WPIX ID July '93

[th3tracer]

nice

[dreamboynyc2]

What I always liked most about this station ID was the background, and the futuristic NYC that might someday come true. Now if those idiots would actually BUILD those towers at the WTC site, it might begin to look something like what's in this video but I doubt that will ever happen.

[toyotas2006]

This had a shelf life

It was doomed

The 11 symbol was used to tie in the World Trade Center as a symbol of New York

[soneyo]

Before CW

[sssummer]

aww! this reminds me of all of the full house reruns i watched in the mid 90's from the scranton/wilkes-barre market. i'd forgotten about this ID, which pretty much played somewhere before/during/after every episode.

[DDELE7]

the rebranding happened today. Now they are WPIX 11 Home of The CW. Its kinda similar in styling to what KTLA and WGN uses.

[daminmancejin]

i love WPIX Channel 11 way better!

[asnycnow15]

channel 11, wpix was known as '11 alive' but was always were WPIX-11

[BLaZe58721]

The WPIX ID music opening is Similar to the Saturday Afternoon Cinema music, but there's a 11 second difference because it's a 15 second intro.

[LHodge091985]

I wonder if this was the similar music to the 8 o'clock movie

[LHodge091985]

I remember this promo. I was about 7 or 8 but still vividly remember.

[DanDMan16]

there was 1 WPIX ID like this but it was 4 the WPIX's movie station with the same 11 logo but it also featured some 20th Century Fox look-a-like lights in the bakround & the music is like this but it is extended version.

[blaqice88]

Could you be referring to the opening to the 8 o'clock Movie before the WB11 era (1989-1994)

[DanDMan16]

yea, dat 1.

[blaqice88]

Well DanDMan16, the 1989-1994 version to the 8 O'clock Movie bumper has more of a classical feel to it and it's in D-minor. The one from 1995-1998 or 1999 starts in G sharp and ends in A natural and uses the format as the former 8 O'Clock Movie bumper. The latter (at the end) gives you a bird's eye view of Lower Manhattan and plays the same theme as the News at 10 in A natural at the end of the bumper. I wish somebody had it so you can see what I mean!

[nycgirl2893]

what was the name of the station before WB11? now its the CW (which really sux, if u ask me)

[LHodge091985]

I believe it was either just Channel 11 or WPIX Channel 11. Remember, before the WB started to exist in 1995, WPIX Channel 11 was an independent station.

[YMPJ123]

I was in between 5th and 6th grade during this time...I remember it well...Back when New York was still New York

[blaqice88]

Does anyone have the opening to the Channel 11 8 O'Clock Movie from 1995-96?

[tmisch64]

I am glad that they mentioned that WPIX is a Tribune Broadcasting station.

[City4]

Who does the voiceover for this ID?

[videonut33]

Doug Paul.

[WhatsAYak]

...who later went on to do VOs for PAX/i, though one wonders how wise a career move THAT was. :-D

[thunderstruck665]

I was hoping that when WPIX became the CW Network, they would incorporate the circle 11 in to the logo. Wishful thinking on my part I suppose.

[SuperAdventures]

Ah yes, I remember this ID. The prominent station ID of early '90's WPIX, up until the very last days of the "Circle 11" logo, thenafter the bland "11" logo debuted and very shortly after supplanted with "WB" for the then-new "WB11". All WPIX openings/IDs seem from this period seem to have been designed around the whole "CGI NYC skyline" motif. I miss "Circle 11". Thanks!

[bigvoice313]

No need to worry no more. Starting in December, CW 11 will rebrand to its original moniker, WPIX Channel 11, and the most of all this, they are bringing back the iconic "Circle 11" logo.

[City4]

Cool

[City4]

P.S.: I miss the indie days.