(MSTS1) Boston TV IDs - 70s

[MrNeilruth]

General Tire, at one time, owned Channel 7.  It was taken away from them in scandal in the early 80's. The announcer on TV56 was Tom Evans..known as Neil MacNevin. He was the popular booth announcer there for almost thirty years.

[StukInBuf]

The RKO General logo at this time... any association with General Tire?

*Sooner or later, you'll own Generals...*

[MSTS1]

@StukInBuf - Yes, same corporation. Too bad YT user "tkaye2" doesn't come around here anymore; apparently has knowledge and insight on bad business dealings of RKO General..

[MrNeilruth]

@StukInBuf General tire owned channel 7....it was taken away by the FCC in the early 80's.  It involved a scandal.

[Stabulent1]

Mentioning Jack Kelly on the news? This must have been before he got snuffed in the 1978 Blackfriars murders.

[pancakeman22]

I love this mix of Boston TV ids.

[charlie8575]

Was that Gary La Pierre doing the piece for Channel 56?

I love your stuff, it brings back a lot of memories and lets me see what was going on around here before my time, too.

[MSTS1]

The 56 announcer was Tom Evans.

[SellawEvets]

Thank you for posting these!! I remember that WBZ announcer with his loud buzzing voice!!

[level2789]

:12 seconds in they encourage you to get your pet Tattooed so it will be less desirable to pet snatchers. So bizarre.

[paull2003]

Bob Gamere? Candlepins for cash

[cartoonfan1920s]

This video is really cool, how did you record the audio, audio cassettes?

[MSTS1]

Thanks- and yes, mostly audio cassette and some reel-to-reel.

[mr2del]

Man, that's cool. You really know how to bring Boston yesteryear back in the present. Please, keep on doing it.

[VideoNitekatt]

fantastic!

[Davros2006]

If you have it, what font did you use for the WBZ graphics?

[MSTS1]

I used scanned logos for this, but the font is 'Anklepants' for all the old Group-W stations.

[hkfreak]

Well... near the "Anklepants" font. They changed around the font a slight bit. But it is not the "Anklepants" font.

[MSTS1]

Yes, as I said I used actual material; scanned, but 'anklepants' is the 'font' that is available for it.

And that's true, it is not exact. I notice particularly the 'V' in the font is much too wide to match the real thing..

[cbsfm101]

Excellent job!

[TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Keep up the good work. It's appreciated .

[MSTS1]

Thanks - glad you guys like my work.. )

[tapthatt2012]

great that these graphics can be added to the audio  you recorded.

[blazerbobcat]

Wow! Those graphics look real when the audio is added to them!