Oh My God. The Internet really does have everything! OK, here's a challenge for you. In the summer of 1985 or 86, TV29 ran an ad for a daily block of shows that would run for the summer months. They made new lyrics to the tune "Summertime, Summertime" by the Jamies.
If you can put it up you will have officially won the internet.
It haunted me for years because some video clips have a little bit of the old ultraviolence. Ah, the 80's... Neck Slashing... Speed boat chasin'... Good Times...
@SJLT252 Actually, Rupert Murdoch didn't purchase this station until 1995. From 1986 until then, the station was just a Fox affiliate owned by Taft, followed by TVX, and finally, Paramount/Viacom.
This is rare stuff you have there. This station is no longer in existence or was it bought out by a mega corporation in the 90's? I'm from Allentown, PA so we would have had this station on our cable system (Service Electric) we get NY and Philly stations on the lower numbered channels.
That brought back some childhood memories. I knew if I saw that, my butt was in trouble for being up so late on a school night! LOL But generally my parents let me stay up late in the summer and on weekends.
@ewok0990 I believe the clip from 'Community Update' was filmed on Spruce Street in the Olde City section looking East toward the Delaware River. Anyone else please correct me if I'm wrong.
I miss the days when TV stations would actually sign on and sign off with teh National Anthem. Sure was a different time back then. And at the movies!
I just though I'd see this and it took me back to the late 70's when I was 12-13.AWESOME!!! However I'd like to see the "community update" & see the sun go down the horizon.(By the way, where was that filmed anyway???
Looking at the part where the announcer reads the tech specs, Philly didn't have much of a skyline back then. I had read that the statue of William Penn atop City Hall was the highest thing in the skyline until sometime later in the 80s.
In addition, though not shown by WTAF, the production company responsible for the Flag Evolution "SSB" was a New York firm, Saxton Graphic Associates, Ltd., which produced this 2.5-minute film in 1971. Only two stations I know of retained the ending copyright notice to which the final shot of the flag on the moon had dissolved: WNEW-TV in New York and WITI in Milwaukee.
(CONT'D) I've only seen reference to one other film produced by Saxton and bearing their patented "photo-animation" style: a 28-minute mini-movie encompassing the 400-year history of Long Island in 1976, made for the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). A New York Times article from 1976 on this film made reference to Saxton's "Flag Evolution" short - but The Times didn't call it "Flag Evolution."
Some other stations had their own variations on the sign-off routine. Think L.A.'s KNBC and their inserting their "Let Us Pray" mini-sermons and the "Navy Hymn" film in-between their total sign-off script.
As to WTAF's sign-off announcer: I was most curious as to who he was. (Given Sid Doherty's doing WPHL's.)
Finally, as to those WTAF Community Calendars: I seem to remember Chuck Mangione's "Land of Make Believe" used as the background music for some time.
Oh My God. The Internet really does have everything! OK, here's a challenge for you. In the summer of 1985 or 86, TV29 ran an ad for a daily block of shows that would run for the summer months. They made new lyrics to the tune "Summertime, Summertime" by the Jamies.
If you can put it up you will have officially won the internet.
It haunted me for years because some video clips have a little bit of the old ultraviolence. Ah, the 80's... Neck Slashing... Speed boat chasin'... Good Times...
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@rwk2050 this channel and many other independent channels were bought out by Rupert Murdoch circa 1986 to form the Fox Television Network.
SJLT252 4 months ago
@SJLT252 Actually, Rupert Murdoch didn't purchase this station until 1995. From 1986 until then, the station was just a Fox affiliate owned by Taft, followed by TVX, and finally, Paramount/Viacom.
johnissoevil 3 months ago
This is rare stuff you have there. This station is no longer in existence or was it bought out by a mega corporation in the 90's? I'm from Allentown, PA so we would have had this station on our cable system (Service Electric) we get NY and Philly stations on the lower numbered channels.
rwk2050 4 months ago
@rwk2050, it became WTXF-TV Fox29
TechnerVideo 4 months ago
By '86, Liberty Place was under construction!!!
videonut33 7 months ago
That brought back some childhood memories. I knew if I saw that, my butt was in trouble for being up so late on a school night! LOL But generally my parents let me stay up late in the summer and on weekends.
bluorangefyre 1 year ago
This SSB was also used by WITI in Milwaukee.
kengomillia 1 year ago
@ewok0990 I believe the clip from 'Community Update' was filmed on Spruce Street in the Olde City section looking East toward the Delaware River. Anyone else please correct me if I'm wrong.
walkerth58 1 year ago
i still remember seeing this as a kid in Trenton
gadget609 2 years ago
I miss the days when TV stations would actually sign on and sign off with teh National Anthem. Sure was a different time back then. And at the movies!
Dremwolf 2 years ago
I just though I'd see this and it took me back to the late 70's when I was 12-13.AWESOME!!! However I'd like to see the "community update" & see the sun go down the horizon.(By the way, where was that filmed anyway???
Ewok0990 2 years ago
Looking at the part where the announcer reads the tech specs, Philly didn't have much of a skyline back then. I had read that the statue of William Penn atop City Hall was the highest thing in the skyline until sometime later in the 80s.
johnissoevil 2 years ago
Yeah. 1987.
djwash5 2 years ago
In addition, though not shown by WTAF, the production company responsible for the Flag Evolution "SSB" was a New York firm, Saxton Graphic Associates, Ltd., which produced this 2.5-minute film in 1971. Only two stations I know of retained the ending copyright notice to which the final shot of the flag on the moon had dissolved: WNEW-TV in New York and WITI in Milwaukee.
wmbrown6 2 years ago
(CONT'D) I've only seen reference to one other film produced by Saxton and bearing their patented "photo-animation" style: a 28-minute mini-movie encompassing the 400-year history of Long Island in 1976, made for the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). A New York Times article from 1976 on this film made reference to Saxton's "Flag Evolution" short - but The Times didn't call it "Flag Evolution."
wmbrown6 2 years ago
GOD BLESS THE USA !!
djwash5 3 years ago
Some other stations had their own variations on the sign-off routine. Think L.A.'s KNBC and their inserting their "Let Us Pray" mini-sermons and the "Navy Hymn" film in-between their total sign-off script.
As to WTAF's sign-off announcer: I was most curious as to who he was. (Given Sid Doherty's doing WPHL's.)
Finally, as to those WTAF Community Calendars: I seem to remember Chuck Mangione's "Land of Make Believe" used as the background music for some time.
wmbrown6 3 years ago
I find it very odd that the SSB clip aired before the sign-off clip.
bhayes06 3 years ago
Great clip.
Julius121081 3 years ago