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Judging by the date Cronkite just said, this report was broadcast on Halloween of 1978. 10 months before I born.
cartoongameshowman 1 year ago
about six years later, we bought an earth station to watch those signals out in the country .. before the companies figured out scrambling...
joebradio 1 year ago
The Weather channel logo seen in this video was used to promote the launch of that channel. At the time the news story aired, The Weather Channel had not been launched. I hope this clears up the confusion. As for the comments about portions of the video being edited or "dubbed in...what you see is what was recorded off the air from the cbs evening news.
Vortex2010 1 year ago
The early days of Cable TV
FrsBigeasy 1 year ago
There is something fishy about this video... the cable logos are from the early 80s. The Movie Channel didn't get that name until 1979 (if Wikipedia is to be believed) and the Cable Health Network (now Lifetime) launched in 1982. And if I'm not mistaken, that "HBO Feature Presentation" logo is from the famous 1983 HBO movie intro.
m1049 1 year ago
I guess if it's on the web it's true? Someone on the web said they had dinner with Elvis yesterday!
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bmanhour 3 years ago
This video came direct from the CBS evening news and was recorded by a very poor vhs recorder. Nothing was edited or added to this video.
Vortex2010 3 years ago
Did NBC do a story on you as well? Vanderbilt University has a television news archive (w/ Abc, Cbs, & Nbc clips going back to '68). I was watching old news clips on there (a few months back)about cable tv. I swear that you were on there too. I remember seeing the multiple tvs and the story about the satellites. It won't let me post the web address, but if you google "Vanderbilt University television news archive," you'll be able to see them.
soundsfromnothing 3 years ago
36 channels. :D
chibicelchan 3 years ago
What I find really unusual about this video is that it features a clip of an ID for The Weather Channel (at 1:31), which didn't launch until 1982, while even Walter announces himself that the newscast is from 10/31/78. Strange.
However, it was around the late 70s when weatherman John Coleman pitched the idea of the channel to Landmark Communications (TWCs parent), so maybe the ID here might of been an early one, maybe as part of a promo reel for cable companies before TWC officially launched?
pvx 3 years ago