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Phillip Dampier:
Here is another one of those great lengthy closes to the noon news, this time the "Eye of the Tiger" with scenes of disaffected New Yorkers walking down the street. Your bonus is a very clean copy of WOR's Station ID at the end, the last time the station would be licensed to New York City.
WOR-TV News At Noon Close and Station ID - 1982
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Phillip Dampier:
WOR moved its city of license to Secaucus, New Jersey in 1983 to appease the FCC. The station needed to re-do their ID's, and was already starting to suffer some money troubles, so they went on the cheap. But after that, if you watched WOR at all during the 1980s, you'll certainly remember Million Dollar Movie!
WOR-TV Station ID and Million Dollar Movie Open - 1983
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Phillip Dampier:
A more colorful on-air look for WOR in 1984 with this promo for SWAT moving to a new time and a new opening for Fright Night!
WOR-TV Promo and Fright Night Open - 1984
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Phillip Dampier:
By 1985, WOR adopted a look more recognizable by today's standards with some computer graphics for their movie openings. These aren't terribly different from what one might see on the air these days. WOR, like many TV stations, required a lot of labor in the control room to keep things running. Automated, computer controlled equipment really didn't become that common in TV stations until the 1990s. Technical problems were very common before then. In this clip, the ID slide stays on screen for several seconds, no doubt as station personnel try and get the tape for the movie opening cued up.
WOR-TV Station ID and 9 All Night Open - 1985
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Phillip Dampier:
Notice the common theme between these clips... here's a "bumper" for 9 in the Afternoon:
WOR-TV Station ID and 9 In The Afternoon Bumper - 1985
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