WEEK-TV promos "Now More Than Ever" 1979

[wdln2]

I worked at 25 in the 90's and ended up with the top-loading BVU-200 3/4" machines shown in one of the promos when the station threw them away. I used them for years at home! Thanks for sharing.

[pdiddy21154]

@wdln2 They were back breakers:( Thanks for watching.

[pdiddy21154]

Thanks so much. Trying to look through my DVDs to find more like this.

[BruTube]

This is a fantastic video! I currently work at a TV station and I'm nostalgic for what seems to be the "good ole days" of local TV. Seemed like hard work, but lots of fun.

Love the theme music. Tuesday Productions is one of my favorite news music companies. Great stuff here!

[pdiddy21154]

Yes I remember them playing that for me. Thanks for watching.

[SpringfieldNow]

Video xIIOHspL2D4 also has the programming version of this promo from KCCI/Des Moines. The WEEK versions seem to pull it off better for some reason (and I *like* KCCI, but this one plays better in Peoria)

[SpringfieldNow]

IF you're *really* a geek on this stuff like I am, you'll find video 0CezXjS9t9k to be rather interesting. Its KCCI's version of this same campaign. I kind of like the WEEK version better, but seeing it done in Des Moines is quite a contrast.

[bn13814]

tyrese3745 is correct. The TWA 727 seen at about 3:00 means the video is not from before mid-1981 (that airline began Peoria service on June 4, 1981)

[pdiddy21154]

@bn13814 Might be right. That was a long time ago and I killed a lot of brain cells since. Thanks for watching.

[soSUBURBIA]

RIP HOULI!

[pdiddy21154]

@soSUBURBIA A great man:(

[soSUBURBIA]

@pdiddy21154 Grew up watching him. I haven't watched the local news in years and years but I will always remember Houli.

[tyrese3745]

I don't think this was from '79. This was from the 1981-82 "Our Pride Is Showing" season.

[pdiddy21154]

There's a Walmart there now? There goes the neighborhood:) Thanks for watching.

[nightfly776]

Yeah, they built a Walmart on the old CILCO plant property. People in Peoria get to look at the back of it from across the river... nice.

[mlh53057]

Thank you for sharing this. It is so hard to find any Central IL television history from this era. If you can find anything else collecting dust, please put it up here by all means. It's sad to see what the news up there has become. It's unwatchable. That goes for all channels.

[pdiddy21154]

Thanks for watching. I might have a bit more stuff to put up. Too bad about the TV being bad.

[wawawis]

I would have turned 3 toward the end of this year, so I didn't really remember these promos, however, it seems like I remember seeing the emblem with 25 inside the State of Illinois. I could watch these all day. Would you happen to have the WTVP sign-on from around the early-1980's? I actually remember that well, but haven't seen it since it was changed.

[pdiddy21154]

Thanks for watching and your comments. This is pretty much all I have.

[pdiddy21154]

Thanks. I might have some more. It was fun when I worked there.

Paul

[sickphil71]

This brought back so many memories! Thanks!

Hey, do you have any of the promos from like the early to mid 70s? There was this guy with a very distinct voice, whose "WEEK TV, Peoria" still lingers in my memory. I'd love to hear it again.

[nightfly776]

Dick Lashbrook was the voice of WEEK in the 80s. Might have been him.

[sickphil71]

I don't know the gentleman's name, but I am certain that whatever his name is, he did the promos at least up through the mid-70s. I remember hearing him during the wraparounds for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.

[ashlyn1170]

i'm a current EEK employee and got a huge kick out of this. thanks for sharing!

[WeatherSTARIII]

Cool classic WEEK promos! Thank you for sharing!

[pdiddy21154]

Wow, sounds like you have issues.

[ldavid78]

Christine Zak SUCKS!

[mnbuio]

Any video of Kelly Morgan out there, Paul?

[pdiddy21154]

I think she came after I left.

[newscaster13]

For a small town station, I did not know WEEK NBC-25 had a news helicopter

[pdiddy21154]

Welllll we did when we needed one. I actually did some of the flying in planes when we needed to get someplace. Thanks for viewing.

[TServo2049]

I still think it sounds more like, say, Tuesday Productions than TM. Those do not sound like the familiar Dallas singers...

[pdiddy21154]

You know, you might be right on that. I think the first package I used might have been from TM. Like I said, it's been a long time and many beers. Thanks for watching.

[ASKconard]

Sounds more like TM Productions to me. Tuesday didn't utilize any 'singers' that I recall from their work.

[nightfly776]

WOW! I grew up in Peoria, and we watched 25 religiously as a kid. That was the news "dream team" of the 80s. Mac, Zak, Wingate, Houli, & Norm.

Thank so much for sharing this. It was cool to be able to freeze frame one scene as McIntyre is walking down Main Street and validate my memory of the Downtown Hardee's next to the old Palace Theatre too.

Totally awesome!

[pdiddy21154]

Those were the people I worked with. It was a lot of fun and a very different time. Houli taught me how to fly, I went on trips with Zak and Mac's son bought my motorcycle. BTW, he got a great deal! Thanks for watching.

[nightfly776]

You are strongly encouraged to upload MORE WEEK videos from your time with 25.

Again, thanks for this. Great!

[pdiddy21154]

You know that was around 18 years ago and many beers but I think so. Thanks for watching.

[TServo2049]

Are you sure TM Productions did the music...it doesn't sound much like their work...

[jcd4444]

Good stuff, Doctor! Those nights on Moss Avenue and at Ray's Patio Inn will never be forgotten.

Deush

[pdiddy21154]

It was, wasn't it?