It was no later than 1967 that WHDH-TV was using the multicolored "5" logo with the circle lodged within the "5", as seen in the Red Sox special VintageTelevision has posted from that year. That was the logo that lasted until 'HDH's shut-off in March 1972.
Very nice...thanks for the clip....I had never seen a WHDH-TV Channel 5 vid until now.
This was back when the station was affiliated with CBS. They took ABC when they changed their name to WCVB in '72 because CBS refused to have anything to do with them because of their committment to local programming which involved pre-empting CBS shows.
"They" (WHDH/Herald-Traveler) weren't the ones who had the fortune of surviving to possibly change their network affiliation if they wanted or had to - it was the death of WHDH-TV 5 in 1972 altogether that caused it. BBI took over the assignment and launched 'CVB under a brand new license at that time.
In fact, Herald-Traveler was so snubbed of their license stripping by the FCC that they refused to let BBI use their Morrissey Blvd. studios to house the new Channel 5.
more 60's audio stuff!!!
tapthatt2012 3 years ago
It was no later than 1967 that WHDH-TV was using the multicolored "5" logo with the circle lodged within the "5", as seen in the Red Sox special VintageTelevision has posted from that year. That was the logo that lasted until 'HDH's shut-off in March 1972.
VaultMasterDBT 3 years ago
Nice work, I like these re-creations.
One little quibble, that's the wrong version of the Petticoat Junction theme song -- it's the version from after Bea Benaderet's death.
brithgob 3 years ago
Thanks. Well, that's something I never would have realized, and even if so, I use what I have available anyway, and that's what I had available.
MSTS1 3 years ago
Very nice...thanks for the clip....I had never seen a WHDH-TV Channel 5 vid until now.
This was back when the station was affiliated with CBS. They took ABC when they changed their name to WCVB in '72 because CBS refused to have anything to do with them because of their committment to local programming which involved pre-empting CBS shows.
mediadude08 3 years ago
"They" (WHDH/Herald-Traveler) weren't the ones who had the fortune of surviving to possibly change their network affiliation if they wanted or had to - it was the death of WHDH-TV 5 in 1972 altogether that caused it. BBI took over the assignment and launched 'CVB under a brand new license at that time.
In fact, Herald-Traveler was so snubbed of their license stripping by the FCC that they refused to let BBI use their Morrissey Blvd. studios to house the new Channel 5.
VaultMasterDBT 3 years ago