The call letters were officially changed to WJLA (standing for owner Joseph L. Albritton) on Monday, June 6, 1977.
A two-third's page ad (on p.D12, Sports section) appeared that day in The Washington Post stating: "A guarantee that your television viewing habits will be completely unchanged by the following announcement. TV-7, formerly known as WMAL-TV 7, will from this day forth be known as WJLA-TV 7. Only our call letters have changed. Everything else at TV7 on your dial remains the same."
Do I hear "Part Of Your Life"?
PelicanGuy 1 year ago
Wow, those were the days... God, I miss 'em.
HyeTev 3 years ago 2
The call letters were officially changed to WJLA (standing for owner Joseph L. Albritton) on Monday, June 6, 1977.
A two-third's page ad (on p.D12, Sports section) appeared that day in The Washington Post stating: "A guarantee that your television viewing habits will be completely unchanged by the following announcement. TV-7, formerly known as WMAL-TV 7, will from this day forth be known as WJLA-TV 7. Only our call letters have changed. Everything else at TV7 on your dial remains the same."
CrabCityKidsTV 3 years ago
Didn't that change take place in 1977, not 1976?
zekepig 4 years ago
You're right. March 1977. Thanks.
Boulton26 4 years ago
Actually, it was in May or June of '77
zekepig 4 years ago
Music by Al Ham, the man who brought you "Move Closer to Your World."
tkaye2 4 years ago
"We're only name-dropping." How VERY Washington!
BadGurl404 4 years ago 3