KYW Channel 3 Eyewitness News 11pm 1987

[zachhoran]

STeve Bell did USA Updates weekday afternoons for a time on USA network.

[natemarroquin]

KYW-TV was an NBC affiliate at the time.

[jgjklhlgkbmbkjkjbfsg]

Why was Danny Dark on a non NBC owned station?

[DrFubarProzak]

@jgjklhlgkbmbkjkjbfsg because that's the way it was back then.  Get over it you fool.

[funderburkefundi]

Male Announcer: This KYW-TV in Philadelphia.

[frankd1965]

A tv station that begins with letter K in Philly?

[Boulton26]

@frankd1965 Named for KYW radio, which was founded before the FCC's Mississippi River rule for call letters was established

[frankd1965]

Thanks for the tidbit there. BTW there is KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

[mumetman]

@frankd1965 well the full call letters would be WKYW.

[tmisch64]

That building displaying the call letters, what is the name of that building?

[StukInBuf]

The news theme was also used in Puerto Rico on "Noticentro 4," on WAPA-TV.

[mimi2957]

I Totally take back my apology. I still thought I was right. Also from wiki - "It was officially ratified and became effective March 4, 1789." That seems like the correct measure that starts the clock to the bicentennial.

[EGFD97]

Danny Dark is the announcer.

[bsukid08]

I love Steve Bell! He's absoultey amazing. We all wish he would come out of retirement at BSU!

[toddgurule]

Kind of tough since he's been dead nearly 20 years.

[bshrader]

He's still alive.

[amnewsboy]

"Your constitution station"?

[sanantonionewsman]

Yeah because the constitution was signed in Philly.

[amnewsboy]

I realize that, but that's kinda odd, taking a historical document (signed long before TV was even invented) and claiming it, s'all.

[MrSchimpf]

1987 was the year of the constitution bicentennial, which was a big deal back then in that area and in schools, so that's probably the reason for that branding.

[mimi2957]

Except the Bicentennial for the Constitution was 1989.

[MrSchimpf]

"The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787" - Wikipedia

It was one of the few days I remembered from second grade because we had teachers at my school dress up as signers and we got a bunch of stuff like pencils and stickers with the Constitutional Bicentennial logo on them.

[mimi2957]

See what I mean? My poor brain isn't what it used to be - I can't even post my apology for correcting you in the right place!

[mimi2957]

Sorry. Lyme brain!

[Julius121081]

This video is from 8/14/87