :D
I wonder if they have any old Indianapolis Media on YouTube??
Anyone remember the original NBC peacock from the 1960's? I do!! :)
Phillip Dampier:
Now back to our show...
WPIX Sunday Night Movie
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It's the Sunday Night Movie! And a spoken legal ID, which most stations never both with anymore - (a legal ID is the voicing of call letters and city of license).
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